4G-India-MapCountry’s only pan-India 4G operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a MoU agreement with Kolkata’s city civic body – Kolkata Municipal Corporation to get the license to lay fiber optic cables across the metro.

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Tarun Jhunjhunwala, the business head and state mentor (east) of Reliance Jio and Mayor-in-Charge Atin Ghosh signed the deal. Reliance Jio will pay one-time fee of Rs 26 crore to city’s civic body. Reliance Jio will start the laying work of 750km OFC in mid-October after Durga Puja.

The cost of the project would be Rs 4,000 crore and likely to be completed during the first quarter of 2014.

For rest of Bengal circle Reliance Jio plans to lay 3000 km of OFC to roll out 4G services in 54 towns. The project would create 5000 job opportunity in the state.

Ciena to Deploy NLD Network for RJIL

There is strong market news that Reliance Jio appoints Ciena for deployment of core of National Long Distance network. Earlier there were updates that Alcatel Lucent has procured the GPON, FTTx and metro DWDM parts; Samsung got radio access and packet core network portions deal; and Ericsson asked for WiFi component. But no party admitted about the deal.

Tech Mahindra to Provide Solutions for Reliance Jio 4G

There is another news that Tech Mahindra has roped in by RJIL to create various specialized solutions for later’s upcoming 4G services. It has been learnt that two sister companies of Tech Mahindra are working on simultaneously. CanvasM deals with digital promotion, network and utility VAS and solutions for innovations in messaging, content, voice and data. While Mahindra Comviva will provide mobile banking/financial services – a card-free and cash-free transaction services for Reliance Jio 4G consumers. The deal is yet to be announced officially.