Company Press Release:
 
Reliance Communications adds 1.25 million wireless customers
 
Average monthly subscriber additions grow by 8% over last quarter
 
Reliance Communications Network Coverage crosses 6000 towns

Mumbai, November 10, 2006: Reliance Communications, ranked among Asia’s 6 topmost valuable telecom companies, continuing the trend of consistent growth acceleration added over 1.25 million wireless subscribers on its network, during the month of October 2006. The superior value driven offerings from Reliance Mobile resulted in an 8% growth in average monthly subscriber additions of previous quarter (July – September 2006). Reliance Communications commenced services in over 200 towns during October and expanded its coverage to 6000 towns.

“The company has maintained the growth momentum in new subscriber additions”, said Mr. S.P. Shukla, President – Personal Business, Reliance Communications. “With the Indian Telecom Sector experiencing robust growth, Reliance Communications is confident to further enhance the current uptrend”, added Mr. Shukla.
 


About Reliance Communications: Ranked among Asia’s 6 Topmost Valuable Telecom Companies, is India’s foremost truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company’s customer base of over 29 million including 9,00,000 individual overseas retail customers, rates it among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 600 Indian and 250 multinational corporations, and over 200 global carriers.

The company has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain, covering over 6000 towns and 3,00,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates World’s largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 150,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s subsidiary, FLAG Telecom owns World’s largest private undersea cable system, spanning 65,000 kilometers connects the top business centers in developed and emerging markets across 6 continents.