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Reliance to ring in Kashmir soon

Srinagar: Eying the lucrative market that Kashmir provides to the telcoms, the Reliance Communication Limited is all set to start its operations in the state this year.
According to the sources the company which is India’s leading telecommunication company has completed major part of its work including the installation of towers and laying of optical cables in the state.
Sources revealed that the company has completed four phases of work here under which 1200 towers have been installed. “We have completed the setting of towers in almost the entire state including in the far flung areas of Ladakh and Kargil with a special preference to the tourist and religious areas,” insiders said on Tuesday, adding that the company has entered into the fifth phase of work under which 300 more towers would be installed.
The company has laid optical cables in the major cities of the state. They said, “We have laid optical cables in the entire city of Srinagar and most parts of other districts”. The installation of towers is currently in progress to cover other areas of the state, they said.
The Srinagar-Jammu highway is also under the agenda of the company. “The company was planning to lay optical cable along the highway to connect Kashmir with other Indian states,” they said.
They said that the main focus of the company would be to provide smooth and flawless Internet service.
According to the sources the company aims at provide internet services to the business houses in the state through broadband, wi-fi and other means that are already working in other states of India.
About the landline services, sources said the company shall be providing landline services in the future but the main focus right now is on internet and mobile services.
They said that the company has a healthy competition in the market here however, it would try to come up with new schemes.

Sources said many new companies were waiting on the wings to enter into the state.

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