Anil applies for pan-India GSM spectrum

Anil applies for pan-India GSM spectrum

Two months after Reliance Communications announced plans to launch GSM-based telecom services, the biggest CDMA service provider applied today to the Department of Telecom (DoT) for spectrum in the 1800 MHz band throughout the country.

With this official bid for GSM spectrum in 21 of the country’s 23 telecom circles, Reliance’s network will be able to cover most of the land area, making its GSM foray potentially the biggest round of network expansion for the company since it first launched CDMA-based telecom services in 2001.