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RIL To Start 4G Trials In Jamnagar Next Month: Report

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries (RIL) is starting its 4G service trials in Jamnagar next month before rolling out the service, nationwide, according to a report byDNA. This follows the company's recent announcement indicating that Nagpur would be one of the major hubs for its 4G operations. It's been rather long, almost close to two years that the company acquired 4G spectrum. Although, we understand that forging alliances takes time, it's strange that the company had not commenced service trials till date. Why did the company take so long when it had demoed the service in 2010, at its campus? In June 2010, Reliance Industries had acquired 95% stake in Infotel Broadband services, after the latter won pan-India BWA spectrum in all 22 circles in the country for Rs 12,847.77 crore. This deal marked the re-entry of Reliance Industries and Chairman Mukesh Ambani into the telecommunications space after it scrapped its non-compete agreement with Reliance ADA Group, headed by his brother Anil Ambani. RIL had later informed that it plans to invest Rs.18,000-20,000 crore to deploy WiMAX, and then graduate services to LTE when the service matures in two years. In December 2011, a report had suggested that RIL would be offering low cost high-speed broadband services based on a 4G network deployment by the end of 2012.  While the company had stated that the rollout plans were still at a planning stage, it was rumored that RIL will be offering tablets at a subsidized price of Rs 3,500 and bundling data plans for as low as Rs…

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