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Report Date : |
26.09.2008 |
IDENTIFICATION
DETAILS
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Name : |
RELIANCE
COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED |
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Formerly Known as : |
RELIANCE COMMUNICATION VENTURES LIMITED |
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Registered Office : |
H Block, 1st
Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai – 400710, Maharashtra |
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Country : |
India |
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Financials (as on) : |
31.03.2008 |
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Date of Incorporation : |
15.07.2004 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
147531 |
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CIN No.: [Company
Identification No.] |
L45309MH2004PLC147531 |
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TAN No.: [Tax
Deduction & Collection Account No.] |
MUMR16550C/
MUMR21788E |
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PAN No.: [Permanent
Account No.] |
AACCR7832C/
AACCR7832C |
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Legal Form : |
Public Limited
Liability Company. The company’s
shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges. It is a
subsidiary of Reliance Infocom Limited (now – Reliance Communication
Infrastructure Limited). |
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Line of Business : |
Provider of
telecommunication services. |
RATING &
COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Aa |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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71-85 |
Aa |
Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit
transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest
and principal sums |
Large |
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Maximum Credit Limit : |
USD 1200000000 |
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Status : |
Very Good |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Regular |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
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Comments : |
Subject is a part
of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADAG)Group.
Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the
company. Trade relations are fair. The company is doing very well. Its financial
position is satisfactory. Payments
are usually correct and as per commitments. The company can
be considered good for any normal business dealings at usual trade terms and
conditions. |
LOCATIONS
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Registered Office : |
H Block, 1st
Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai – 400710, Maharashtra,
India |
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Tel No.: |
91-22-30386010 / 6286 |
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Fax No.: |
91-22-30376622 |
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Email: |
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Corporate Office : |
Main
Adminstrative Building Block GF 1, Village Meghapur – Padana Taluka Lalpur,
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India |
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Tel. No.: |
91-288-3010101 |
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E-Mail : |
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Website : |
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Area : |
2,000 sq. fts. |
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Location : |
Owned |
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Administrative
Office : |
172/2, “Premchand
House – Annexe”, Ground Floor, Opposite High Court Way Ashram Road, Ahmedabad
– 380 009, Gujarat, India |
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Area : |
5000 sq.fts. |
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Location : |
Owned |
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Branches : |
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“B” Block, Dhirubhai Ambani
Knowledge City, Opposite Koparkhairana Railway Station, Thane Belapur Road,
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Tel No : 91-22-30373333
/ 30386010 Fax No.: 91-22-30376622 ·
2nd Floor,
Brindavan Building, Sri Ram Mills Compound, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Worli,
Mumbai - 400 018, Maharashtra, India Tel. No.
91-22-24981163 / 67-72 ·
C-5, 3rd Floor,
Chitrakoot, Shree Ram Mills Compound, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Worli, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India |
DIRECTORS
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Name : |
Mr. Mukesh
Dhirubhai Ambani |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
Sea Wind 39 Cuffe
Parade Mumbai – 400 005, Maharashtra, India |
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Date of Birth/Age : |
19/04/1957 |
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Qualification : |
CH/MD |
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Name : |
Mr. Manoj H. Modi |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
Flat No 7, Best
Apartments, Walkeshwar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Date of Birth/Age : |
03/07/1957 |
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Name : |
Mr. Anand
Jaikumar Jain |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
A-13, Sterling
Apartments, Walkeshwar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Date of Birth/Age : |
14/01/1957 |
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Name : |
Mr. Bharat
Shymsundar Goenka |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
Shree Thakur
Niwas 580, 2nd Cross, 12th Main, 4th Block
Koramangala |
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Date of Birth/Age : |
19/08/1961 |
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Name : |
Mr. Ramesh
Nasrinivasn |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
C-3, Navageeta
CHS Street, Anthony Road, Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Date of Birth/Age : |
29/04/1957 |
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Name : |
Mr. Chhannalal
Shah |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Address : |
B, 901/902
Shankar Park, Opp. Suman Apts. Shankar Lane Kandivali (West), 501, Sidharth
Apartment, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Date of
Birth/Age : |
14/09/1972 |
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Name : |
Mr. Gautam Doshi |
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Designation : |
Additional
Director |
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Name : |
Mr. Anil D.
Ambani |
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Designation : |
Chairman |
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Name : |
Mr. Deepak
Shourie |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Name : |
Mr. J Ramchandran |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Name : |
Mr. S P Talwar |
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Designation : |
Director |
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Name : |
Mr. A K Purwar |
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Designation : |
Director |
KEY EXECUTIVES
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Name : |
Mr. Hasit Shukla |
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Designation : |
Company Secretary and Manager |
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Address: |
H Blolck, 1st Floor, Dhirubhai Amabani Knowledge City, Navi
Mumbai-4000710, Maharashtra, India |
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Tel No.: |
91-22-30373333/ 30383333 |
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Fax No.: |
91-22-30376622 |
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E Mail: |
RCOM.investors@relianceada.com (For Investor Relation Query) |
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
/ SHAREHOLDING PATTERN
As on 31.03.2008
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Names of Shareholders (as on 31.03.2007):- |
No. of Shares |
Percentage of
Holding |
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Indian Promoters |
1364811060 |
66.12 |
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Foreign Holdings |
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Foreign Holdings
- GDRs |
52586084 |
2.55 |
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Direct by Foreign
Companies |
281087 |
0.01 |
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Individual and
others |
12640008 |
0.61 |
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Foreign
Institutional Investors |
205377423 |
9.95 |
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Public Financial/
Development Institutions and Central and state Government owned Institutions
holdings |
160914407 |
7.80 |
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Bank and Mutual
Funds |
66331035 |
3.21 |
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General Public |
201085777 |
9.75 |
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Total |
2064026881 |
100.00 |
BUSINESS DETAILS
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Line of Business : |
Provider of
telecommunication services. |
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Products : |
Telecommunication
Services |
GENERAL
INFORMATION
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No. of Employees : |
36650 |
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Bankers : |
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Municipal Co operative Bank ·
UBS AG, London ·
Deutsche Bank, Singapore ·
Barclays PLC, London ·
JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York |
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Banking
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Auditors : |
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Name : |
Chaturvedi and
Shah Chartered Accountants |
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Address : |
712/713, Tulsiani
Chambers, 212, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021, Maharashtra, India |
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Tel. No.: |
91-22-22308500 |
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Fax No.: |
91-22-22872703/22846585 |
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Name : |
BSR and Company Chartered
Accountant |
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Parent Company
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Reliance Industries Limited ·
Reliance Infocom Limited (Now Reliance
Communications Infrastructure Limited) “Brindavan” 2nd
Floor, Shree Ram Mills Premises, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400
018, Maharashtra, India Tel.
