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Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Lucknow and Ludhiana circles went live on Sunday afternoon with close to 10,000 test SIM cards being issued to its employees. In the next stage of launch the company will get associates and vendors on the network for further testing.

By the time of the launch, close to 5 lakh test subscribers are likely to be on the company’s GSM network, sources said. According to sources, RCom’s first phase of testing commenced in cities that comprise 45 per cent of Indian telecom subscriber base.

Over the next four weeks, the soft launch would take place in cities with another 35 per cent of the subscriber base and the rest 20 per cent would be covered within 6 to 9 weeks. On completion, RCom would be the only operator to offer GSM and CDMA mobile phone services. Around 1 lakh temporary staff is working on the company’s GSM project.

About 8,000 skilled manpower from RCom and vendors are supervising the operations. RCom is aiming to achieve a market share of 25 per cent on launch of its nationwide dual network.

A company spokesperson confirmed that the network trials are in advanced stages and the commercial rollout is on schedule.

Source: TheHinduBusinessLine