Reliance Communications' CDMA dongles will be upgraded to 4G Wi-Pods at nominal rates, CEO (consumer business) Gurdeep Singh said during the company's Q4 FY16 earnings call. He also mentioned that CDMA migration is being carried out in phases, circle by circle and that they hope to conclude the process - free up the spectrum, and upgrade customers to 4G - in the next two months, i.e., end-July. Post the upgrade users will obviously get access to 4G data services, considering all the regulatory approvals have been received, while voice services will be provide on RCOM's own network. Earlier this month, it was reported that RCOM will shut down its CDMA services in all of its telecom circles except 4 circles - Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka - in a bid to migrate CDMA customers to its 4G network. Notice to CDMA customers before upgrade drive It's worth noting that RCOM's Punit Garg, president of corporate strategy and regulatory affairs, said that as per the Unified Access Service License (UASL) they're currently operating under, RCOM needs "to give 30 days notice to customers about closing down of the service or moving on to another service. We have given notice to all our customers for more than 30 days, in fact for nearly 60 days notifying all our customers in April first week itself that we would be moving on to 4G." Earlier, several users on RCOM discussion forums had noted that RCOM had communicated about the shutdown as early as March but the…