91-22-24916000 Fax. 91-22-24916112 |
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Associates/Subsidiaries : |
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Reliance Innoventures Private Limited ·
AAA Enterprises Private Limited ·
AAA Communication Private Limited ·
AAA Project Ventures Private Limited ·
AAA Power Systems (Global) Private Limited ·
Reliance General Insurance Company Limited ·
Sonata Investments Limited ·
Hansdhwani Trading Company Private Limited ·
Reliance Capital Limited ·
Reliance Limited ·
Reliance India Private Limited ·
AAA Pivotal Enterprises Private Limited ·
K.D. Ambani Trust ·
AAA Entertainment Private Limited ·
AAA Industries Private Limited ·
Reliance Enterprises and Ventures Private Limited ·
AAA Global Ventures Private Limited ·
Ambani Industries Private Limited ·
AAA & Sons Private Limited ·
AAA International Capital Private Limited ·
Ambani International Private Limited ·
AAA Business Machines Private Limited ·
Reliance Big Private Limited ·
ADA Enterprises and Ventures Private Limited ·
ADAE Global Private Limited ·
Ikosel Investments Limited ·
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (UK) Private Limited ·
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Investments (UK) Limited ·
Batiste Unlimited ·
Radium Unlimited ·
Hui Investments Unlimited ·
Serbus Asia Pte Limited ·
Millsfield Enterprises Limited ·
Tareson Company Limited ·
Reliance Land Private Limited ·
Reliance Net Limited ·
Reliance Infrastructure Limited ·
Reliance Natural Resources Limited ·
Adlabs Films Limited ·
Reliance Power Limited ·
Reliance Power Transmission Limited ·
Gateway Systems (India) Limited ·
Reliance Gateway Net Limited ·
Reliance Infoinvestments Limited (Upto 23.07.2007, merged with
Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited pursuant to the Scheme of
Amalgamation) ·
Reliance Digital Home Services Limited (formerly Reliance Infocomm
Solutions Limited) ·
Reliance Global IDC Limited (formerly Netizen Gujarat Limited ·
Reliance Webstore Limited ·
Netizen Rajasthan Limited ·
Reliance Communications Investment and Leasing Limited ·
Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited ·
Reliance Telecom Limited ·
Reliable Internet Services Limited (Upto 28.09.2007, merged with
Reliance Telecom Limited pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation) ·
Campion Properties Limited ·
Reliance Telephones Limited (Upto 01.03.2008) ·
Reliance Mobile Limited ·
Reliance Infratel Limited (formerly known as Reliance Telecom
Infrastructure Limited) ·
Matrix Innovations Limited ·
Synergy Entrepreneur Solution Private Limited (Upto 01.09.2007, merged
with Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited pursuant to the Scheme of
Amalgamation) ·
Reliance Infocomm Infrastructure Private Limited ·
Reliance Infocom BV ·
Reliance Infocom Inc. ·
Reliance Communications (UK) Limited ·
Reliance Communications Hong Kong Limited ·
Reliance Communications Inc. ·
Reliance Communications Canada Inc. ·
Reliance Netway Inc. ·
Reliance Communications International Inc. ·
Reliance Globalcom Limited, Bermuda (formerly known as Flag Telecom
Group Limited) ·
FLAG Pacific Holdings Limited ·
FLAG Pacific Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Singapore Pte. Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Development Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Development Services Company LLC ·
FLAGWEB Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Network Services Limited ·
Reliance FLAG Telecom Ireland Limited (formerly known as FLAG Telecom
Ireland Limited) ·
FLAG Telecom Japan Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Espana SA ·
FLAG Telecom Servizi Italia SpA ·
FLAG Telecom Ireland Network Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Network USA Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Nederland Network BV ·
FLAG Telecom Belgium Network SA ·
FLAG Telecom France Network SAS ·
FLAG Telecom Espana Network SAU ·
FLAG Telecom Group Services Limited ·
FLAG Telecom USA Limited (Upto 17.12.2007, merged with Yipes Holdings
Inc. pursuant to the Agreement) ·
FLAG Telecom Asia Limited ·
FLAG Telecom France Services Eurl ·
FLAG Telecom Deutschland GmbH ·
FLAG Telecom Nederland BV ·
FLAG Telecom Hellas AE ·
FLAG Atlantic UK Limited ·
Reliance FLAG Atlantic France SAS (formerly known as Flag Atlantic
France SAS) ·
FLAG Telecom Korea Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Taiwan Services Limited ·
FLAG Telecom Taiwan Limited ·
Reliance Globalcom (UK) Limited (formerly known as Flag Telecom
Limited) ·
Flag Access India Private Limited ·
Gateway Net Trading Pte. Limited, Singapore (Upto 31.03.2008) ·
Reliance Communications (Singapore) Pte. Limited ·
Reliance Communications (New Zealand) Pte. Limited ·
Reliance Communications (Australia) Pty Limited ·
RCOM Malaysia SDN.BHD. ·
Seoul Telenet Inc. Board Control ·
FLAG Holdings (Taiwan) Limited Board Control ·
Reliance Telecom Infrastructure (Cyprus) Holdings Limited Board Control ·
Lagerwood Investments Limited Board Control ·
Reliance Tech Services Private Limited (w.e.f. 30.07.2007) ·
Reliance Big TV Limited (w.e.f. 25.10.2007) ·
Flag Projects Pte. Limited(w.e.f. 31.10.2007 Upto 23.03.2008) ·
Alsign Holdings Pte. Limited (w.e.f. 31.10.2007, Upto 23.03.2008) ·
Actaram Capital Pte. Limited (w.e.f. 31.10.2007, Upto 23.03.2008) ·
Yipes Holdings Inc. (w.e.f. 17.12.2007) ·
Reliance Globalcom Services Inc. (formerly Yipes Enterprise Services
Inc.) (w.e.f. 17.12.2007) ·
Yipes Systems Inc. (w.e.f. 17.12.2007) ·
YTV Inc.(w.e.f. 17.12.2007) ·
Anupam Global Soft (U) Limited(w.e.f 05.03.2008) ·
Reliance GlobalCom Limited, India(Upto 17.03.2008) ·
Reliance National Communications Limited (Upto 01.03.2008) ·
Holding Companies ·
AAA Communication Private Limited ·
Reliance Innoventures Private Limited (RIPL)IndividualsPromoters ·
Shri Anil D. Ambani, the person having control during the year Manager ·
Shri Hasit Shukla, Manager List of Other Related Parties; where there have been transactions
Associates ·
Warf Telecom International Private Limited Fellow Subsidiaries ·
Reliance Capital Limited ·
Reliance General Insurance Company Limited |
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
As on 31.03.2008
Authorised Capital:
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No. of Shares |
Type |
Value |
Amount |
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3,00,00,00,000 |
Equity Shares |
Rs. 5/- each |
Rs. 15000.000 Millions |
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Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital:
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No. of Shares |
Type |
Value |
Amount |
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2,06,40,26,881 |
Equity Shares |
Rs. 5/- each |
Rs.10320.100 Millions |
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Notes
(1) Out of the above, 130,81,10,172 Equity Shares (Previous period
130,81,10,172 Equity Shares) are held by the Holding Company, AAA Communication
Private Limited and 1,15,29,001 Equity Shares (Previous period 1,15,29,001
Equity Shares) are held by the ultimate Holding Company, Reliance Innoventures
Private Limited.
(2) Equity Shares allotted as fully paid up without payment being
received in cash.
