The telco currently counts 500,000 subscribers in its LTE trial
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm aims to launch commercial LTE services across India in the coming months, parent firm Reliance Industries said in its earnings report. Reliance Jio Infocomm said it has signed up half a million customers to the trial version of its pan-India LTE service.
“The initial feedback is very encouraging and has established smooth operations of all aspects of the network. All the digital applications have also been tested extensively as part of the employee launch program. This test program will be progressively upgraded into commercial operations in the coming months,” the statement noted.
The telco also plans to deploy fiber-to-the-home and Wi-Fi technologies across the Asian nation in order to support high-speed broadband services.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is the first telecom operator to hold a pan-India unified license. The telco holds “liberalized” spectrum across the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.3 GHz bands. In addition, the operator has entered into spectrum-sharing agreements with Reliance Communications to gain access to more airwaves in the 800 MHz band and plans to extend those agreements to gain pan-Indian 800 MHz frequencies.
Rival operators Bharti Airtel Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Idea Cellular already offer LTE services.