Reliance Communications informed on Tuesday that it will open 82 new exclusive mobile stores in Punjab under its expansion programme.

Under the arrangement, the company would undertake expansion drive across several districts of state including Amritsar, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala.

According to company officials, the latest move is to bring affordable services closer to the people of Punjab and provide easier and faster access to world class telecommunications solutions.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Communications on Monday launched its high-speed wireless broadband services in Kolkata.

The company claims that newly launched service is Country's fastest internet service with a peak downlink speed of upto 3.1 Mbps and an uplink speed of up to 1.8 Mbps. The company will deliver the services on its CDMA platform.

The company has launched multiple subscription plans for its wireless broadband service ranging from a monthly rental of Rs 299 to Rs 1,750. In addition, the company will take Rs 3,500 as one time cost for USB modem separately.

Going by a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) directive, as many as 250 lakh mobile subscribers, who use handsets that are without the valid IMEI - International Mobile Equipment Identity - number, face the likelihood of disconnection of services from April 15, the extended deadline after the earlier set December 31, 2008 cut-off date!

In accordance with the DoT instructions, GSM service providers - including Airtel and Vodafone - are all set to deny connectivity to mobile phones which do not have the essential IMEI number, which is 15-digit code appearing on the operator's network when a call is made.

The customers of the Reliance Mobile GSM Service have a new pack coming their way - the company Thursday launched a 'Jaadu STV 45' tariff voucher, which boasts of a multitude of benefits!

A part of Reliance Mobile's ongoing Customer Experience Programme, the new Rs. 45 recharge pack comes with 90-day validity, and offers talk-time worth Rs. 20. The call charges of the new Jaadu 45 pack, for current and new Reliance GSM subscribers, would be 60 paise per minute for local calls to any network, and Re 1 per minute for STD calls.

The telecommunications company of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group – Reliance Communications has rolled out a new recharge voucher – “Jaadu STV 45” – for the prepaid subscribers of its Reliance Mobile GSM Service, in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Karnataka Circle.

It was quite a relief for mobile phone service provider, Vodafone Essar, when the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Thursday stayed a notice issued by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to disconnect Vodafone from its network.  

The government-operated, BSNL issued the notice to disconnect Vodafone from its network, alleging that Vodafone was illegally routing international calls through its (BSNL’s) local network, bypassing the BSNL network, which caused revenue loss to the PSU.