Company Press Release:
 
Reliance Communications adds a record 1.35 mn subscribers in November
Sustains growth momentum, monthly subscriber additions surge by 17% over last quarter

Mumbai, December 7th, 2006: Reliance Communications, ranked among Asia’s 6 topmost valuable telecom companies, today announced a record 1.35 million net subscriber additions on its wireless network, the highest growth seen across all telecom operators during November 2006. Sustaining the growth momentum, Reliance Communications monthly net subscriber additions have experienced a growth rate of 17%, over previous quarter.

“It is indeed an encouraging sign for us as many million consumers coming on the Indian telecom networks have chosen Reliance Communications superior value offerings, resulting in robust growth in our customer base”, said Mr. S.P. Shukla, President – Personal Business, Reliance Communications. “The huge latent demand for telecom services in the country, coupled with the customers preferences towards Reliance Communications further boost our confidence, in our endeavor, to consistently enhance value for our 2 mn shareholders”, he added.

During the month of November, Reliance Communications crossed the 4 million subscriber base landmark in the state of Maharastra (including Mumbai). Subscriber base in Uttar Pradesh (E) & (W) crossed 3 million, in Andhra Pradesh 2.5 million subscribers and in Madhya Pradesh 2 million subscribers.
 


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.