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Number
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(a) Pursuant to demerger of Telecom Undertaking of Reliance Industries
Limited into the Company |
1,22,31,30,422 |
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(b) Pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement (Refer Note
4(a), Schedule Q) |
82,14,84,568 |
FINANCIAL DATA
[all figures are in Rupees Millions]
ABRIDGED BALANCE
SHEET
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SOURCES
OF FUNDS |
31.03.2008 (12 Months) |
31.03.2007 (15 Months) |
31.12.2005 (9 Months) |
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SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS |
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1] Share Capital |
10320.100 |
10223.100 |
0.500 |
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2] Share
Application Money |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
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3] Reserves &
Surplus |
238080.200 |
195032.300 |
147834.300 |
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4] (Accumulated
Losses) |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
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NETWORTH
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248400.300 |
205255.400 |
147834.800 |
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LOAN FUNDS |
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1] Secured Loans |
9500.000 |
51135.700 |
0.000 |
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2] Unsecured
Loans |
193364.300 |
94542.700 |
0.000 |
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TOTAL BORROWING
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202864.300 |
145678.400 |
0.000 |
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DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES
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0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
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TOTAL
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451264.600 |
350933.800 |
147834.800 |
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APPLICATION OF FUNDS
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FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]
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168876.300 |
180984.500 |
1662.400 |
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Capital work-in-progress
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71175.600 |
21856.000 |
0.000 |
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INVESTMENT
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138441.400 |
54344.300 |
120741.000 |
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DEFERREX TAX ASSETS
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0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
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CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES
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Inventories
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2012.200
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985.100
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0.000
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Sundry Debtors
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10932.100
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8021.100
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0.000
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Cash & Bank Balances
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1926.600
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684.500
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0.500
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Other Current Assets
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89921.400
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0.000
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0.000
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Loans & Advances
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80360.600
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191379.700
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31589.100
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Total Current Assets
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185152.900
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201070.400
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31589.600
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Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
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Current Liabilities
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72143.100
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63093.300
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6132.500
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Provisions
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40238.500
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44228.100
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25.700
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Total Current Liabilities
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112381.600
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107321.400
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6158.200
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Net Current Assets
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72771.300
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93749.000
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25431.400
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
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0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
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TOTAL
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451264.600 |
350933.800 |
147834.800 |
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PROFIT & LOSS
ACCOUNT
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PARTICULARS |
31.03.2008 (12 Months) |
31.03.2007 (15 Months) |
31.12.2005 (9 Months) |
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Sales Turnover |
127064.300 |
114538.700 |
0.000 |
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Operating Income |
7097.600 |
2713.900 |
0.000 |
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Other Income |
104.600 |
366.500 |
132.600 |
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Total Income |
134266.500 |
117619.100 |
132.600 |
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Profit/(Loss) Before Tax |
26040.900 |
24208.500 |
88.500 |
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Provision for Taxation |
176.400 |
120.000 |
32.000 |
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Profit/(Loss) After Tax |
25864.500 |
24088.500 |
56.500 |
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Expenditures : |
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Access Charges, License Fees and Network
Expenses |
52797.300 |
44448.200 |
0.000 |
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Salary, Wages and Other Employee Benefits |
8381.300 |
6399.000 |
0.000 |
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Managerial Remuneration |
5.300 |
5.000 |
0.000 |
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Provision for Commission to Non Executive
Directors |
199.900 |
440.000 |
0.000 |
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Financial Charges |
4451.700 |
2481.600 |
0.000 |
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Auditor Remuneration |
62.000 |
61.400 |
0.000 |
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Provision for Doubtful Debts, Loans and
Advances |
1465.800 |
1385.800 |
0.000 |
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Exceptional Items |
0.000 |
239.000 |
0.000 |
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Business Restructuring |
[5148.300] |
[6605.200] |
0.000 |
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General Administration Expenses |
7702.400 |
5590.600 |
0.000 |
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Manufacturing Expenses |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.900 |
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Employee cost |
0.000 |
0.000 |
11.100 |
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Selling and Administration Expenses |
14723.300 |
13998.800 |
1.400 |
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Miscellaneous Expenses |
0.000 |
0.000 |
3.300 |
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Depreciation |
23584.900 |
24966.400 |
27.400 |
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Total Expenditure |
108225.600 |
93410.600 |
44.100 |
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QUARTERLY RESULTS
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PARTICULARS |
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30.06.2008 1st
Quarter |
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Sales Turnover |
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35579.700 |
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Other Income |
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10.900 |
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Total Income |
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35590.600 |
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Total Expenditure |
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24315.100 |
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Operating Profit |
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11275.500 |
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Interest |
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2487.400 |
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Gross Profit |
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8788.100 |
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Depreciation |
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5294.300 |
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Tax |
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20.000 |
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Reported PAT |
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3473.800 |
KEY RATIOS
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PARTICULARS |
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31.03.2008 (12 Months) |
31.03.2007 (15 Months) |
31.12.2005 (9 Months) |
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Debt-Equity Ratio |
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0.77 |
0.41 |
0.00 |
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Long Term Debt-Equity Ratio |
|
0.57 |
0.39 |
0.00 |
|
Current Ratio |
|
1.25 |
1.94 |
5.13 |
|
TURNOVER RATIOS |
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed Assets |
|
0.70 |
0.98 |
0.00 |
|
Inventory |
|
98.70 |
207.19 |
0.00 |
|
Debtors |
|
15.61 |
25.45 |
0.00 |
|
Interest Cover Ratio |
|
3.99 |
6.30 |
0.00 |
|
Operating Profit Margin |
(%) |
35.95 |
36.95 |
0.00 |
|
Profit Before Interest And Tax
Margin |
(%) |
23.49 |
22.56 |
0.00 |
|
Cash Profit Margin |
(%) |
29.95 |
33.28 |
0.00 |
|
Adjusted Net Profit Margin |
(%) |
17.49 |
18.88 |
0.00 |
|
Return On Capital Employed |
(%) |
8.66 |
9.23 |
0.16 |
|
Return On Net Worth |
(%) |
11.40 |
10.92 |
0.10 |
LOCAL AGENCY
FURTHER INFORMATION
History:
Subject is the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
(ADAG), is India's largest private sector information and communications
company with over 48 million subscribers. It was established in the year 2004
as Reliance Infrastructure Developers Private Limited, Reliance Communications
started laying 60,000 route kilometres of a pan-India fibre optic backbone with
high capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and
video) digital network and to offer services spanning the entire infocomm value
chain. It is capable of delivering a range of services spanning the entire
infocomm (information and communication) value chain, including infrastructure
and services for enterprises as well as individuals, applications, and
consulting.
The Company's business encompasses a complete range of telecom services
covering mobile and fixed line telephony. It includes broadband, national and
international long distance services and data services along with an exhaustive
range of value-added services and applications. During the year 2004,
International wholesale telecommunications service provider, FLAG Telecom
amalgamates with Reliance Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance
Infocomm, the company launched RIM Prepaid with attractive offer, Reliance
Infocomm introduced World Card - a Prepaid International calling card for
affordable and convenient ISD calls from India, the first regional Customer
Contact Centre was launched in Chennai. In the same year the company made
partnership with MCI to offer India's First MPLS Global VPN Solution.
Introduced Railway Ticket booking from R World data applications suite of
Reliance India Mobile.
