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Reliance Communication company history timeline

2004

Reliance Communications Ltd was incorporated on July 15 2004 as a private limited company with the name of Reliance Infrastructure Developers Pvt Ltd.

2005

In July 25 2005 the company was converted into public limited company and the name was changed to Reliance Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

In August 3 2005 they further changed their name to Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd.In August 11 2005 the equity shares of the company were acquired by Reliance Industries Ltd and thus the company became the wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd.

2006

In June 7 2006 the name of the company was changed from Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd to Reliance Communications Ltd.

2008

The company introduced its GSM service in 2008.

2010

On 1 July 2010, The board of Reliance Communications confirmed about the acquisition of Digicable India's largest cable network in all-stock deal.

In the 2010 spectrum auction, Reliance obtained licenses for 3G spectrum in three cities at a total licensing fee of ₹ 58,642.9 million.

2011

It became Reliance Communications Limited in 2006. It began using MIMO technology in 2011 to improve the quality of its 3G service, providing a data rate of up to 28 Mbit/s.

2013

Reliance and Lenovo introduced their co-branded Android smartphones in India in 2013.

In 2013, RCom signed a multi-year managed services agreement (MSA) with Ericsson to manage services of wireline and wireless network of 100,000 km of fiber and mobile infrastructure in 11 telecom circles in India.

2014

Reliance Globalcom delivers first circuit to Mobily on newly launched Hawk cable system -Reliance Communications partners with Twitter in India.In 2014 Reliance launches 'Free Facebook Fridays'. RCOM Launches Disruptive Hi-Speed Unlimited Data Plans.

2015

Assam Bihar Himachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh North East Odisha and West Bengal which is effective from December 12 2015.

R Com expands 3G services to 18 circles.In 2015 Reliance Communications Realigns Business Units Expands Role of Global Cloud Xchange.

2016

SUC for Spectrum acquired in auction of October 2016 is to be charged at the rate of 3% of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) excluding the revenue from wire-line services. ii.

2017

In April 2017, Reliance laid off 600 employees in preparation for its mergers with MTS and Aircel.

By September 2017, Ericsson terminated the MSA and approached the NCLT to recover dues of Rs 1100 crores.

In 2017 that partnership also extended to providing connectivity solutions to Alibaba Cloud on their India expansion initiatives.

2018

The Supreme Court reviewed the matter in August 2018 and ordered RComm to pay up Rs 550 crore to Ericsson by 30 September.

2019

In February 2019, the Supreme court has held Anil Ambani and three others guilty of contempt of court and directed them to make payments by 19 March.

2020

During 2020, a consortium of companies is bidding upwards of $200 Million USD to buy the assets of Reliance Communications.

2021

At 1.79 million, demat accounts opened in June fewest since Feb 2021

2022

Asian Fertilizers Ltd - Statement Of Investor Complaints For The Quarter Ended June 2022

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2004
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