Mobility

May 31, 2006
Reliance Infocomm launches inter-standard roaming

MUMBAI -- Reliance Infocomm, the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, recently launched 1World.1Number, the seamless inter-standard international roaming service with single number on international CDMA and GSM networks. Reliance is the first telecom operator in India to launch inter-standard roaming.

In India, roaming on CDMA networks started on 18 August 2005, and inter-standard roaming on GSM networks started on 29th March 2006. With the launch of this latest inter-standard roaming, Reliance now offers widest roaming coverage, covering 90 percent of global mobile networks including CDMA and GSM. Reliance's international roaming services currently include voice, SMS and voice message services.

The new inter-standard roaming service is a huge bonus for Reliance customers as they will no longer have to resort to call-forwarding when traveling from a CDMA network to GSM network and vice versa. With 11 major CDMA networks and 340 GSM networks covered under 1World.1Number service, Reliance now becomes the number one service provider in India to offer the widest international roaming coverage at the lowest roaming rates.

"India is witnessing an explosion in international travel with more and more people traveling abroad for business and leisure. In keeping with our practice of providing the best of services at all times, our latest 1World.1Number international roaming offering is just another step toward providing convenience and value to our esteemed subscribers," said a spokesperson from Reliance.

Reliance customers traveling abroad can subscribe to the service at Reliance WebWorlds. A SIM Card will be provided to the customer, which when used with a suitable GSM handset, will enable customer to roam on GSM networks. Customer can use CDMA handset for roaming on CDMA networks.

According to industry sources, Reliance has tied up with 13 major CDMA operators and 340 GSM operators worldwide.