In 2005, RCL only the company introduced, first e-recharge facility in CDMA in
India, the company has had joins hands with Air Deccan to offer air ticket
booking facility at Reliance WebWorld. Reliance Infocomm rolls out
international roaming facility across several countries to become the first
Indian CDMA operator to offer its customers such a service. The company tied-up
with the Bombay Stock Exchange to make available livestock quotes on its mobile
phones during the same year 2005. The status of the company was changed to
Public Limited in July 2005. Name of the company was changed from Reliance
Infrastructure Developers Private Limited to Reliance Communication Ventures
Limited in August 2005. RCL, UK launched Reliance IndiaCall service in England
and Wales enabling callers to make high-quality calls to India from any landline
or mobile phone at economical rates. Reliance Infocomm and China Telecom signed
agreement for telecom services to provide direct telecommunication service,
including a global hubbing service, to subscribers in the both two
countries.
India's first Talking Message Service (TMS) enabling the mobile
users to send voice messages to not only other mobiles but also fixed wireless
phones (FWP) and landlines in Reliance communications network were launched
during the year 2006. In the same year 2006, RCL listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange and National Stock Exchange, the company ties up with Disney to offer
on Reliance Mobile World India's first 3D animation on mobile, launched 'Hello
Capital Plan' to enable its subscribers in 19 state capitals to call each other
at the local call rate of 40 paise per minute, T-Com signs contract with FLAG
Telecom for Europe-US bandwidth, Reliance Communications' FALCON Cable System
was initiated in the same year. RCL launched Free Group Term Life Cover for its
CDMA subscribers. RCL and Nokia have joined hands to market the Nokia 1255
mobile handset in India at a price of Rs 1,999 during the period of 2006.
Reliance Infocomm Limited, Ambani Enterprises Private Limited, Reliance
Business Management Private Limited, Formax Commercial Private Limited,
Reliance Communications Technologies Limited, Reliance Software Solutions
Private Limited, Reliance Communications Solutions Private Limited and Panther
Consultants Private Limited was amalgamated and the Network division of the
Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited was demerged with the Company
during the year 2006. The name of the Company was changed from Reliance
Communication Ventures Limited to Reliance Communications Limited with effect
from 7th June 2006. The Company joined Lenovo and Intel for 'Internet on the
Move' in the year 2007. Also in the same year, RCL ties up with Naukri.com for
Search Jobs & Classified Ads from Reliance Mobile World. The demerger of
Passive Infrastructure division Reliance Communications & Reliance was
approved in March of the year 2007.
Sunny Days And Nights For Reliance Mobile Subscribers as Reliance
Communications ties up with SUN TV to offer video streaming of all SUN TV
programs online 24x7. In May of the year 2007, the company bagged West Bengal
E-Governance Project. RCL slashed its call rate to US and Canada. It's now just
Rs 1.99 per minute and also launched Lifetime Validity Recharge @ Just Rs.499.
The tie up was made with Cisco to launch Business Internet Services for SMEs in
Pune in the year. After, in July of the same year 2007, the company and
QUALCOMM was made collaboration on CDMA2000 Expansion. The biggest acquisition
deal so far, the company bought US data Communication Company Yipes Holdings'
in an all-cash deal for 4300 million (Rs 12000.000 Millions) in July 2007. RCL
came forwarded to sale of equity stake in its Tower Company-Reliance Telecom
Infrastructure Limited in July of the year. For air and hotel bookings, the
company has had joins hands with Yatra.com. The money transfer also available
in the RCL, such facility was started in September of the year 2007. The
company made strategic partnership with Vanco.
As on April 2008, RCL launched Exam Guru, the educational portal, which
provides information on exam result, college admissions, exam schedules,
admission deadlines, mock tests and also tips for bettering performance. RCL
made ties up with International Cricket Council for rankings in the next eight
years. During the same month and same year, the company has acquired UK based
eWave World, which offers wireless telephony services using WIMAX technology.
In May 2008, Reliance Globalcom, a subsidiary of the company, has acquired
London based managed network services provider, Vanco Group, for about $77
million (Rs 3240.000 Millions).
Profile
Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) is the flagship company of the
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India’s second largest business house.
RCOM is India’s largest integrated and fully converged communications
service provider in the private sector, and has been rated among “Asia’s Top 5
Most Valuable Telecom Companies”.
RCOM has a retail customer base of over 48 million as on 30th April,
2008 including over 1.5 million individual overseas retail customers. The corporate
clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800
global, regional and domestic carriers.
RCOM has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless
and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is
capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications
value chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages, and growing.
RCOM owns and operates the world’s largest next generation IP enabled
connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic
cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
Mission:
Excellence in Communication Arena
·
To attain global best practices and become a world-class communication
service provider – guided by its purpose to move towards greater degree of
sophistication and maturity.
·
To work with vigour, dedication and innovation to achieve excellence in
service, quality, reliability, safety and customer care as the ultimate goal.
·
To earn the trust and confidence of all stakeholders, exceeding their
expectations and make the Company a respected household name.
·
To consistently achieve high growth with the highest levels of
productivity._ To be a technology driven, efficient and financially sound
organisation.
·
To contribute towards community development and nation building.
·
To be a responsible corporate citizen nurturing human values and concern
for society, the environment and above all, the people.
·
To promote a work culture that fosters individual growth, team spirit
and creativity to overcome challenges and attain goals.
·
To encourage ideas, talent and value systems.
·
To uphold the guiding principles of trust, integrity and transparency in
all aspectsof interactions and dealings.
Financial
Performance
During the year, the Company has earned total revenue of Rs.134266.500 Millions
(12 months period) against Rs117619.100 Millions (1 5 months period) in the
previous year. The Company earned net profit of Rs.25864.500 Millions compared
to Rs24088.500 Millions in previous year. Shareholders equity (Networth)
increased to Rs.248400.300 Millions from Rs.205255.400 Millions in the previous
year.
Business
Operations:
The Company operates on a pan-India basis and offers the full value chain
of wireless, wireline, national long distance, international, voice, data,
video and internet based communications services under various business units
organised into three strategic customer-facing business units; Wireless, Global
and Broadband. These strategic business units are supported by fully integrated
network operation system and by the largest retail distribution and customer
services facilities. The Company also owns through its subsidiary, a global
submarine cable network infrastructure and managed Ethernet and application
delivery services.
During the year, the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Government of
India, had made necessary amendments to Unified Access Service Licenses (UASL)
of the Company to enable the Company to offer GSM services in addition to
existing CDMA services and made allotment of start up spectrum to the Company
for providing GSM services in 14 Service Area. The DOT had also made necessary
amendments to Unified Access Service Licenses (UASL) of Reliance Telecom
Limited (RTL), wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to enable RTL to offer
CDMA services in Assam and North East Service Area in addition to existing GSM
services and made allotment of start up spectrum to RTL for providing CDMA
services in Assam and North East Service Area. Accordingly the Company together
with RTL will, in due course, offer nation wide GSM and CDMA services.
