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Reliance Communications is betting big on data and would focus on wireless mobile data market during the remaining quarters of this financial year as revenues from voice calls.
“RCom is aiming at data leadership to increase its data market share from the present 20 per cent to 24 per cent,” RCom President and Chief Executive Officer (wireless business) Gurdeep Singh said.
According to Singh, there is a huge revenue opportunity from the data market. The data market is likely to grow from current Rs 7,000 crore to over Rs 35,000 crore in the next 4-5 years, he said in an analysts call.
Reliance Communications which provides both GSM and CDMA services, is now focusing on the wireless mobile data market, Singh said, adding, RCom’s network is “built for the internet”.
Reliance Communications would also look at roping in customers of Uninor across circles such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Orissa by launching new offerings. Uninor had announced shutting down of operations, after its licences were cancelled following the 2G spectrum scam.
The company has 4 million active 3G users with an average consumption of 240 megabyte of data per user. The company’s wireless business has posted revenue of Rs 2,451.4 crore in the June quarter, Singh said.
Can Reliance make any difference in Data Market and grab more customers? Do let us know your take via comments.
vipul August 16, 2012 at 12:46 pm
For me Reliance 3G is a big no.I live in the Northern part of Kolkata,the speed and network here are pathetic.
Frequent disconnection,slow speed and server congestion that led to dialer getting hanged are the major issue.
I have used vodafone,airtel,idea but none could satisfy me.
Finally i switched to Aircel.It is cheap and gives better service.
Last but not the least .RCOM Customer Care is a real pain in the ass.Been trying for a week for a query but still “all the executives are busy” and they dont even reply to mails.
But its really surprising,having all the necessary parameters,why RCOM dest give us better service.
N.B : TRAI is solely responsible for this worst quality of service.They watch their dogs but not cant be the watchdog.
Karthik August 16, 2012 at 12:31 pm
reliance gsm 2G signal in someparts of bangalore city is zero. pathetic network rgsm. Atleast in city also they are not having network
Jhupoo August 16, 2012 at 8:39 am
Believe it or not in our area (Gopalnagar,kamarkundu of Dist. Hooghly West Bengal) Every operator with full tower except ‘Reliance’. Zero network in indoor and one or hardly two signal in vast open area.
Ramesh August 14, 2012 at 6:15 pm
, What rubbish you aretalking guys , Rcom 3G is best network & best speed , i have experienced , You can check speed in Mumbai compare to vodafone & airtel ,Yopu will idea. Reliance ko bure bolne vale tera muh hoga kala.Reliance 3G rocks
Jay August 14, 2012 at 6:01 pm
@Ganesh
Reliance doesn’t have 3G N/W in Chennai or TN, but as you mentioned, the EVDO network is absolutely pathetic. My brother had a Reliance data card earlier and now he has got a Tata Photon card and I can visually find the difference in the speed. TATA Photon’s speed was absolutely amazing…
In fact, I once challenged my brother’s Reliance data card speed with my Aircel 2G GSM internet in my laptop. Google News website loaded 100%, first in mine !!! The most disturbing fact is my house is in the heart of Chennai city & the coverage was full in Reliance data card.
Ganesh August 14, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Reliance is a joke! Their infra is built for nothing. The 3G/EVDO network sucks in almost all places in Chennai! They better spend at least 30% of their revenue to upgrade their data infrastructure!
Arijit August 14, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Reliance GSM’s coverage in Kolkata is good.But their SMS tariff in Kolkata is Costly enough to be afforded by students and unemployed guys. I am not considering Vodafone and Airtel.Their SMS packs are the worst. But if Reliance can come up with some affordable SMS tariffs in Kolkata,I think more kolkatans will join their network. They provide sms pack 44 which gives 100sms/day,but these type of sms packs are of no use. They can make it atleast 5000 sms(s) for 44.I mean students send more than 100 sms(s) /day.
ganesh August 14, 2012 at 10:43 am
in chennai reliance coverage is very good and 2g speed is very high compared to airtel. now reliance improved there coverage and network quality
Esmail August 14, 2012 at 12:37 am
Reliance needs to get pan India 3G licence and spectrum, either through ICRA with Docomo and Aircel or when more spectrum is made available for auction. They should provide cheaper data tariff around Rs.100 per GB. All data plans should be applicable while in pan India roaming like BSNL and MTNL.
