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About Sh. Dhirubhai Ambani

Few men in history have made as dramatic a contribution to th

country’s economic fortunes as did the founder of Reliance, ShDhirubhai H Ambani. Fewer still have left behind a legacy thamore enduring and timeless.

As with all great pioneers, there is more than one unique way describing the true genius of Dhirubhai: the corporate visionarunmatched strategist, the proud patriot, the leader of men, thearchitect of India’s capital markets, the champion of shareholdinterest.

But the role Dhirubhai cherished most was perhaps that of Indgreatest wealth creator. In one lifetime, he built, starting from proverbial scratch, India’s largest private sector enterprise.

When Dhirubhai embarked on his first business venture, he had a seed capital of barely US$ 300 (around14,000). Over the next three and a half decades, he converted this fledgling enterprise into a Rs 60,000 ccolossus—an achievement which earned Reliance a place on the global Fortune 500 list, the first ever Ind private company to do so.

Dhirubhai is widely regarded as the father of India’s capital markets. In 1977, when Reliance Textile IndLimited first went public, the Indian stock market was a place patronised by a small club of elite investorwhich dabbled in a handful of stocks.

Undaunted, Dhirubhai managed to convince a large number of first-time retail investors to participate in unfolding Reliance story and put their hard-earned money in the Reliance Textile IPO, promising them, iexchange for their trust, substantial return on their investments. It was to be the start of one of great storimutual respect and reciprocal gain in the Indian markets.

Under Dhirubhai’s extraordinary vision and leadership, Reliance scripted one of the greatest growth storcorporate history anywhere in the world, and went on to become India’s largest private sector enterprise.

Through out this amazing journey, Dhirubhai always kept the interests of the ordinary shareholder uppermind, in the process making millionaires out of many of the initial investors in the Reliance stock, and crone of the world’s largest shareholder families.

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A dream come true

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The late Dhirubhai Ambani dreamt of a digital India — an Indithe common man would have access to affordable means of information and communication. Dhirubhai, who single-handedIndia’s largest private sector company virtually from scratch, hastated as early as 1999: “Make the tools of information and

communication available to people at an affordable cost. Thovercome the handicaps of illiteracy and lack of mobility.”

It was with this belief in mind that Reliance Communications(formerly Reliance Infocomm) started laying 60,000 route kilomof a pan-India fibre optic backbone. This backbone was commion 28 December 2002, the auspicious occasion of Dhirubhai’s 7 birthday, though sadly after his unexpected demise on 6 July 20

Reliance Communications has a reliable, high-capacity, integrated (both wireless and wireline) and conv(voice, data and video) digital network. It is capable of delivering a range of services spanning the entireinfocomm (information and communication) value chain, including infrastructure and services — for

enterprises as well as individuals, applications, and consulting.

Today, Reliance Communications is revolutionising the way India communicates and networks, truly briabout a new way of life.

Think big. Think different. Think ahead.

Dhirubhai preached — and personally practised — one mantrathroughout his life: Dream with conviction.

He built the Reliance empire from scratch and, in a short span years, it catapulted to become one of the top Fortune 500 corpoof the world — an achievement unparalleled in history.

He was deeply rooted in traditional Indian values, and at the satime, Dhirubhai possessed a very modern outlook - truly that ocentury person. His corporate philosophy was short, simple anincredibly effective: “Think big. Think different. Think fast. Tahead. Aim for the best.” This was clearly reflected in his passmega-sized projects, as well as his fascination for cutting-edgetechnology and desire to always achieve the highest possible productivity. At Reliance, Dhirubhai was a pillar of inspiration

one and all. By practicing what he preached, he inspired andencouraged everyone to surpass the best in the world.

Dhirubhai fully realised that true empowerment of the people is possible only through education. Being aeffective communicator, he continued to inspire, guide, educate and motivate everyone through hiscommunications. He was a firm believer in the power of information and communication, and how it canutilised and turned to the advantage of one and all, by making time and distance irrelevant.



He would always say that if a telephone call could be made cheaper than a postcard, it would transform ehome, empower every Indian, remove every obstacle to opportunity and growth, and tear apart every barthat divides Indian society. He was convinced that infocom could energise enterprises, drive governancerender learning an interesting experience, apart from making life exciting.

Keeping his conviction as our credo, Reliance Communications is committed to transform Dhirubhai’s d

into a reality.

Reliance Group

Looking back, looking forward

Reliance Group, an offshoot of the Group founded by Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002), ranks amoIndia’s top three private sector business houses in terms of net worth. The group has business interests thfrom telecommunications (Reliance Communications Limited) to financial services (Reliance Capital Ltthe generation and distribution of power (Reliance Infrastructure Limited).

Reliance Group’s flagship company, Reliance Communications, is India's largest private sector informatcommunications company, with over 150 million subscribers. It has established a pan-India, high-capaciintegrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network, to offer services spthe entire infocomm value chain.