Amalgamation and Arrangement
a. Scheme of Arrangement for
transfer of Passive Infrastructure
In terms of the Scheme of Arrangement amongst the Company Reliance Telecom
Limited (RTL) and Reliance Infratel Limited (RITL) (formerly known as Reliance
Telecom Infrastructure Limited), subsidiaries of the Company and their
respective shareholders and creditors, as sanctioned by the Hon'ble High Court
of Judicature at Bombay vide order dated 1 6th March, 2007, the passive
infrastructure of the Company and RTL was demerged and vested into RITL, with
effect from 10th April, 2007.
b. Reorganisation of
subsidiaries
During the year, the group structure involving various subsidiaries of the
Company was reorganised in terms of the various Schemes under Sections 391 to
394 of the Companies Act, 1 956 (the Act), as sanctioned bythe Hon'ble High
Courts of applicable jurisdictions. Consequently, Reliance Infoinvestments
Limited and Synergy Entrepreneur Solutions Private Limited (SESPL) amalgamated
with Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited with effect from 23rd July,
2007 and 1st September, 2007 respectively and Reliable Internet Services
Limited amalgamated with Reliance Telecom Limited with effect from 29th
September, 2007. FLAG Telecom USA Limited was merged with Yipes Holdings Inc.
w.e.f. 17th December, 2007.
Subsidiary
Companies
During the year, Reliance Tech Services Private Limited, Reliance Big TV
Limited, Yipes Holdings Inc, Reliance Globalcom Services Inc, Yipes Systems
Inc, YTV Inc, Anupam Globalsoft (U) Limited, Lagerwood Investments Limited and
Reliance Telecom Infrastructure (Cyprus) Holdings Limited became the
subsidiaries of the Company
Flag Projects Pte Limited, Alsign Holdings Pte. Limited and Actaram Capital
Pte. Limited which became subsidiaries during the year, subsequently ceased to
be subsidiaries. Reliance Telephones Limited and Gateway Net Trading Pte.
Limited also ceased to be subsidiaries of the Company
In terms of the approval granted by the Central Government under section 21
2(8) of the Companies Act, 1 956, a copy of the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account, Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the subsisting
subsidiaries have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company.
However, these documents will be made available upon request by any member of
the Company interested in obtaining the same. As directed by the Central
Government, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been furnished under
'Details of Subsidiaries', which forms part of the Annual Report. The annual
accounts of the Company including that of subsidiaries will be kept for
inspection by any member. Further, pursuant to Accounting Standard (AS-21 )
issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated
Financial Statements presented bythe Company include financial information of
its subsidiaries.
MANAGEMENT
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Forward looking statements:
Statements in this Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations describing the Company's objectives, expectations or
predictions may be forward looking within the meaning of applicable securities
laws and regulations. Forward-looking statements are based on certain
assumptions and expectations of future events. The Company cannot guarantee
that these assumptions and expectations are accurate or will be realised. The
Company assumes no responsibility to publicly amend, modify or revise
forward-looking statements, on the basis of any subsequent developments,
information or events. Actual results may differ materially from those
expressed in the statement. Important factors that could influence the
Company's operations include cost of inter connection charges, determination of
tariff and such other charges and levies by the regulatory authority, changes
in government regulations, tax laws, economic developments within and outside the
country and such other factors.
The following discussions on the financial condition and results of
operations should be read together with the audited consolidated financial
statements and the notes to those statements included in the Annual Report. The
following discussions are based on the audited consolidated financial
statements for the financial year ended 31srMarch, 2008, which have been
prepared in accordance with Indian GAAP and on information available from other
financial of the Company and its subsidiaries. The most significant accounting
conventions and principles of consolidation used by them, and the accounting
policies followed by them in the preparation of the financial statements, are
extracted from the consolidated financial statements and set out in this
section.
Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, aff references
herein to 'they'; 'them'; 'them'; 'the Company'; 'Reliance'; 'RCOM' or
'Reliance Communications' are to Reliance Communications Limited and its subsidiaries.
Overall review:
They remained India's larqest integrated fully converged communications service
provider in the private sector with an individual, enterprise and carrier
customer base of over 48 million as on 31 1 March, 2008, including 45.8 million
wireless customers representing a market share of 17.9% of the Indian wireless
market.
Strategic Initiatives:
In the quest to position themselves as a global player, the Company
acquired the US-based Yipes Holdings, Inc. ('Yipes'), penetrating the lucrative
Rs 4000000.000 Millions (S 100 bn) global enterprise data market.
* Yipes is strongly positioned in Metro Ethernet based enterprise
service, by far the highest growth segment in the US datacom market, with an
annual growth rate of over 30%.
* Yipes has strategic network presence in the top 14 US metros, which
account for 40% of the total US datacom market.
* Yipes also has nearly 1 ,000 enterprise customers and provides mission
critical communications platforms to communities of interest within some key
verticals.
They have consolidated the Global telecommunications business and operations
under a new umbrella brand, namely, 'Reliance Globalcom'. This new global
entity brings under its fold a diverse portfolio of communications business
services, including Global Voice, Manaqed Network, Carrier Ethernet and Fiber
Capacity. Reliance Globalcom, which is structured to serve the existing and
emerging demands of the global customers, represents significant value for the
shareholders.
The Company initiated further restructuring of its passive infrastructure,
demerging it from across different businesses, and vesting it into Reliance
Infratel Limited (formerly Reliance Telecom Infrastructure Limited).
On 11th January, 2008, the Company received start-up spectrum to launch
nationwide GSM services under its existing Unified Access Service License
(UASL). The grant of GSM spectrum to Reliance Communications in 14 service
areas reaffirms the Company's stance on UASL being a Technology Neutral
license.
Reliance Communications, through its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Telecom
Limited (RTL), already offers GSM services in 8 service areas. RTL has also
received start up spectrum for providing CDMA services in Assam and North East service
areas. Accordingly, the Company together with RTL will, in due course, offer
nation wide GSM and CDMA services.
The launch of nationwide GSM services, slated for the end of 2008, will enable
the Company to effectively target the 6 million strong GSM subscriber market
every month. It will also enable the Company to address the requirements of the
existing 1 92.3 million (as on March, 2008) GSM customers.
The Company is in the advanced stages of testing the launch of its DTH and IPTV
initiatives.
They have acquired Uganda-based company Anupam Globalsoft (U) Limited, holding
Public Infrastructure Provider License and Public Service Provider License to
offer Mobile, Fixed Line, Internet, National and International Long Distance
services, in addition to WiMax and Wifi services, marking the entry in Uganda.
The Uganda-based company has received Spectrum allocation and plans to launch
its Mobile services by end of year 2008.
They have also acquired controlling stake in eWave World, a UK headquartered
telco focused on the rapidly developing market for wireless telephony services
using the WiMAX technology standard. This marks a significant step forward in
the global growth strategy to directly reach out to millions of customers -
both Corporate and Individual - through a best-in-class future proof Last Mile
Network.
Industry Structure and Regulatory
Developments
Industry structure:
The total base of landline and wireless subscribers in India surged by a
whopping 46 per cent during the year ended 31 It March, 2008 to reach 300.51
million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
The number of Internet subscribers also increased to 10.8 million during the
year, with the broadband subscriber base reaching 3.47 million.
