Rel Com to invest Rs 3,000 cr in East for network expansion

Kolkata, Jun 6(UNI) Reliance Communications, a company of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group(RADAG), will invest Rs 3,000 crore for expanding its wireless business in Eastern India.

This is a part of the RADAG's total national investment plan of Rs 10,000 to 11,000 crore.

Speaking to mediapersons, Reliance Communications Personal Business President S P Shukla said the company would expand its network in 22,000 cities from 10,000 in this fiscal.

''In eastern India, we will focus on network expansion from 2,000 to 9,000 towns in West Bengal, Bihar, NE and Orissa,'' he said adding the company would expand its number of towers to atleast 25,000.

The company has 32 million customers in total, out of which 4 million is GSM customers. The total number of customers in Kolkata is 8 lakh.

The company today launched a double Bonanza offer for its GSM customers, which will have Lifetime offer at Rs222, a trendy Reliance Classic handset and a prepaid connection.

UNI