We'd like to list the Timeline of Events in the history of Reliance Jio Infocomm's Telecom Venture which included partnerships with other Telcos or BUYING WEb Content Properties, Spectrum Trading / Sharing , etc
Apr-13 1st agreement with RCOM - share its optic fibre network; ~120,000kms
Apr-13 Agreement with Bharti Airtel to use dedicated fibre pair on Bharti's i2i submarine cable that connects India and Singapore
Jun-13 2nd agreement with RCOM - tower infra sharing of ~45,000 towers
Oct-13 Received Unified Licence for all 22 Service Areas across India; it is the first telecom operator in the country to get pan-India Unified Licence.
Dec-13 Tower infra sharing arrangement with Bharti Airtel; to share infrastructure created by both parties
Feb-14 Acquired spectrum in 14 key circles across India in 1800 MHz band in spectrum auction. RJIL plans to provide 4G services using FDD-LTE on 1800 MHz and TDD-LTE on 2300 MHz
Mar-14 Tower infra sharing agreement with Bharti Infratel; pricing to be at arm?s length, based on prevailing market rates
Mar-14 Tower infra sharing agreement with Viom Networks; >42,000 towers across India
Apr-14 3rd agreement with RCOM - Share its intra-city optic fibre infra; ~500,000 fibre pair km across top >300 cities and towns in India
Apr-14 Tower infra sharing agreement with ATC India; 11,000 towers across India
May-14 Tower infra sharing agreement with Tower Vision; 8,400 towers across India
May-14 RIL acquired Network 18 - help differentiate 4G business by providing a unique amalgamation at the intersect of telecom, web and digital commerce
Jun-14 Tower sharing agreement with Ascend Telecom; >4,500 towers across India
Sep-14 Raised U$750m loan to partly fund Infrastructure spending
Jan-15 Pilot test conducted in Gujarat saw 200k users with >3GB monthly data usage per user in last 8-9 months
Apr-15 Launched Instant messaging application Jio Chat equipped with voice, video, conferencing, location-sharing facilities
Jun-15 Reliance Jio Media received provisional registration from government to operate as multi service operator at pan-India level in digital cable TV space.
Sep-15 Tied up with domestic handset maker Intex for manufacturing 0.1m 4G-enabled handsets with Voice-over LTE feature
Nov-15 Sealed exclusive distribution deals with LG, Lenovo, Micromax and Intex for sale of VoLTE handsets through its distribution network
Dec-15 Sourced 0.3M VoLTE 4G-enabled smartphones from Chinese handset maker ZTE to Reliance Retail ahead of commercial launch later in Dec-2015
Dec-15 Launched 4G services for 0.1m Reliance's employees
Jan-16 Signed spectrum trading and sharing agreements for pan-India 800-850MHz spectrum with RCOM
Jan-16 Initiated retail sale of three models of its 4G smartphone under 'LYF' brand with the lowest priced model at Rs5,000 (U$75)sure
Feb-16 Partnered with eight global telecom companies with complimentary geographical presence
Feb-16 Reliance unit bought 5% stake in Media Matric Worldwide to leverage the latter's on-demand content, live TV shows using Jio network
Mar-16 Signed Intra-circle roaming (ICR) pact with BSNL across all 22 circles
Mar-16 Infrastructure scaled up with deployment of 120k retailers and >1k service centres
