Reliance Communications (formerly Reliance Infocomm), along with Reliance Telecom and Flag Telecom, is part of Reliance Communications Ventures (RCoVL). According to National Stock Exchange data, Anil Ambani controls 66.75 per cent of the company, which accounts for more than 1.36 billion shares of the company. It is an Indian telecommunications company. It is the flagship company of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, comprising of power (Reliance Energy), financial services (Reliance Capital) and telecom initiatives of the Reliance ADA Group. Reliance Infocomm is currently managed by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani.It uses CDMA2000 1x technology.

RelCom is also into Wireline Business throughout India and has the largest OFC backbone architecture [roughly 110,000 km] in the country. The company also has licenses in the GSM telecom services space for most of the Telecom Circles (zones in layman's words). It currently operates in 8 circles and plans to launch in the others soon.

Reliance Communications has interests in Direct To Home (DTH) TV also, known as "Big TV". It plans to launch its DTH business by July 2008. Once launched, RelCom will have presence across all B2C communications channel in one of the fastest growing markets in the world.

Bid For Hutch

In 2007, Reliance Communications had bid for 67% of Hutch but lost to Vodafone, which had been led by its CEO at the time Mr.Arun Sarin.

Acquisitions

In July 2007, the company announced it is buying US-based managed ethernet and application delivery services company Yipes Enterprise Services for a cash amount of Rs. 1200 crore rupees (equivalent of USD 300 million). The deal was announced complete in a press release in December 2007.

In its first overseas acquisition, the Reliance group has amalgamated the United States-based Flag Telecom for $ 211 million [roughly Rs 950 crore (Rs 9.50 billion)].

External links

• : RIMweb.in - Reliance Mobile Discussion Forums
• DA-IICT - Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

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