Reliance Communications announces the first ever 8 series mobile number for its GSM customers in Karnataka

DOT allots the 8088 series for RCOM

Bangalore, September 24, 2009: To the delight of millions of mobile customers, Reliance Communications has announced the first ever mobile number series beginning with “8”. The Department of Telecommunications has recently allotted the series to Reliance Communications, Karnataka circle. The brand new number series beginning with 8088 will be available exclusively under Reliance GSM service in Karnataka. Hitherto, the customers were provisioned with the numbers beginning with 9 series. Reliance Communications is offering the “8” series on both its pre-paid and post-paid platforms across its GSM network in Karnataka.

Announcing the roll-out of its “8” series, Mr Rupak Agarwal, Karnataka Circle Head, Reliance Communications said, “We are proud to be allotted the new number series beginning with 8088”. It is a special feeling to have a number beginning with 8 which is commonly associated with the STD code of Bangalore. We are sure that the new 8088 series will help our customers differentiate our services in a crowded 9 series market and provide the necessary innovative value.” He added

About Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs. 13,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US$ 1.8 billion).

Reliance Communications is India’s foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 85 million including over 2.2 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.

Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world’s largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, directly connecting 40 countries from the East coast of the United States, to Europe, the Middle East, India, South and East Asia, through to Japan. The network seamlessly interconnects with its 190,000 route Kilometres fibre optic cables within India.

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