Aircel partners with RCom to launch 3G services in Mumbai

Mobile telecom operator Aircel has partnered with Reliance Communications (RCom) to launch high-speed 3G services in the lucrative Mumbai circle. Aircel’s 3G services will offer enhanced user experience to subscribers, allowing them live streaming of various content and better access to social media. The company won 3G spectrum in 13 circles for nearly Rs 6,500 crore, which does not include Mumbai, where Bharti Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone emerged as winners. Under revised guidelines, operators are allowed to tie up with their peers and launch services in circles they do not have a license. Aircel is an Indian mobile network operator headquartered in Chennai, which offers voice & data services ranging from postpaid and prepaid plans, 2G and 3G services, Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) to Value-Added-Services (VAS), while Reliance Communications is India’s foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company, with a customer base of about 150 million, including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country.