RELIANCE JIO ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF 269.2 MHz SPECTRUM IN THE 800MHz, 1800MHz AND 2300 MHz BANDS IN THE AUCTION CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Mumbai, 6th October 2016: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (“RJIL”) announces that it has successfully acquired the right to use 269.2 MHz (UL+DL) spectrum across all 22 Service Areas in India in the recently concluded spectrum auction conducted by DOT, Government of India. Service Area wise details of spectrum acquired are as per below:
Service Area
800 MHz band (Paired)
1800 MHz band
(Paired)
2300 MHz band
(Unpaired)
Andhra Pradesh
–
–
10.00
Assam
–
–
10.00
Bihar
–
5.00
10.00
Delhi
–
–
10.00
Gujarat
5.00
–
10.00
Haryana
–
1.00
–
Himachal Pradesh
–
5.00
10.00
Jammu & Kashmir
–
10.00
–
Karnataka
–
–
10.00
Kerala
–
–
10.00
Kolkata
–
–
10.00
Madhya Pradesh
–
–
10.00
Maharashtra
–
–
10.00
Mumbai
–
–
10.00
North East
–
–
10.00
Odisha
–
–
10.00
Punjab
3.75
5.20
–
Rajasthan
5.00
–
–
Tamil Nadu
–
–
10.00
Uttar Pradesh (East)
1.25
3.40
–
Uttar Pradesh (West)
–
5.00
–
West Bengal
–
5.00
10.00
Total
15.00
39.60
160.00
Enhancement of spectrum footprint
RJIL has renewed its expiring spectrum in 800 MHz band in Gujarat circle and purchased additional spectrum in the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz bands at 6.5% premium to reserve price.
Through this acquisition, RJIL’s total spectrum footprint has increased to 1,108 MHz(UL+DL) with an average life of over 16 years, further strengthening its leadership position in liberalized spectrum holdings. RJIL’s spectrum footprint ensures availability of spectrum in all the three bands across the country and enhances its network capacity at negligible incremental capital and operating expenditure.
Shri Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited, said “We have expanded our spectrum footprint thereby significantly enhancing capacity of our all-IP data strong network and ensuring world class services for all Indians. Jio is committed to taking India to global digital leadership by bringing the power of data to all Indians.”
Cost
The payment to be made for the right to use of this technology agnostic spectrum for a period of 20 years is Rs. 13,672crore, as per the details below:
(amount in Rs. crore)
Frequency Band
Total Payment
800 MHz
3,623
1800 MHz
2,154
2300 MHz
7,895
Total
13,672
The above results are provisional and subject to DOTconfirmation.
About Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited:
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (“Jio”), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (“RIL”), has built a world-class all-IP data strong future proof network with latest 4G LTE technology. It is the only network conceived and born as a Mobile Video Network from the ground up and supporting Voice over LTE technology. It is future ready and can be easily upgraded to support even more data, as technologies advance on to 5G, 6G and beyond.
Jio will bring transformational changes in the Indian digital services space to enable the vision of Digital India for 1.2 billion Indians and propel India into global leadership in digital economy. It has created an eco-system comprising network, devices, applications and content, service experience and affordable tariffs for everyone to live the Jio Digital Life. As part of its customer offers, Jio has revolutionised the Indian telecom landscape by making voice calls for Jio customers absolutely free, across India, to any network, and always. Jio makes India the highest quality, most affordable data market in the world so that every Indian can do Datagiri.
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