Other major group companies — Reliance Capital and Reliance Infrastructure — are widely acknowledgthe market leaders in their respective areas of operation.



Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) inrecognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its busineareas, December 2001

Selected by Asiaweek magazine for its list of ‘Leaders of the Millennium in Business and Finance’ andintroduced as the only ‘new hero’ in Business and Finance from India, June 1999.

Vision

By 2015, be amongst the top 3 most valuedIndian companies,

providing Information, Communication

& Entertainment services, and being theindustry benchmark in

Customer Experience, EmployeeCentricity and Innovation.

Mission

We will create world-class benchmarks by:

• Meeting and exceeding Customer expectations with a segmented approach

• Establishing, re-engineering and automating Processes to make themcustomer centric, efficient and effective

• Incessant offering of Products and Services that are value for money and excite customers

• Providing a Network experience that is best in the industry



• Building Reliance into an iconic Brand whichis benchmarked by others and leads industryin Intention to Purchase and Loyalty

• Developing a professional Leadership teamthat inspires, nurtures talent and

propagates RCOM Values by personal example

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Business

India ’s leading integrated telecomcompany Reliance Communications isthe flagship company of the RelianceGroup. Listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange, it is India’s leading integratedtelecommunication company with over



150 million customers.

Our business encompasses a completerange of telecom services coveringmobile and fixed line telephony. Itincludes broadband, national and

international long distance services anddata services along with an exhaustiverange of value-added services andapplications. Our constant endeavour isto provide an enhanced customer experience and achieve customer satisfaction by upscaling the productivity of the enterprises andindividuals we serve.

Reliance Mobile (formerly RelianceIndia Mobile), launched on 28

December 2002, coinciding with the joyous occasion of the late DhirubhaiAmbani’s 70th birthday, was among theinitial initiatives of RelianceCommunications. It marked theauspicious beginning of Dhirubhai’sdream of ushering in a digital revolutionin India. Today, we can proudly claimthat we were instrumental in harnessingthe true power of information andcommunication, by bestowing it in the

hands of the common man at affordablerates.

We endeavour to further extend our efforts beyond the traditional valuechain by developing and deployingcomplete telecom solutions for the entirespectrum of society.

Wireless

Reliance Mobile



With over 150 millionsubscribersacross India,RelianceMobile isIndia’slargestmobileservice brand.RelianceMobileservices nowcover over 24,000towns, 6 lakh

villages, andstillcounting.

We haveachievedmanymilestones inthis short journey. In2003, AC NielsenvotedRelianceMobile(formerlyRelianceIndiaMobile) asIndia’s MostTrustedTelecomBrand. In

July 2003, itcreated aworld record by addingone millionsubscribersin a matter of just 10 days



through its‘MonsoonHungama’offer.

What sets Reliance Mobile apart is the

fact that nearly 90 per cent of our handsets are data-enabled, and canaccess hundreds of Java applications onReliance Mobile World.

Reliance Mobile has ushered in a mobilerevolution by offering advancedmultimedia handsets to the commonman at very affordable rates. Thisinnovative low pricing has increased thenumber of mobile phone users and itsresult is clearly reflected in the meteoric

rise in India’s tele-density over the pastfour years.

Our pan-India wireless network runs onCDMA2000 1x technology, which hassuperior voice and data capabilitiescompared to other cellular mobiletechnologies. CDMA2000 1x is morecost-effective as it utilises the scarceradio spectrum more efficiently thanother technologies do. Enhanced voiceclarity, superior data speed of up to 144

kbps and seamless migration to newer generations of mobile technologies aresome of its key differentiators.

R World

The R World suite of Reliance Mobile is a unique Java-basedapplication. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it enables complexInternet application to be introduced in mobile phones effectively andquickly. R World receives over 1.5 billion page views per monthfrom Reliance Mobile users.

R World offers a wide array of applications that include hourly newsupdates, high quality headline video clips, downloadable multi-lingual ring tones, seasonal updates including festival specials, cityand TV specials, exam results, astrology, mobile banking, bill payment.



With over 150 data applications offering varied services - unique to any wireless service in

India - R World is truly a treasure house of knowledge, information, entertainment and

commerce.

Board of directorsShri Anil D. Ambani

Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India,Shri Anil D. Ambani (50), the Chairman of all listed companies of the Reliance Group, namely,Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance NaturalResources and Reliance Power. He is also the President of the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. An MBA from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Shri Ambani is credited with pioneeringseveral pathbreaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded thecountry’s first forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of globaldepositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Under his Chairmanship, the constituent companiesof the Reliance Group have raised nearly US$ 7 billion from global financial markets in a periodof less than 3 years.

