All you need to know: Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G

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Mobile Internet speeds in India have remained disappointing for the longest time. While 2G and 3G speeds have made considerable headway into the country, 4G is far from "being there". Airtel did introduced its 4G services in some Indian cities last year but the technology hasn't quite arrived.    Will finally grace India this year. Reliance Jio Infocomm, earlier called Infotel Broadband, is already emerging as a popular name in the Indian telecom space as it gears up to introduce 4G services here soon. We do not have a definite time at hand but some people familiar with the matter told Reuters recently that the company would initiate the roll-out in New Delhi and Mumbai by the end of the year, followed by other cities. We are excited about 4G finally coming to India, but how exactly will the launch happen and who is bringing us the high-speed connectivity. Let us find out.    Reliance Jio Infocomm or RJIL is now a wholly owned entity of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). In 2010, at the end of the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) or 4G spectrum auction in India, RJIL managed to bag a pan-India licence across 22 circles and paid a staggering sum of Rs 12847.77 crore to the government. The company can also launch voice services on their 4G network now. India uses the TD LTE frequency #40 (2.3 GHz) and barring a few phones like the HTC One, no device can claim compatibility yet. Incidentally, LG too plans to launch its LTE TDD capable phones in India later this year. Other countries where it also plans to launch these include China, Japan, Australia, and North America. LG had originally showcased handsets that are capable of running on the LTE TDD service earlier this year during the Mobile World Congress. Among his other plans for 4G in India, RIL Chairman and CEO Mukesh Ambani is looking to offer 4G-capable devices costing less than Rs 5,000. Reportedly, RIL has been in talks with Samsungover its ambitions to bring 4G-capable devices at affordable prices. However, things don't seem to be going smoothly here. The two companies are haggling over the price of the devices. Reliance Jio is looking at a price of Rs 5,000 per unit and Samsung has refused to deliver it for lower than Rs 8,500. Moreover, the Korean company is also pressurising Reliance to buy 3 million handsets at that per-unit price, with the price going up if fewer handsets were ordered. Reliance is also said to be talks with Huawei, in this respect. Buffer-free streaming Last month, the Ambani brothers – Mukesh and Anil — signed a $2.1 billion telecom tower sharing pact. The deal followed an agreement signed in April to lease Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications' optic fiber network to Reliance Jio Infocomm. Now here's a good reason why you and I should look at this telecom tower sharing deal with interest. A recent Reuters report quoted Reliance Jio offical as saying that the deal would help them make the pace of the 4G rollout faster.     Clearly, there is a lot of excitement surrounding the 4G roll-out in India, especially with regard to what Reliance has in mind. "Our services will not be confined to only data and voice but there will be a bouquet of services catering to everyone's need ranging from telephony to social media," said one report quoting a source at the company's 39th annual general meeting.  The company is seemingly also preparing to deploy MiFi hotspots in the country alongside its 4G LTE deployment  plans. MiFi or My Wi-Fi is also referred to as wireless routers that act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. MiFi routers cover a much larger area and can bring high-speed wireless to large portions of a big city.  Bharti Airtel has also been in the race and despite offering 4G data services in select circles had not acquired the rights for Mumbai and Delhi, the two biggest markets. But recently it became the majority shareholder in Qualcomm's India-based high-speed wireless broadband units, after buying a 51percent stake over the course of a year. Qualcomm had won the rights for the two metros as well as two other circles, both of which will now pass on to Airtel. This will put them in direct competition with Reliance Jio, who were previously the sole 4G service provider in Delhi and Mumbai.