Key Developments
in the Company
Wireless business:
Network Expansion: They undertook
the largest network expansion during the year. A total of 12,000 sites were
deployed, taking the total coverage to 20,000 towns. To support the network
expansion, a comprehensive plan was executed including communication (Total
Network campaign), distribution expansion, dedicated company manpower structure
(WIN project), customized products (Home Zone Tariff) and separate business
volume monitoring.
Classic Range of Handsets: The own
branded handset range, Classic, was quick to gain the second position amongst
handset brands in the country, overtaking long established brands in the
market. In May, 2007 they created a national record by selling over 1 million
Classic handsets in a week's time - the largest number of single brand handsets
ever sold in such a short time. Subsequently, the Classic range was expanded to
include Colour and Colour FM range of handsets. They also launched the Classic
handset range for the GSM operations during the year.
LG Range of Handsets: They expanded
the LG range of Colour and Colour with FM feature Mobile handset during the
third quarter of 2007-08. Subsequently, they expanded the range to introduce
features rich with camera, video recording and Bluetooth facilities in
handsets. Sellinq prices of these handsets were competitively priced and
offered excellent upgrade opportunity for existing customers.
BlackBerry: Reliance was the first
CDMA operator in the country to launch BlackBerry phones. They launched the
BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Smartphone in September, 2007, and quickly went
on to add BlackBerry Pearl. Till today, they are the only operator in the
country to offer BlackBerry in CDMA technology. Along with CDMA, Blackberry was
also launched for the GSM operations. Today, Reliance is the only operator in
the world to offer BlackBerry mail services in Pre-paid platform.
World Roaming: To offer worldwide
Voice and Data Roaming for the Blackberry and high-end customers, they tied up
with leading operators across the world for dual network roaming. Today,
Reliance offers International Roaming to230 countries and 430 networks, with
full-fledged Data Roaming Services across 50 countries and 95 networks.
Range of Unlimited products: They
launched the Unlimited platform after additional network capacity was built up
during the year. The first product launched was Unlimited Local across Pre-paid
mobile, Post-paid mobile and Fixed Wireless Phones. After half a million customers
in the unlimited product, they have now launched the Unlimited STD product.
These products offer complete 'peace of mind' for heavy individual users,
Corporates and SME segment etc and create a very strong Reliance Community of
users.
Association with Cricket: The Indian
customer has extremely strong association with the game of cricket, and they
had a very strong tie-up with the game during 2007-08. Reliance became the
Title Sponsor of the first ICC Twenty20 World Cup and ICC Under-1 9 World Cup.
Fortunately, India won both the tournaments and they derived a lot of mileage
from these tournaments.
Rural Telephony: The Government of
India extended the Rural Direct Exchange Lines (RDEL) Scheme up to March 2008.
This Opportunitywas fully leveraged by oursales and distribution teams in rural
areas. With this programme, they have achieved a household penetration of 15
per cent in Rural areas as per Scheme.
Data Card Business: The Data Card
customer base and business doubled during 2007-08. This came as a result of
strong bundling with laptop manufacturers, increased distribution and retail
activity and active product demonstration to target segment. Besides
maintaining majority share in this segment, the ARPU also continues to be
significantly higher than the competitors.
Expansion into Hinterland: With the
coverage expansion during the year, they set up a comprehensive approach to
address the rural market. This comprised of dedicated internal organisation,
distribution expansion and special products like Home Zone Tariffs. Today,
rural contributes a significant percentage of total monthly additions, and over
1000 exclusive rural distributors have been appointed during the year.
Long distance voice services
The Company continues to occupy leadership position in the long distance voice
business across wholesale, enterprise and consumer markets.
Through its offshore subsidiaries, the Company is meeting the growing demand of
the Information Technology Enabled Services and Enterprise sector outside India
by introducing new products like Global Managed Contact Center Services, Global
Audio Conferencing and Disaster Recovery.
The Company expanded its retail presence into more countries. The Company
offers virtual international calling services in the U.S.A., Canada, U.K.,
Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The Company launched Reliance
Passport suite of services that allows customers to roam cost effectively in
several countries.
Global mobile services
The Company acquired 90 per cent stake in Anupam Globalsoft (U) Limited,
Uganda-based company holding Public Infrastructure Provider License (PIPL) and
Public Service Provider License (PSPL) issued by Uganda Communications
Commission. Underthe existing Licenses, the Companytargets to offer Mobile,
Fixed Line, Internet, National and International Long Distance services, in
addition to WiMax and Wifi services in Uganda. The Uganda-based company has
received Spectrum allocation and plans to launch its Mobile services by end of
2008.
Global data services
The Company continues to be leading provider of international connectivity and
data services to telecom operators, content providers, internet communities and
enterprises around the globe.
The Company acquired the US based Yipes Holdings Inc. through its subsidiary
Reliance Globalcom (formerly, FLAG Telecom). Yipes is the leading provider of
managed Ethernet and application delivery services for the global enterprise
and has over 1 ,000 enterprise customers primarily based in the U.S.
The Company has established Managed Storage Services Operations Center in
Mumbai, and signed a bilateral agreement with US based GlassHouse Technologies,
an independent IT infrastructure consulting and services firm providing managed
IT services directly to enterprise customers.
The Company is increasing its penetration of the Middle East on top of the
FALCON cable system. The Company has one of the deepest networks and
established Network to Network Interconnect (for IPLC, Internet, VPN and Global
Ethernet Services) in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. during the
year.
The Company has awarded the contract for building the Next Generation Network
Submarine cable, a multi-terabit, new generation system. Meanwhile, they have
also begun work on implementing the Hawk and Eagle systems, the former
connecting Egypt and France, and the latter Japan and the U.S.
Broadband
Network coverage: With the increased
focus on directly connecting buildings in the top 44 cities in India, the
Broadband business now has more than 787,000 buildings directly connected to
the network, recording more than 60% growth in the network coverage during the
year.
During the year, Broadband business augmented its building connectivity program
with the deployment of WiMAX 802.1 6d based last mile access technology. The
Broadband business currently serves top 8 cities in the country using this
wireless technology also.
Content and value added
services:
The Company continued to sustain significant growth in mobile data and content
services. With tariff rates for voice services constantly under downward
pressure, they have been successful in seeking out new non-voice services to
boost revenues, improve profitability, and help in reducing churn of
subscribers.
The Company continued to populate the market with data capable('Reliance
Mobile World') handsets at the entry level and lowcostwireless data modem cards
forInternet connectivity anytime, anywhere. With the increased growth of mobile
subscribers in tier 2 and tier 3 markets, the Company successfully adopted a
dualprong strategy of promoting content services over interactive voice
platforms, in addition to the cost-effective data network.
The Company continues to enjoy market leadership position with the highest penetration
of usage for such services in the country, with over 28.3 Million users across
various mobile content services such as Reliance Mobile World, Reliance
CallerTunes, DIAL 51 234 voice interactive services and SMS to 51234 based
content services.
The Company's leadership position in Mobile Advertising (a fast emerging area
in the world) was recognised by the Industry peers - Fair & Lovely
Scholarship campaign on mobiles for Hindustan Unilever was recognised and
awarded for the Best Use of Mobile Marketing - Direct Response Category
campaign Mobile Marketing Association in Los Angeles.