Shri Ambani has been associated with a number of prestigious academic institutions in India andabroad. He is currently amember of:

Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA

Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad



Executive Board, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

In June 2004, Shri Ambani was elected as an Independent member of the Rajya Sabha – Upper House, Parliament of India, a position he chose to resign voluntarily on 29th March, 2006.

Select Awards and Achievements

Awarded by Light Readings as the Person of the Year – 2008 for outstanding achievements inthe communication industry.

Voted ‘the Businessman of the Year’ in a poll conducted by The Times of India – TNS,December, 2006.

Voted the ‘Best role model’ among business leaders in the biannual Mood of the Nation pollconducted by India Today magazine, August 2006.

Conferred ‘the CEO of the Year 2004’ in the Platts Global Energy Awards.

Conferred ‘The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award’ by the Bombay Management Association,October 2002.

Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum(WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in

many of its business areas, December, 2001.

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Prof. J. Ramachandran

Prof. J. Ramachandran, Director (52) is the Chair Professor of Business Policy at the IndianInstitute of Management, Bangalore. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and CostAccountant and has obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a director of Reliance Communications InfrastructureLimited, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Redington (India) Limited, BhorukaPower Corporation Limited, Indofil Organic Industries Limited, Tejas Networks Limited and

Infotech Enterprises Limited.

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Shri S. P. Talwar

Shri S. P. Talwar, Director (70) was a former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Hewas also former Chairman-cum- Managing Director of Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India andOriental Bank of Commerce. He is graduate in Arts and Law. He is also qualified as CAIIB. Hehas vast experience in financial servicessector in the country.

He is also director of Crompton Greaves Limited, Reliance Communications Infrastructure

Limited, Reliance General Insurance Company Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited, VideoconIndustries Limited, Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited, Wall Street Finance Limited, ABHotels Limited, Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited and Asian Oilfield Services Limited.

Shri S. P. Talwar is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company, Videocon IndustriesLimited, Crompton Greaves Limited, Housing Development an Infrastructure Limited, RelianceInfratel Limited. He is member of Audit Committee of Reliance Life Insurance CompanyLimited, Reliance General Insurance Company

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Limited and Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited. He is also member of theInvestors Grievances Committee of the Company.

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Shri Deepak ShourieShri Deepak Shourie, Director (60) is Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Honours and has morethan 39 years’ exposure with an emphasis on media, consumer goods, and corporate affairs. Heis on the Board of Indian Broadcasting Foundation. He wasthe Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Discovery Communications of India.

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Shri A. K. Purwar

Shri A. K. Purwar, Director (63) was the former Chairman and Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI). He was also former Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala. He is graduated

in Commerce and Diploma in Business Administration. Under his leadership, the State Bank of India had taken giant strides in technological innovations, all the 13800+ branches of the SBIwere fully computerized by 2004.

He is also Director of Vardhman Textiles Limited, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, DeccanInfrastructure and Land Holdings Limited, Apollo Tyres Limited, Engineers India Limited,IL&FS Renewable Energy Limited and India Infoline Limited. Shri Purwar has been associatedwith a number of prestigious academic institutions, committees set up by various State andCentral Governments and international institutions.

CorporateGovernance

Organisations, like individuals, depend for their survival, sustenance and growth on thesupport and goodwill of the communities of which they are an integral part, and must pay back this generosity in every way they can...

This ethical standpoint, derived from the vision of our founder, lies at the heart of the CSR

philosophy of the Reliance Group.While we strongly believe that our primary obligation or duty as corporate entities is to our shareholders – we are just as mindful of the fact that this imperative does not exist in isolation; itis part of a much larger compact which we have with our entire body of stakeholders: Fromemployees, customers and vendors to business partners, eco-system, local communities, andsociety at large.









We evaluate and assess each critical business decision or choice from the point of view of diverse stakeholder interest, driven by the need to minimise risk and to pro-actively addresslong-term social, economic and environmental costs and concerns.

For us, being socially responsible is not an occasional act of charity or that one-time tokenfinancial contribution to the local school, hospital or environmental NGO. It is an ongoing year-

round commitment, which is integrated into the very core of our business objectives and strategy.

Code of Conduct

Reliance Group continually reviews corporate governance best practices to ensure that theyreflect global developments. It takes feedback into account, in its periodic reviews of theguidelines to ensure their continuing relevance, effectiveness and responsiveness to the needs of local and international investors and other stakeholders.

Our code of conduct and business policies encompass the following areas:

Values and commitmentsCode of ethicsBusiness policiesEthics managementPrevention of sexual harassment

Policy on insider trading To read the complete Code of Conduct, click here.

Whilstle blower policy : This policy is formulated to provide mechanism to employees

to approach the Audit Committee of the Company and disclose unethical and

improper practices or any other alleged wrongful conduct in the Company and to

prohibit managerial personnel from taking any adverse personnel action against

those employees.

