New Delhi: Telecom operator Reliance Jio
Infocomm is gearing up to build country's
biggest mobile back-end facilities for its
4G services launch by March 2015 while
its own optical fibre network within city
areas may already be the largest among
peers, says Credit Suisse.
"We suspect RJio already has the largest
intra-city optic fibre network with over
85,000 km across 700-800 towns. This is a
major differentiator for mobile backhaul
in an industry with sub-10% fibre
penetration into towers," a Credit Suisse
report by analysts Sunil Tirumalai and
Chunky Shah said.
All calls and mobile data are largely
carried by optical fibre cable (OFC)
network in telecom networks. As per the
report, RJio services will be launched by
March 2015.
The analysts said that till now, Reliance
Communications (RCom) was believed to
have the largest fibre network among
private operators, with an intra-city
network of about 70,000 route kilometers.
The report said that channel checks of
Credit Suisse suggest that over the last
couple of years, RJio has completed rollout
of about 100,000 Rkm (route kilometer) of
OFC.
Credit Suisse also said it expects that RJio
could be soon among largest data centres
companies in India as it has already build
about 5 facility.
"We understand RJio has also built about 5
data centres, with many more expected to
come. This could make them among the
largest data centre companies in India. We
understand that the long term game plan
is to have over 40 data centers across the
country," the report said.
Tata Communications at present has 11
data centres in India -- the maximum. As
per the report, RCom has 9 centres Airtel
7 and Vodafone 2.
"Moreover, our channel checks suggest
that the bandwidth of fibre cable being
rolled out by RJio is superior. The normal
cables used by the industry have 12-24
fibre threads, while RJio's appears to be
using mostly cables with 288 fibres, in
some cases 96 fibres," the report said. http://m.indiatvnews.com/business/india/breaking-news-reliance-jio-infocomm-13692.html
Infocomm is gearing up to build country's
biggest mobile back-end facilities for its
4G services launch by March 2015 while
its own optical fibre network within city
areas may already be the largest among
peers, says Credit Suisse.
"We suspect RJio already has the largest
intra-city optic fibre network with over
85,000 km across 700-800 towns. This is a
major differentiator for mobile backhaul
in an industry with sub-10% fibre
penetration into towers," a Credit Suisse
report by analysts Sunil Tirumalai and
Chunky Shah said.
All calls and mobile data are largely
carried by optical fibre cable (OFC)
network in telecom networks. As per the
report, RJio services will be launched by
March 2015.
The analysts said that till now, Reliance
Communications (RCom) was believed to
have the largest fibre network among
private operators, with an intra-city
network of about 70,000 route kilometers.
The report said that channel checks of
Credit Suisse suggest that over the last
couple of years, RJio has completed rollout
of about 100,000 Rkm (route kilometer) of
OFC.
Credit Suisse also said it expects that RJio
could be soon among largest data centres
companies in India as it has already build
about 5 facility.
"We understand RJio has also built about 5
data centres, with many more expected to
come. This could make them among the
largest data centre companies in India. We
understand that the long term game plan
is to have over 40 data centers across the
country," the report said.
Tata Communications at present has 11
data centres in India -- the maximum. As
per the report, RCom has 9 centres Airtel
7 and Vodafone 2.
"Moreover, our channel checks suggest
that the bandwidth of fibre cable being
rolled out by RJio is superior. The normal
cables used by the industry have 12-24
fibre threads, while RJio's appears to be
using mostly cables with 288 fibres, in
some cases 96 fibres," the report said. http://m.indiatvnews.com/business/india/breaking-news-reliance-jio-infocomm-13692.html
