KCR pitches for 4G WiFi services in Hyd, backs RelCom plans

Company planning to launch the services in Hyderabad, six other municipal corporations and 37 municipalities across Telangana

Reliance Jio Infocomm informed Telangana chief minister K Chandra Sekhara Rao that it will be investing Rs 4,100 crore to build 4G WiFi services across the state, according to a statement issued by the chief minister's office.

The company is planning to launch the services in Hyderabad, six other municipal corporations and 37 municipalities across Telangana in the first phase and expect to cover the rest of the region in two more phases, it said.

The company also informed the government that it was planning to provide free WiFi services in the city for the first six months after rolling out the services.

Telangana chief minister on Thursday held a review meeting with the company representatives and other senior government officials for fast-tracking the 4G WiFi services in Hyderabad and other parts of the state, according to the chief minister's office.

The government aims to make Hyderabad as a 4G WiFi services-enabled city by December, 2014, keeping in view of the requirements of the local IT industry and also to enhance the city's image in the digital broadband infrastructure space, it says.

In the meeting the chief minister assured the company officials that the government would provide necessary support for establishing the communication towers and the underground optic fiber cable for this purpose.

Reliance Jio laying optic fiber cable at a length of 1,700 km in Hyderabad alone and of this 500 km work has already been completed, according to the statement. Chief minister feels that the 4G WiFi services will enable people to access all the services including voice, television and internet under one roof, it said.

The faster data transfer capabilities of the 4G technology would also help bring qualitative changes in education, health and agriculture sectors in the state, according to the chief minister's office.