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Milestones

2011

January 18Reliance Communications draws down ECB of US$ 255 Million (Rs 1155 Cr) for 3G SpectrumRefinancing.

February 14RCOM Announces Q3 Financial Results

February 17Reliance Communications signs pact with Radio Netherlands Worldwide

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2010

January 14Reliance Big TV and Indiagames sign strategic agreement

January 21

RCOM offers Cartoon Network Comics on Mobiles

February 11RCOM partners with SNDT Women's University

March 15Reliance Communications achieves a landmark of 100 million customers

March 17Reliance Communications and Polycom forge partnership to jointly drive market opportunities inIndia

March 27Reliance Communications commemorates 100 million customer landmark with Free Celebratory

Airtime on March 28

April 27Reliance Communications signs strategic alliance with GetJar to create India’s largest and freeapplications store.

May 5BIG TV launches India’s first HD DVR Service

May 6

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Reliance Communications breaks away from tariff metering tradition of Indian telecom industry.

May 15Reliance Communications announces Q4 financial results for the financial year ended March 31,2010.

May 27Reliance Webstore commences market roll-out of India’s cheapest touchscreen CDMA phone

May 31RCOM makes Rs 8585 crore payment towards 3G spectrum to DoT for 13 circles

June 16RCOM announces unlimited internet access on mobile

June 21RCOM launches India’s first “Live Chat” Customer Service Initiative.

August 4RCOM & Universal Music sign exclusive strategic partnership in its preparation for 3G launch

August 13RCOM Announces Q1 Financial Results

August 16Reliance Mobile introduces Braille Bill Service for visually impaired

August 20RCOM & Nokia join hands for a first-of-its-kind multi-faceted business partnership

November 13RCOM Announces Financial Results For The Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

December 3Reliance Communications to Unveil New 3G Mobile Data Services Portal On Motricity Platform

December 13RCOM Announces The Launch of 3 G Services

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2009

January 1RCOM launches pan India roll out of GSM

January 2

Reliance Mobile and Microsoft to launch fourth edition of National Digital ElocutionContest(NDEC) in India

January 8RCOM ties up with Swanbaytech , UK to bring ad-funded videos on Reliance Mobile Phones

February 1Reliance Mobile launches GSM service in Delhi

February 13






RCOM announces a record of five million news subscribers in January 2009

February 26ICRA assigns LAAA rating to RCOM’s NCD Program and enhanced Bank Lines; existing ratingreaffirmed.RCOM ties up with FLYTXT, implements new mobile marketing platform

March 12Reliance Communications launches Netconnect Broadband Plus- India’s fastest wireless internetservice

March 13Reliance Communications announces adding a record of 3.3 million wireless customers inFebruary 2009

April 15Reliance Communications clocks 11.3 million subscribers in January- March 2009

May 11Reliance Mobile to go LIVE with all ICC World Cup T 20 matches on R World VAS Deck

May 26RCOM shareholders approve scheme of arrangement of demerge of fiber optic division

May 30Reliance BIG TV expands channel bouquet with ten new channels

June 8Reliance BIG TV can get live in-stadia experience on interactive cricket

June 9RCOM Infrastructure & KRIBHCO forge rural marketing joint venture

June 10

Reliance Mobile offers BlackBerry service for Rs. 299 per monthJune 16Reliance Mobile in alliance with Aaj Tak to offer video news alerts.

July 01Alcatel Lucent, Reliance Communications Managed Network Services Joint Venture completesOne year

July 02Reliance BIG TV launches iStock India’s first portfolio tracking service on a DTH platform

July 22Etisalat DB Telecom & Reliance Communications Announce A Long-Term Strategic Telecom

Infrastructure Sharing AgreementJuly 27Reliance Mobile in pact with US-based Gameloft for Paris Hilton’s exclusive game

August 11Good Response to Five PG Certificate Programs Offered By Reliance World & XLRIJamshedpur

August 13



Reliance Communications Signs Strategic Tie-up With Kodiak Networks For Nationwide Roll-out Of Mobile Conferencing Service

August 18Reliance Mobile introduces Antakshari service on GSM & CDMA networks

August 22Reliance Mobile plans unique contest based on ICC Champions Trophy

August 25RCOM targets rural customers with new services & sachet pricing for mobile Internet access

September 08Department of Telecommunications allots 8055 series to Reliance Communications for Maharashtra & Goa

September 10Reliance Mobile launches BIGMaps on GSM Network

September 18

Reliance Mobile introduces job-search service for blue-collar employment seekers

October 05Reliance Communications redefines Telecom Industry benchmarks

October 08Reliance Webstore signs strategic distribution agreement with Coolpad Communications

October 21Reliance Mobile offers personalized Call Manager service on GSM network

November 3Reliance Communications expands its ‘Simply Reliance’ Initiative

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2008

January 12Reliance Communications receives start-up GSM Spectrum.

