Reliance Communications starts nationwide GSM service

India's dominant CDMA mobile operator, Reliance Communications or RLCM.BO, will offer GSM-based mobile services across the country from Wednesday, in a move to lure more users in a fiercely competitive market. Reliance Communications has spent 100 billion rupees on expanding GSM services across India, and expects to spend a further 20-40 billion rupees on building 3G networks.