Reliance Communications, India’s first operator to offer nationwide CDMA and GSM mobile services, today announced adding a record 3.38 million new customers during February 2009, on its next-generation wireless network. For the second consecutive month, Reliance Mobile has emerged as India’s largest and most preferred telecom operator in terms of new subscriber additions. Reliance Communications had announced the commercial launch of its nationwide GSM services in January 2009.

“The true barometer to gauge superiority of a product / service is customer receptiveness and response. We are glad to experience such an overwhelming response from millions of customers that has resulted in Reliance Mobile emerging as the largest selling mobile telephony brand in the country”, said Mr. S.P. Shukla, President – Wireless Business, Reliance Communications. “The continued acceleration in growth momentum makes us confident of further enhancing our leadership position and consistently emerge as India’s most preferred mobile service provider in the months to come”, he added.

Reliance Communications wireless network provides fully-Digital Voice and High Speed Data Services across 20,000 towns and 6 lakh villages across the country, covering over 95% of Indian population.