January 16Yahoo partners with Reliance Communications to provide Yahoo One Search for its CDMA andGSM customers.

January 31RCOM's Q 3 net profit increases by 48.5% and revenues up by 29.8 %. Remains the most

profitable telecom company in India.

February 4Reliance Communications offers Lifetime Validity at Rs 199.RCOM’s subsidiary Infratel files Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI.

February 5Reliance Mobile strengthens its religious content portfolio on mobile by tie-up with Sadhana TV.

February 14






RCOM in partnership with CanvasM, launches Mulitplayer Mobile Games.

February 19HDFC Bank ties up with RCOM, turns every Reliance Mobile into a credit card.

February 27

Reliance Communications consolidates Global Telecom Business under ‘Business Globalcom’.Reliance Communications forays into International Mobile Market with GSM licence in Uganda.

March 3Reliance Communications drops prices of Internet data cards.

March 10Reliance Communications announces ESOPs for over 20,000 employees.

March 20Reliance Communications and HTC forge strategic alliance.

March 27Corporation Bank launches banking services on Reliance Mobile World.

April 1Reliance Communications forays into IT space, launches Reliance Technology ServicesCompany.

April 9RCOM launches educational portal on Reliance Mobile phones.

April 25Reliance Globalcom unit Reliance Infocom BV, Netherlands acquires Global WiMAX Operator eWave World.

April 29Reliance Communications announces unlimited free STD calls.

April 30Reliance Globalcom launches Passport Global SIM.RCOM's net profit up by 70.8% to Rs 5,401 crore.

May 2Reliance Communications’ net profit up by 70.8% to Rs 5,401 crore (US$ 1,350 million),revenues higher by 31.8% to Rs.19, 068 crore (US$ 4,765 million) and EBIDTA increases by43.3% to Rs.8, 199 crore (US$ 2049 million).

May 12Reliance Communications and Alcatel form joint venture to offer Managed Network Services totelcos across the globe.

May 26Reliance Globalcom acquires UK based VANCO Group Limited.

June 24Reliance Globalcom, Stealth Communications forge strategic alliance to extend VOIP Network across 50 countries.

July 12CA exam results on Reliance Mobile.



July 22Reliance Communications Mobile subscriber base crosses 50 Million.

July 29CA professional exam results on Reliance Mobile.

July 31Reliance Communications (RCOM) announces its financial results for the first quarter endedJune 30, 2008. Net profit up by 23.9% to Rs. 1,512 crore (US$ 352 million).

August 19Reliance Communications Launches BIG TV DTH Service. August 22Reliance Mobile World Brings ‘Janmaashtami’Celebrations.

September 16Reliance Mobile Launches Prepaid Blackberry Services in India.

September 22RCOM & BBC News Enter A Strategic Agreement For Mobile Content

September 26Reliance Mobile Brings ‘Navratri’ & ‘Durga Pooja’ Celebrations

October 10RCOM’s Festival Bonanza For Desktop & Laptop Computer Users

October 15Reliance Mobile Offers A Lifetime of Attractive Call Rates

October 16

Reliance Mobile –ICC ODI Women’s Rankings Launched In MumbaiOctober 20BIG TV Gains 500,000 Subscribers Within Two Months Of Launch To Emerge As The FastestGrowing DTH Players In India

October 21RCOM Joins Hands With Intel, Acer, Asus, HCL And Lenovo To Offer Free Laptop WithReliance Netconnect-Internet Data Cards.

October 23RCOM-HTC Corporation Launch HTC Touch Diamond CDMA In India

November 04

RELIANCE MOBILE WORLD Launches ‘JEEVANSATHI on MOBILE’SERVICE

November 06RCOM launches ‘Quick Search’ service on Reliance Mobile World.

November 11Reliance BIG TV DTH Service clocks one million subscribers in 85 days.

November 18



RCOM Ties Up with ZMQ to develop mobile games based on UN’s themes.

December 19Reliance Mobile launches Text News Service in Nine Regional Languages.

December 30

RCOM launches GSM service across India

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2007

January 10Reliance Communications adds a record 1.4 million subscribers in December ’06.

January 18Reliance Communication launches unique "Simply 2030" plan on Reliance Hello.

January 25Reliance Communications promotes Roger Waters music concert.

January 29RCOM shareholders approve tower business demerger with a 99.99% overwhelming majority.

January 30Overwhelming response to Reliance World’s national digital elocution competition.

January 30Reliance joins Lenovo and Intel for ‘Internet on the Move’.

February 2Reliance Communications’ market capitalisation tops Rs 1 lakh crore ( 1 trillion rupees or 24.39

billion US dollars) on Bombay Stock Exchange.February 16Reliance Communications offers best value on roaming.

