Migration process to upgrade to Reliance 4G

So today is 4th May, the official launch date of Rcom 4G services in the 9 circles which are in the phase 1 of the 4G roll out process. For those who have been living under a rock, a quick summary of the upgrade story so far.. Rcom which is shutting down its CDMA services to free up spectrum in 850MHz band for 4G LTE operations has declared that it will be migrating its 50 lac CDMA subscribers to the 4G network ahead of its full fledged commercial launch.

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The initial upgrade process is being carried out in the metro circles of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata along with ‘A’ category circles of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh and ‘B’ category circles of UP East, UP West and Madhya Pradesh. Rcom has updated on its website the detailed process for going about with the upgrade.

For CDMA mobile subscribers:

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Prepaid mobile subscribers in the 9 circles need to recharge with the 4G upgrade voucher of denomination mentioned in the chart above, the value varies from Rs.75 to Rs.97  as per the circle. subscribers need to get a blank 4G sim from their nearest reliance store. Prepaid subscribers after this recharge and postpaid subscribers need to send an SMS with the text 4G ‘space’ 19 digit sim card number and send it to 1299. Subscribers would enjoy 1 GB EvDO data pre upgrade and 1 GB 3G data (also usable on 2G data in areas without 3G coverage) and 10 GB LTE data post upgrade. subscribers would also get 1 month of free reliance to reliance local and STD calls.