Opportunities and Challenges
Opportunities:
Entry into GSM: During the year,
Reliance reached a historic landmarkwhen it obtained permission as well as spectrum
to launch GSM services in 14 telecom circles. Reliance is making preparations
to roll out network and will launch GSM services in a phased manner by the end
of this calendar year.
Offer Dual Technology: The Pan-India
UAS License places them in the unique position of being able to offer the
subscribers the unique and special benefits of dual technology. For example,
while CDMA technology will give consumers the benefits of data and VAS, GSM
will enable Reliance subscribers to access wider range of handsets and
functional features, including roaming.
Enhance CDMA mobility: While
offering dualtechnology, Reliance will also benefit from the massive network
execution already completed in CDMA during 2007-2008. This will enable the
Company to offer highly attractive tariffs and products, leveraging the
available capacity.
HR Opportunities - Employer Brand:
The events of the last year (permission to offer GSM services under UASL,
network expansion, enhanced brand visibility) have made the Company highly
sought after as an employer. This employer brand appeal has been further
enhanced by implementation of HR practices such as ESOPs and flexible
worktimings besides core working hours. The Company is, therefore, in a strong
position to attract best talent in India and abroad.
Association with Bollywood and Cricket
thereby attracting youth: The association with ICC and other Cricket
tournaments, and also with leading Bollywood events have made the Company and
its brand much sought after by the youth segment. This will enable the
Companyto increase its business in this highly profitable and growing market
segment.
ADC removal and Mobile Number Portability (MNP): The removal of ADC will
provide an extra fund to pool to increase rural volumes and penetration in a
focused manner. The Company has already voluntarily taken aggressive steps to
provide substantial discounts on acquisition of rural subscribers, in line with
the suggestion made byTRAI while notifying removal of ADC. Similarly,
introduction of MNP, which is slated to be introduced in first half of 2009,
will provide the Company with a unique opportunity of attracting subscribers
from other operators on to its own dual technology platform.
Challenges
Entry of many new
competitors:
The year 2008 - 09 will witness the entry of several new players in the mobile
industry. It is also possible that some of the players who have acquired
license recently will enter into tie-ups with leading international service
providers. These events will intensify competition and may lead to pressure on
tariff. The Company is uniquely positioned to meet the situation with its
superior and world class network roll-out and expansion plans.
Entry of Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) / Brand franchisees: It is
possible that the Government may progressively relax MVNO norms, and more
players may access to Indian markets through this route. These operators may
put pressure on tariffs.
Risks and concerns
1. Some of the licences are subject to regulatory compliance and Terms
and conditions.
The rules and regulations, issued by the government and regulatory authorities,
having jurisdiction over the Company's operations and licenses, schedules and
obligations require it to meet specified conditions, network build-out
requirements. However, the Company does not perceive any default on this
account.
2. Rapid technological changes may increase competition and render the
Company's technologies, products or services obsolete.
The telecommunication services industry is characterised by rapid
technological change and significant capital requirements. However, the Company
is constantly assessing such changes in the technologies and taking immediate
action whenever necessitated.
3. The Company may be adversely affected by changes in tariff structures
for services.
The Company is subject to regulations on its tariff structures. There is
no assurance that the Company's business, financial condition and result of
operations will not be materially affected by any government mandated or other
tarrif adjustments in future.
4. The Company faces significant and intense competition in its markets,
which could result in decreases in current and potential customers, revenues
and profitability.
The Company faces significant competition in its markets. In particular,
competition is expected to intensify amongst providers of mobile
telecommunication services, and this will continue to drive prices for services
and handsets lower.
Financial Performance - Overview
Results of operations:
The Audited Consolidated Financial Results are given for the Financial year
ended on 31 It March, 2008. This is the second reporting year of consolidated
operations of the Company; the previous year's figures are for 15 months
period, hence not comparable.
Revenues and
operating expenses:
The Company earned total revenues of Rs 190677.600 Millions (US$ 4,764.56
million) and the net profit after tax recorded by the Company was Rs54011.400
Millions (US$ 1,349.61 million). The Company incurred total operating expenses
of Rs 10868.900 Millions (US$ 2,715.81 million).
Operating profit before finance charges, depreciation and amortisation,
exceptional items and provision against fixed assets (EBITDA)
The Company earned EBITDA of Rs 18990.700 Millions (US$ 2,048.74 million). The
EBITDA margin for the year is 43%.
Financial charges:
Net finance charges were gain of Rs 3997.000 Millions (US$ 99.88 million). This
was mainly due to gain on foreign currency conversion and treasury
incomes.
Depreciation and
amortisation:
Total of such charges was Rs 28082.600 Millions (US$ 700.96 million).
Profit before tax:
The profit before tax was Rs 70762.900 Millions (US$ 1,768.19 million).
The provision for taxes was Rs 2836.200 Millions (US$ 70.87 million). The net
profit after tax was Rs 54011.400 Millions (US$ 1,349.61 million).
Balance sheet:
As at 31 It March, 2008, the Company had total assets of Rs 774593.400 Millions
(US$ 1 9,355.1 6 million). Stakeholders equity was Rs 290263.300 Millions (US$
7,252.96 million), while net debt (excluding cash and cash equivalents) was
98250.200 Millions (US$ 2,455.03 million), giving a net debt to equity ratio of
0.34 times.
Segment Wise Performance:
1. Wireless Segment
Customer acquisition
During the year, the Company added 18 million wireless customers (net
additions). The customer base grew by 64% during the year. As at 31st March,
2008, the Company had 48 million wireless customers on its network. During the
year, the Company reached out aggressively to rural areas on the back of a
major network expansion that contributed to the Company's strong customer
acquisition.
The Company consolidated its Classic brand as the second largest handset
brand in the country. In addition, the Company rejuvenated its handset
portfolio by increasing focus on the LG brand, with a series of offerings at
progressively higher price points based on features. The Company has also
entered into Handset Bundled offers with leading handset sellers like Nokia,
Samsung and Spice.
During the year, the Company continued to pioneer tariff innovations. In
January, 2008, the Company was the first to announce a simple and unified
tariff structure of Re.1 on all mobile calls. Again, in February, 2008 the
Company launched a highly attractive price point for its Lifetime proposition
at Rs 299.
ARPU: 340 minutes of use averaged Rs 460 per month per subscriber giving a
revenue of Re. 0.74 per minute. Nonvoice revenue was 6.68% of ARPU.
Even while overall voice revenue remained under pressure, the focus to
stimulate revenue in launching innovative tariffs, driving mobile usage and
easy migration to prepaid, leveraged the market position in the convergent
telecom businesses.
Revenues and profit
Revenues for the financial year ended 31st March, 2008 were Rs. 152135.400
Millions (US$ 3,801 .48 million). EBITDA during the year was Rs60840.900
Millions (US$ 1 ,520.26 million). Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT) during
the year was Rs. 41251.000 Millions (US$ 1,030.76 million).
2. Global Segment
Minutes of use ILD and NLD
operations
Operations in ILD and NLD maintained consistent traffic growth rates, in-line
with the growth of the overall market. ILD minutes of use annually were around
7 billion. NLD minutes of use annuallywere around 23 billion. The Company
maintained its leadership position forILD inbound India traffic with a
marketshare of around 35%. Duringtheyear, Reliance India Call and Reliance
Global Call achieved a milestone of 1.5 million international customers.