February 26Search jobs & classified ads from Reliance Mobile World - Reliance Communications ties upwith Naukri.com.

March 6Reliance Communications ushers in ‘Virtual Global Conference Network’.

March 7DHIRUBHAI AMBANI – THE MAN I KNEW By KOKILABEN

Book on Founder Chairman launched.March 8Reliance Communications launches ‘Roam Jamaica’ on Reliance Mobile.

March 16Reliance Mobile launches ' Suno Zee’.

March 19Demerger of Passive Infrastructure division Reliance Communications & Reliance Telecom






approved by the Bombay High Court.

March 21Reliance World offers programme to help students ’Crack Admissions in Colleges Abroad’.

March 23

Govt’s Rural Telephone Scheme (RDEL)through Reliance Communications successfully closes by March 31,2007.

March 26Booking train ticket from Reliance Mobile Phones becomes more easy now… with ITZ CashCards.

April 4Reliance Communications unleashes the power of mobile advertising.

April 6Reliance Communications acquires 1.2 million subscribers in March 2007.

April 11

Sunny days and nights for Reliance Mobile subscribers asReliance Communications ties up with SUN TV to offer video streaming of all SUN TV programs online 24x7.

April 11Reliance World launches summer e-camp for school kids.

April 30RCOM first listed Indian telecom company to reward shareholders.

May 2A Classic Bonanza – Reliance Communications unveils handsets @ Rs 777.

May 9

RCOM bags West Bengal e-governance project.May 10Reliance sets a new record, one million classic handsets sold in just one

May 12Reliance Communications slashes rate to US and Canada. It's now just Rs 1.99 per minute.

May 14Reliance Communications launches Classic Colour Bonanza - Colour handsets @ Rs 1234.

May 17RCOM kick starts world's fastest and largest rural infrastructure rollout on World Telecom Day.

May 18

Reliance Communications Launches Lifetime Validity Recharge @ Just Rs.499.May 22RCOM slashes roaming rates by as much as 70 percent.

May 25Reliance Communications launches unlimited calling.

June 5RCOM hosts seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Mobile Applications Development’.



June 6Reliance Communications adds 1.4 million new mobile subscribers in May2007.

June 6Reliance Classic' Makes Music - FM Radio Phones Launched at just Rs.1888.

June 27Reliance World, BIMTECH & Philadelphia University unveil executive program in retailmanagement (EPRM).

June 28Reliance Communications ties up with Cisco to launch Business Internet Services for SMEs inPune.

July 4Bengali movie ‘Anuranan’ on Reliance Mobile World.

July 7RCOM and QUALCOMM Collaborate on CDMA2000 Expansion.

July 12Reliance Communications awards Alcatel-Lucent a Next-Gen network expansion contract.

July 12Reliance Communications awards Huawei all IP Next-Gen network expansion contract.

July 19RCOM announces sale of equity stake in its Tower Company-Reliance Telecom InfrastructureLimited.

July 19RCOM's AGM on Reliance Mobile World.

July 23

Reliance Communications launches Passport Calling Solutions.July 25RCOM join hands with Yatra.com for air and hotel bookings.

August 20RCOM offers 'Live Mandi Prices' on Reliance Mobile World.

August 31Reliance Communications , the official global partner for the first edition of ICC Twenty 20World Cup Championship 2007 in South Africa unveils the coveted Trophy in Mumbai andannounces Dhoni - Dhanadan Pack.

September 9

Reliance Communications launches money transfer on Reliance Mobile phones.September 10RCOM launches BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Smartphone.'Bloomberg Professional' now on Reliance Mobile.

September 11Reliance Communications ties up with Sulekha.com to offer local search on Reliance MobileWorld.



September 18Strategic partnership with Vanco.

October 3Reliance Communications announces Classic Celebrations- Classic Handset sales top 10 million-Colour Handset @ Rs.999.

October 20Reliance Communications to launch nationwide GSM Services under existing Unified AccessService Licences.

October 22Reliance Communications brings 'Durgotsav Live' videocast on mobile.

November 7Reliance Communications Launches 'Diwali Dhamaka'.

November 15RCOM launches Rural Mobile Application Contest.

November 16Fair & Lovely Scholarship on Reliance Mobile World is winner at the MMA awards, USA.

November 27FLAG and GlassHouse ink landmark partnership.

December 11Reliance Communications adjudged World’s Top CDMA Operator at the Global CDMAIndustry Achievements Awards Fete.

December 20Reliance Communications completes Yipes’ acquisition.

December 24

RCOM announces special offers for Christmas and New Year.

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2006

January 01Reliance Infocomm launches "One Nation, One Tariff" to enable Reliance IndiaMobile prepaidusers to call anywhere in India at Re one per minute.

January 19Reliance Demerger adds record Rs.55, 000 Crore to shareholder wealth.

