Department of Telecommunications allots 8055 series to Reliance Communications for Maharashtra & Goa

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Pune, September 8th, 2009:Department of Telecommunications has allotted Reliance Communication a brand new number series 8055 in the Rest of Maharashtra (including Goa) circle. The company is rolling out these numbers in the Rest of Maharastra circle under the unique name of "BOSS". This is for the first time that Reliance Communications is rolling out the mobile series beginning with 8.

Announcing the roll-out of its BOSS series at a press conference in Pune, Mr Ravi Santhanam, Circle CEO - Wireless Business, Maharashtra & Goa, Reliance Communications, said, "Reliance Communications has launched its GSM services across Mahrastra & Goa and has received a tremendous response from the subscribers in the circle. Our new BOSS series reflects the unique success of Reliance Mobile brand in this circle. As part of the roll-out of '8055' Boss series, we will offer our customers in Maharastra and Goa an equal opportunity to purchase their choice of number by sending an SMS. This is the first time we are offering our customers an option to choose their preferred number. This is in line with our company's thrust to offer best-in-class mobile services to its customers across the country."

Reliance Communications is offering the BOSS series on both its pre-paid and post-paid platforms across its GSM network. Customers across Maharastra and Goa can purchase unique numbers from the BOSS series by sending an sms as "BOSS" followed by the remaining 6 digits of their choice to 567678. Depending on the availability; the selected number of choice will be blocked and a reference code will be provided to the customer. A new customer has to purchase a new Reliance Mobile GSM number along with Rs 80 National Calling Card (NCC) recharge and SMS back their reference number to activate their preferred choice of number. An existing Reliance GSM customer can avail this unique opportunity of having a preferred number in the BOSS series by following this process but without requiring to buy a new connection.

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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