The Hindu Business Line : 236 more towns to be covered by RIM in Kerala

RELIANCE Infocomm on Tuesday announced its second phase of expansion plans in Kerala, extending its mobile phone network to 236 more towns in the State.

The RIM phase-II plan for Kerala, envisaged at an investment of Rs 250 crore, is to be completed within 120 days. Of the 236 new towns, around 100 locations will be covered by January 1, 2005, Mr Somasekhar Ganapathy, RIM Business Head for Tamil Nadu and Kerala circle, said at a press meet. The company had already covered three towns in the last three days under the second phase of expansion programme, he added.

With this expansion, Mr Somasekhar said that the Reliance Infocomm network would cover 337 cities and towns in the State. The area covered by the network would also include all national highways, state highways and railway routes in the State. The expansion further enhances connectivity capacity of the network, guaranteeing seamless communications across the State with RIM covering all the districts in the State.

Referring to the customer base in the State, he pointed out that RIM had 4.84 lakh customers as on October 31. With the addition of new towns in the network, RIM service would be accessible to new customers as well providing increased coverage to the existing subscribers, he said.

Mr Mahesh Thampi, RIM Business Head for Kerala, said that the expanded network would cover all tourist destinations and pilgrimage centres of the State. The network would soon be available for pilgrims in the current Sabarimala pilgrimage season.

With Kerala fast emerging as a leader in tourism, the anywhere, anytime data network of Reliance would be a significant infrastructure contribution to the future growth of tourism, he said.

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