January 23TIMES NOW launched on Reliance Mobile Phones, making it the world’s first TV channel to belaunched on a mobile phone.

March 06Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd. (RCVL), India's leading integrated telecommunicationscompany, a member of the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, lists on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.






March 21Reliance Infocomm introduces R World in Hindi to become the world's first operator to offer mobile data services in more than one language on the same handset. This will make it possiblefor millions of Indians to access the popular R World with hundreds of every-day-useapplications in the national language.

March 23Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group signs up Indian cricket's whiz kid and heartthrob of millions Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the brand ambassador for Reliance CommunicationsVentures Ltd.

March 29Reliance Infocomm becomes India’s first telecom operator to launch seamless inter-standardinternational roaming service - 1World.1Number, with single number on international CDMAand GSM networks.

April 27Reliance Communications launches India’s first Talking Message Service (TMS) enabling itsmobile users to send voice messages to not only other mobiles but also fixed wireless phones(FWP) and landlines.

June 22Reliance Communications ties up with Disney to offer on Reliance Mobile World India's first 3Danimation on mobile.

July 03Reliance Communications launches 'Hello Capital Plan' to enable its subscribers in 19 statecapitals to call each other at the local call rate of 40 paise per minute.

July 19Reliance Communications slashes ILD rates by up to 66%.

August 7T-Com signs contract with FLAG Telecom for Europe-US bandwidth.

September 5Union Communications & IT Minister Thiru Dayanidhi Maran inaugurates RelianceCommunications’ FALCON Cable System.

November 17Reliance Communications launches Free Group Term Life Cover for its CDMA subscribers.

December 28Reliance Communications’ FLAG Telecom announces FLAG Next Gen to cover 60 countries.

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2005

January 04Reliance introduces first e-recharge facility in CDMA in India.

January 24Reliance IndiaMobile announces mega rural plan to cover 4 lakh villages and 65 crore Indians by






December 2005.

June 26Anil Ambani appointed Chairman of Reliance Infocomm.

July 30

Air Deccan and Reliance WebWorld join hands to offer air ticket booking facility at RelianceWebWorld .

August 11XLRI's Post-Graduate Certificate programme in Logistics Supply Chain Management(PGCLSCM) launched on Reliance WebWorld's virtual classroom platform. first of its kind e-learning programme in India.

August 18Reliance Infocomm rolls out international roaming facility across several countries to becomethe first Indian CDMA operator to offer its customers such a service.

September 06Reliance Infocomm tied-up with the Bombay Stock Exchange to make available live stock

quotes on its mobile phones.

September 15Reliance Communications, UK launched Reliance IndiaCall service in England and Walesenabling callers to make high-quality calls to India from any landline or mobile phone ateconomical rates.

September 21Apollo Hospital and Reliance Infocomm join hands to provide top class healthcare service tomillions of Indians in over a hundred Indian cities.

October 13Reliance WebWorld wins Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award for Video Conferencing

services. November 12Reliance Infocomm hosts the 4th global CDMA Operators Summit.

November 22Reliance Infocomm joins hands with Indian Airlines to offer India's first mobile booking of domestic airline ticket.

November 30Reliance Infocomm introduces MOREbile, redefines customer rewarding with 33 % more talk time on prepaid recharges of Rs 315 denomination and above and much more.

December 12

Reliance Infocomm and China Telecom sign agreement for telecom services to provide directtelecommunication service, including a global hubbing service, to subscribers in the twocountries.

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2004






January 12International wholesale telecommunications service provider, FLAG Telecom amalgamates withReliance Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Infocomm

February 9Launches RIM Prepaid with attractive offer - For Rs 3500 get a Motorola C131 mobile phone

and Rs 3240 worth of recharge vouchers instantly and stay connected for 1 year.

February 17Reliance subsidiary Flag Telecom announces FALCON Project - a major new Middle East LoopTerabits Submarine Cable System with links to Egypt and Hong Kong via India.

March 22Reliance Infocomm launches multi-player gaming on RIM handsets - a first in India.

April 05Reliance IndiaMobile introduces International Roaming facility to 172 countries, 300 networks.

April 23Reliance Infocomm introduces first ever auction facility on Mobile phones through R World.

May 27Reliance Infocomm receives the Most Promising Service Provider of the Year 2003 (AsiaPacific) award at the Asia Pacific Technology Awards instituted by Frost & Sullivan.

June 8Reliance Infocomm introduces World Card - a Prepaid International calling card for affordableand convenient ISD calls from India.

July 29Announces India's First MPLS Global VPN Solution in partnership with MCI.

August 5Launches the first regional customer contact centre in Chennai.

September 6Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Infocomm, receives Voice & Data ‘Telecom Man of the Year’ award.

September 9Introduces railway ticket booking from R World data applications suite of Reliance IndiaMobile.