4G simplified: All you need to know

It seems like companies are now gearing up to bring 4G services to India and most of us would agree to the fact that at this time we've barely got a grip on 3G services in the country. Last year, we saw the introduction of 3G services in full swing, which was later spiced up by new Idea and Reliance 3G advertisements showing the difference in speeds and a controversial Vodafone-Dhaval Valia spat over availability of the company's 3G services, to name a few. With the web abuzz with news about 4G hitting us soon, we decided give you a low down about 4G services. What is 4G? 4G stands for Fourth Generation communication technology and the fastest communication network for mobile devices. Well, it is the fastest network, but that doesn't sum up the definition of the 4G network. Unlike its predecessor 3G that uses spread spectrum, the 4G wireless communication involves mobile communication using Voice over Internet protocol. It's due to the wireless data transfer through Internet Protocols (IP) maximizing packet data switching, that 4G is capable of achieving higher speeds. Putting aside the technical jargon, in simpler words, this process allows 3G network to deliver quicker data transfers at a lower cost.  Faster speeds While 3G was a huge transformation from 2G, back then, this isn't going to be the case with the newly developing 4G services. In fact, 4G services do not yet have a standard definition, as the most recent technologies claiming to offer 4G speeds are LTE and Wimax. Just like you need to qualify certain criterias to be called an Ultrabook by Intel, the International telecommunications Union has put forth a standard set of requirements for 4G, such as peak speed of 100Mbits/s for mobile communications, while on-the-go and 1Gbits/s for stationary or pedestrian users to be qualified as 4G capable.  What are LTE and Wimax technologies? These are the popular 4G networks being used in countries, like the U.S. Verizon Wireless deploys LTE technology, while Sprint adheres to Wimax for offering their 4G services. HSPA+ has been used by T-Mobile and AT&T. LTE is a good, easily deployable network technology offering high speeds and low latencies over long distances. Long Term Evolution is abbreviated as LTE and it's also called 3GPP UMTS LTE. LTE networks are easy to deploy and offer high speeds. Airtel, who is said to be launching its 4G services this month would be adhering to the LTE TDD network. WiMAX is an IP-based wireless broadband technology, also known as IEEE 802.16. WiMAX is simply the name of the network system that transmits wireless signals between towers. It stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and makes it possible to achieve Wi-Fi like data rates.  Quicker streaming Companies have been marketing these technologies branded as 4G, however, they are believed to be far from being qualified by the International Telecommunication Union, due to their inability to reach the desired speeds. Difference between 3G and 4G While 4G networks would be catering to all mobile devices, smartphones are going to be the ones to gain the most, owing to the demand for rocket-like speeds at which users can access data on-the-go on the already popular smartphones. To begin with, 4G network can carry more data over a time period, compared to 3G. The peak speeds offered by 4G are also much higher. 4G is said to offer about 7 to 10 times faster speed than 3G, allowing quicker streaming of larger files. While 2G and 3G were designed keeping voice in mind, 4G has been designed keeping data transfers in view. The coverage is also said to be much better even within a concrete jungle of buildings. The cost of 4G speeds is much higher, although it's better you check the speed your operator is offering.    What it has for you? 4G network would ensure faster speeds, better coverage and riding on it, the mobile arena would get the boost to move ahead by leaps and bounds in India. This is theoretical; practically, this will be possible only if the 4G plans are priced properly, released in all major cities followed by other regions. Reliance plans to offer Rs.10/1GB 4G data plans, along with its 4G-based tablets, making 4G quite cost effective. The introduction of 4G, would mean price drops in the 3G plans, which could lead to wider acceptance of 3G services. Newer 4G compatible devices will emerge Is 4G making an early entry in India (4G services launch this year) and what about 4G compatible devices? Well, this is a tricky question. Yes, it's too early, as 3G penetration hasn't been as effective, as we had expected, owing to high prices. On the other hand, possibly 4G introduction could drive acceptance of 3G. With the future of 4G quite meager, at least until last year, we obviously don't have many devices supporting 4G to talk about yet. But, Reliance is said to come up with its cheapest 4G tablets, later this year. With announcements by Airtel and that about other companies investing in 4G services in India, we might see an array of devices come in starting later this year. P. Sanjeev, Director Sales, Huawei Devices India anticipates the advent of LTE in today's world. With the launch of the Bharti Airtel's 4G services, Huawei gets the opportunity to offer its first LTE Router B593 and LTE USB Stick E392 to the India customers. He feels that the entry of LTE in the technology world will definitely prove to be the right choice for a new era in mobile communication.

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