Raghu Ram August 13, 2012 at 11:26 pm
@rajat
agree with you 100% on RGSM. I do not know what they are doing without improving the network. they are concentrating only CDMA. But u cannot say the same abt Reliance CDMA. Reliance CDMA signals are good. But in Data Docomo is the best here and Reliance GSM is the worst in speed compared to all operators. Hope firstly they improve the network with good tariff in SMS and Voice and then go ahead with Data.
bhojendra kumar sahu August 13, 2012 at 10:26 pm
i agree with u first they should provide a good 3g network…….it’s really very slow as compare to other network,i believed but its broke, i hope they will do better..
Sayan Chattopadhyay August 13, 2012 at 10:11 pm
in my town reliance provides 4-5mbps on 3g but it is capped at 128kbps on 2g.
biharibabu August 13, 2012 at 9:55 pm
simple funda . just reduce 3g data tariff at affordable point for general customer then gain of more data consumption & reveue. more user more revenue. that’s it. Today its for premium and higer middle class. when student use 3g then revenue generation going very highhhhhhh,
raja August 13, 2012 at 9:46 pm
isko kehte hain…bili ke khwab me chhichnde…aur saap ke khwab me ande…….in ODISHA maximum customers are already ported out to other network as the date of uninor ceasing is 31 august….aur is reliance wale sapne me hain ke uninor ke customer inke network me aayenge…..jaago bhai subah kab ki ho chuki hai……jab karna tha tab to kuchh niye nahin aur ab kya kar loge……next 90 days taq sapnay dekhte raho………….
Ashesh August 13, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Pathetic network. No competition with reliance for idea. Idea3G rocks!!
Arif August 13, 2012 at 9:34 pm
its 64 kbps bhai on 2g
Arif August 13, 2012 at 9:32 pm
im a reliance 3g user.. n i recharged my number by 255 to 1 gb of data.. bt they gave me only 101mb.. if this is happed with me .. it can hapend wit every 1.. ..
Asit Paul August 13, 2012 at 9:25 pm
First they should provide good coverage. Even after their launching in Tripura, Rgsm is not available in major parts of Tripura.
venkat August 13, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Like the initiative that reliance roping the uninor customers to their network
rajat August 13, 2012 at 8:37 pm
well by number reliance is 2nd largest telco… but by revenue its nt even top 3… they cant provide the basic voice thk se… data main kya karenge?
i would say rgsm should be banned for the worst network even after 3-4… look at tata gsm n uninor… they have far better network than rgsm.. i hate rgsm…
Amit August 13, 2012 at 8:30 pm
In m area (bansdroni) reliance 3g is very good. always full signal.speed nearly 6to 7 mbps.
Amitkumar August 13, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Mr,Gurdeep singh replicating his Aircel Strategy in reliance now.. But according to me its a big flop to concentrate only on DATA. Aircel failed miserably & now since they are coming up with lots of Voice based plans they are slowly picking up.
The country has just over 6% of smartphone penetration so it is essential to keep innovating in Voice segment along with data.
Tharun George August 13, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Reliance is now offering the countries best GPRS/EDGE plan.
Rs 248 for 20GB for 3 months. Also its speed is above 225kbps(30KB/s). But coverage in some area is poor.
Since reliance has international undersea cables they can offer the cheapest tariff if they want.
raj August 13, 2012 at 7:55 pm
they should upgread their 3g network very bad 3g network 3g speed is very bad and not get all time 3g signal
Abhinav August 13, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Different and reliance noway biggest fruad in DATA market …….!!!!!!!
Even in EDGE NETWORK they have put a speed limit of 128kbps , compared to what TATA AND many others provide 227kbps …..
VERY basic internet service in india for students is GPRS/EDGE it needs to be improved …..