October 12Mukesh Ambani voted the world’s most influential telecom person by UK-based publicationTotal Telecom.

October 19Reliance Infocomm bags the CDMA Development Group's 3G CDMA Industry Achievement

Award for International Leadership.

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2003

January 15






Introduces Dhirubhai Ambani pioneer offer for Reliance IndiaMobile service.

February 14Launches Reliance WebWorld in top 16 cities.

March 31

Launches International Long Distance Services.April 3Commissions all backbone rings.

April 25Introduces colour handsets.

May 1Launches Reliance IndiaMobile Service commercially in top 92 citieswith one million customers.

June 10Launches India's first wireless Point of Sale (POS).

July 1Introduces "Monsoon Hungama" Offer: Instant multimedia mobile phone and connection for justRs 501.

Sets world record - acquires one million customers in 10 days.

July 3Launches R Connect Internet connection cable.

Aug 26Introduces Reliance India Phone Fixed Wireless Phone and Terminal.

September 20

"Navratri" a data service in R-World posts a world record of 10 million downloads on the firstday of the launch.

September 30R World clocks a phenomenal 1 billion hits in 1 month.

October 6Launches integrated broadband centre at Reliance WebWorld, Bangalore.

October 24Deploys pilot of Home Netway in Mumbai.

October 30Reliance becomes India's largest mobile service provider within 7 months of commercial launch.

November 3Customer base touches 5 million.

November 12Migrates to Unified License Regime.

November 16Launches national roaming.

November 21



Launches international SMS to 159 countries.

December 19Adds 4500th Contact Centre Executive.Contact Centre becomes the largest such facility deployed by any single Indian Service Provider

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2002

January 15First Base Transceiver Station (BTS) made ‘Ready for Electronics’.

February 25Obtains international long distance licence from Govt. of India.

December 22Commissions 1st Optic Fibre backbone ring.

December 24Establishes 1st Point of Interconnect (POI) in New Delhi.

December 27Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee e-inaugurates Reliance InfocommHon'ble Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Information Technology andCommunications, Pramod Mahajan, inaugurates NNOC.

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2001

May 1First Media Convergence Node made ‘Ready for Electronics’ at Jaipur.

2000

May 10Optic fibre laying process commences in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra.

1999

The Dream, 1999"Make a phone call cheaper than a postcard and you will usher in a revolutionary transformationin the lives of millions of Indians" - Dhirubhai Ambani









The Reality, November 15Reliance Infocomm begins project planning.

Co. profile

Reliance Communications Limited is the flagship Company of Reliance Anil

Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's third largest business house. The company is

India's largest private sector information and communications company, with over

100 million subscribers. They have established a pan-India, high-capacity,

integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital

network, to offer services spanning the entire infocomm value chain. The company

shares are listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The company offers the full value chain of wireless (CDMA and GSM), wireline,

national long distance, international, voice, data, video, Direct-To-Home (DTH) and

internet based communications services under various business units organized into

three strategic customer-facing business segments; Wireless, Global and

Broadband. The company is India's first telecom service provider offering

nationwide CDMA and GSM mobile services with digital voice clarity. Their mobile

portal, R World, offers the widest range of mobile content spanning e-commerce, m-

commerce entertainment, music, news, astrology, cricket, bollywood, maps, search,

one-click set-up, access to email and social networking. The company offers the

most comprehensive portfolio of enterprise voice, data, video, internet and IT

infrastructure services catering to large, medium and small enterprises for their

communications, networking and IT infrastructure needs. They formed an alliance

with Polycom Inc., the global leader in tele-presence, video and voice solutions, to

introduce world's first wireless, high-resolution video and CD-quality audio,conferencing service along with simple-to-use content sharing capabilities - at a

bandwidth speed of 256 kbps at any place. They own and operate the world's

largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over

2,77,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East

and the Asia Pacific region. Reliance Communications Ltd was incorporated on July

15, 2004 as a private limited company with the name of Reliance Infrastructure

Developers Pvt Ltd. In July 25, 2005, the company was converted into public limited

company and the name was changed to Reliance Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

During the year, the company altered the objects clause of the memorandum of

association to carry on the business of telecommunication, infrastructure,telecommunication system, telecommunication network and telecommunication

services. 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. In June 7, 2006, the name of the

company was changed from Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd to Reliance

Communications Ltd. 2009. During the year, the company won the prestigious



Global World Communication Awards 09, held in London. They also won this award

in the Best Device Category where they participated with a new network device,

developed with CISCO. The company was the only Indian company to win an award

at WCA 09. The company received the Frost and Sullivan Market Share Leadership

award for 'Data Center and Managed Services' category (FY 2009). They also

received INFOCOMM - CMAI National Telecom Award for the 'Largest TelecomNetwork' category, presented by Secretary, DoT and Chairman, Telecom

Commission

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