RIL subsidiary Reliance Jio roll-out 4G services in India this year

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reliance Industries' telecom arm has </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">finalized key agreements with technology partners and device manufacturers as it gets ready to launch the ambitious </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">4G</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> services.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img height="400" src="http://androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Reliance-Industries-Limited-logo.png" width="400" /></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to <i>ET report</i>,  RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL), a subsidiary of RIL, will provide "reliable fast Internet connectivity on pan India basis".<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Without giving timeframe for the launch, Ambani in the company's Annual Report for 2012-13 said that RJIL, formerly Infotel Broadband Services Ltd, has finished the planning for the infrastructure requirement for the pan-Indian project.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"RJIL has finalised key agreements with its technology partners, service providers, infrastructure providers, application partners, device manufacturers and other strategic partners for the project," he said.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Ambani also added that the firm has finalised the planning for venture's infra requirements.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"RJIL has also completed the detailed planning for Pan India implementation of the infrastructure needed for the project," he added.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />On growth opportunities for broadband services in India, Ambani said that India has the potential to surpass the world and become a leader in delivery of digital content.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"From less than 5 million mobile users in 2001, India has grown to more than 860 million mobile users achieving more than 70 per cent teledensity. The enormous growth of the telecommunications in the country has not been accompanied by a corresponding growth of the broadband connections.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"Today, broadband in India has only around 1 per cent market penetration (15 million broadband connections - excluding Internet access by wireless phone subscribers) compared to other European and Asian countries," Ambani said.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />RJIL, which is the only private player with Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in all the 22 telecom circles of India, plans to provide reliable fast Internet connectivity through the 20 MHz, contiguous, pan-India BWA spectrum, he added.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"In addition to connectivity, RJIL also plans to enable end-to-end solutions that address the entire value chain across various digital services in key domains of national interest such as, education, healthcare, security, financial services," Ambani said.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />RJIL plans to use TDD LTE technology for its country wide next generation network deployment to provide connectivity and related digital services to its customers, he added.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />"In addition to LTE and its future versions, it will continue to evaluate and deploy other technologies, both wireless and wireline, to offer comprehensive broadband solutions to consumers, small businesses, enterprises, government and other entities," he said.<br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />RJIL will focus on making available all the components of the entire digital value chain.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>

RIL subsidiary Reliance Jio roll-out 4G services in India this year

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LG to launch 4G-enabled smartphones in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="headerart"> <i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">LG announces rolling out LTE TDD capable smartphones across the world, starting today.</span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even as telecom operators such as Airtel, Aircel, Videocon and RIL gear up to push the fourth-generation mobile broadband services in India, mobile manufacturers are also looking to tap the forthcoming trend. Huawei recently said it is working very actively with Airtel for testing of Ascend P1 LTE smartphone, unveiled last year. And now LG has announced it is going to soon launch LTE TDD supported 4G smartphones in the Indian market this year.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div> </div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4g-600x337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="224" id="il_fi" src="http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4g-600x337.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" title="" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“LTE TDD is a superior alternative in some countries due to its flexibility in uploading and downloading content,” Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is quoted as saying.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“We’re excited to offer consumers LTE TDD capable smartphones based on our unparalleled knowhow in 4G LTE technologies. With the commercial introduction of LTE TDD service, LG will build upon its expertise in 4G LTE by offering future device options utilizing this standard.”</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">LG also plans to roll out 4G smartphones in other regions including Australia and China this year.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4G is still in its nascent stage in India with Airtel being the only subscriber to provide 4G data services (TD-LTE). The operator also plans to launch voice-based 4G services later this year. The major push for 4G is expected from RIL, which as the pan-India licence. In the meanwhile, other telecom operators such as Videocon and Aircel have confirmed plans to roll out 4G services later this yar.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The fourth-generation services are highly important for propelling the Internet penetration in the country, considering 3G services couldn't take off to the level as one had expected. Though adoption of 3G services has increased in the country, but mainly because of the reduction in tariffs.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Source: </span></span><a href="http://androidos.in/2013/05/lg-to-launch-lte-tdd-4g-smartphones-in-india-this-year/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AndroidOS.in </span></span></a></div> <br /></div>

LG to launch 4G-enabled smartphones in India

LG announces rolling out LTE TDD capable smartphones across the world, starting today. Even as telecom operators such as Airtel, Airc...

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