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Reliance Communications

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The deal was announced of the overseas acquisition, the Reliance group has amalgamated the United States-based Flag Telecom for $ Reliance Communications 211 million . On the 19th December 2008,one of the flag telecom cables in the mediterranean sea was damaged.Flag Telecom is communications now part of Reliance Globalcom. On the 30th December 2008, Reliance became the first telecom company in India to operate in both CDMA as well as GSM technologies. On the 30th December 2008, Reliance Communications became the first telecom operator in the Communications Security Establishment Canada history of Indian telecommunications to simultaneously launch its GSM services in 17 circles, namely Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh(East & West) thereby establishing itself as a pan-India operator. It already operates GSM services in 8 circles namely Assam, Bihar & Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, North Eastern states, Orissa, West Bengal. It is the flagship company of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, comprising of power (Reliance Energy), financial services (Reliance Capital) and telecom initiatives of the Reliance ADAG.

It is the second largest mobile operator in India, based on number of subscribers. According to National Stock Exchange data, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani controls 66.77 per cent of the company, which accounts for more than 1.36 billion shares.

but operates under the brand Reliance Smart GSM. It uses CDMA2000 1x technology for its existing CDMA mobile services, and GSM-900/GSM-1800 technology for its existing/newly launched GSM services. RelCom is also into Wireline Business throughout India and has the largest optical fiber communication (OFC) backbone architecture in the country. Reliance Communications has launched its Direct To Home (DTH) TV also, known as Big TV .

Reliance Smart is owned by their sister concern Reliance Telecom.They got these license when they took over USHA PHONE. ACC · Bajaj · Airtel · BHEL · Cipla · DLF · Grasim · Gujarat Ambuja · HDFC · HDFC Bank · Hero Honda · Hindalco · HUL (formerly HLL) · ICICI Bank · Infosys · ITC · L&T · Maruti · NIIT · NTPC · ONGC · Ranbaxy · Reliance Comm. · Reliance Energy · RIL · SBI · Sun Pharmaceutical · TCS · Tata Motors · Tata Steel · Wipro . RelCom have presence across all B2C communications channel in one of the fastest growing markets in the world. In 2007, Reliance Communications had bid for 67% of Hutch but lost to Vodafone. In July 2007, the company announced it is buying US-based managed ethernet and application delivery services company Yipes Enterprise Services for a cash amount of Rs.

1200 crore rupees (equivalent of USD 300 million). Reliance Communications, formerly known as Reliance Infocomm, along with Reliance Telecom and Flag Telecom, is part of Reliance Communications Ventures (RCoVL).