Reliance Communications (RCom) is reportedly planning to offer 4G services, starting in Gujarat, where its CDMA network operates on airwaves similar to those it has acquired to deploy the high-speed mobile telecom technology.
India’s fourth-largest carrier will need to spend about $40 million (Rs 255 crore) to pay for equipment and also to enable use of the CDMA spectrum for 4G in Gujarat before the launch, for which the internal deadline is November.
The company has chosen to start with Gujarat because it recently won 2.5 MHz of airwaves in the sub-1 GHz band, which, together with 2.5 MHz of its existing spectrum, can be used to deploy 4G services