Reliance India Call continued to be the largest retail service with over 40%
market share in the U.S.A. for India Calling.
Revenues and profit
Revenues for the financial year ended 31ItMarch, 2008 were Rs. 54750.600
Millions (US$ 1 ,368.08 million). EBITDA during the year was Rs. 14030.000
Millions (US$ 350.57 million). Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT) during
the yearwas Rs. 8371.200 Millions (US$ 209.18 million).
3. Broadband Segment
They maintained the position as Premium Integrated Solutions Provider for Top
Corporates in the Broadband segment. The Broadband business maintained its
leadership in Centrex, Vitual Private Network and International Data Centre
products.
The Company's Broadband segment continued to maintain its growth path and
gained significantly during the year even in the midst of aggressive
competition in the data and voice segments, and especially in the internet
bandwidth segment, from many other telecom service providers. Of a current
portfolio of more than 35 products, the Broadband business has not only
positioned larger number of products within the top corporate but also
increased its share of wallet.
New products launched during the year included One Office Duo, FMC VPN,
Hosted Call Centre Solutions, Aggregated Dedicated Internet Access,
Telecommute, etc.
Broadband's innovative services assurance model of 'TechCheck' gained further
impetus during the year 2007-08 in providing pro-active feedback to its subscribers
on the service levels provided by the Company. Customers have rated Broadband
Products and Services at a high customer satisfaction and delight rating.
Broadband's Business IT Systems are ISO 27001 :2005 Certified (an Information
Security Management System Standard).
Wireline
The Optical Fiber Cable network with 1,17,000 + route-km in totality
[inter-city + intra-city] and Broadband provide seamless last mile
connectivity.
The transport network is one of the biggest networks in the world, having
approx. 20,000+ nodes currently and additional 20,000 nodes will be added in
2008-2009.
Customer
Base
Customer acquisition kept momentum with the increase in network coverage during
the year. Net additions during the year grew by more than 65%. During the year,
the Company has acquired close to 4,08,000 customer circuits, including
approximately 2,98,000 voice lines and 1,10,000 enterprise data circuits.
As the Company's Broadband business is currently serving mainly enterprises,
the revenue per line reflects the total portfolio of services and solutions
being delivered to its customers. The revenue per line has remained well above
industry averages, on account of the mainly enterprise customer base and the
successful cross-sell of services to the customers.
Revenues and profit
Revenues forthe financialyear ended 31 1 March, 2008 were Rs 17867.300 Millions
(US$ 446.46 million). EBITDA during the year was Rs 8652.000 Millions (US$
216.19 million). Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT) during the year was
Rs.6262.800 Millions (US$ 156.49 million).
Reliance Communications
Infrastructure Limited (RCIL)
The Broadband Internet Data Centre (IDC) services (Reliance Data Centre) owned
by RCIL, a wholly owned subsidiary, from its IDCs located in Mumbai and
Bangalore. Broadband currently has IDC capacity of 2,50,000 sq ft and is
proposing to build more IDCs to further enhance the capacity. Broadband IDCs
are market leaders within their space having an estimated market share of close
to 60%.
RCIL also provides wireless multimedia services through 'Reliance Mobile
World', a wireless data application platform offering more than 150
applications and wireless internet access services through 'Reliance Net
Connect'.
The Infrastructure facilities of RCIL are interlaced and integrated with
wireless network of the Company. With a view to gain synergy in the business
operations, the Network Fibre undertaking together with construction
machinerywas transferred to the Company during the year.
Operations
Revenues and operating
expenses
RCIL
earned total revenues of Rs 36226.900 Millions (US$ 905.22 million) during the
year as compared to Rs 13231.500 Millions (US$ 307.00 million) for the previous
year. RCIL incurred total operating expenses of Rs 3315.200 Millions (US$
828.39 million as compared to Rs 10012.500 Millions (US$ 250.19 million).
Information
technology
1 . Reliance Technology Innovation
Centre (RTIC):- Overview
RTIC is instrumental in evaluating multiple vendor equipment and testing the
Interoperability with existing network elements. RTIC has a well established
Lab, which is an exact replica of the RCOM network, in a reduced scale. RTIC
also conducts the database audit of the systems to enable a smooth deployment
without initial hitches that follow any major deployment. All the network
elements are acceptance tested after installation and certified before
commercial deployment.
Handset testing
Allthe mobile devices including Mobile handsets, SIM/ RUIM cards, data cards, FWP/
FWT and modems go through rigorous and automated lab testing process, drive
test, field testing and certification before deployed in the network.
GSM systems
The interop testing of the GSM system with existing Network elements is
nearing completion.
2. RTIC development division
The following unique RTIC products have been launched during the
financial year:
One Office Duo (Fixed-Mobile Converged (FMC) and Virtual Private Network (VPN))
- India's first fixed-Mobile converged VPN (CUG) service.
This service will be used by Enterprise post-paid customers with Reliance
Mobile, Fixed Wireless and Fixed line connections. Reliance PABX as well as
Centrex customers can also use this service. Even non-Reliance customers can be
part of VPN for call termination. The users will be part of a VPN and can use
short dialing codes. They enjoy concessional tariff within the group, thereby
significantly reducing the overall cost of the communication within the
enterprise. The enterprise customers can manage their own VPN by adding,
deleting users and granting them different calling permissions.
Inter-standard roaming
Reliance Communication launched the World phone, by which the Reliance CDMA
customer can roam in the GSM network anywhere in the world with the same
Directory number.
INRich
IN Rich is an Intelligent Network system, hosting Variety of Services targeting
Wireless / Wire line customers as well as Enterprise domains. The service
provides facilities for call restrictions (within SDCA, Intra circle, N LD,
ILD, etc) to various customers. It provides much needed facilities for PCO
subscribers, like the mobility restriction, Voucher Management, CustomerAccount
Management, Recharge and Balance Enquiry through IVR, 1 6Khz metering from Network
and Fraud Management. This is a high capacity system (2 Million BHCA) catering
to both wire line and Wireless customers.
Achievements and Awards
The Company's focus on Information Technology (IT) is demonstrated by more than
5,600 person-years of rich experience across various domains, with more than
13% of the IT team members having more than 9 years of experience.
The IT team's innovation and delivery continues to win recognition for
its ability to use information technology for enabling and enhancing business
value. The key accolades won by the Company include the following:
* SAP ACE Awards 2007 for Customer Excellence in the Best
Telecommunications Sector Implementation Category.
* 2007 CIO 100 Award (2nd year in a row) for innovation in Enterprise
IT.
* CIO 100 Smart Infrastructure Award for exceptional use of network
technology deployed to further business objectives,reduce spending, improve
profits.
* CTO Forum - Hall of Fame Award given to CIO for having made significant
contribution to organisation.
* Symantec 2007 Visionary Award for technology innovation and business
value impact in the areas of High Availability, Backup and Recovery.
* Government of Maharashtra, Directorate of Industries honored the
Company as IT Service Provider for Maharashtra Information Technology Award for
the year 2007.
* The Company was selected in NASSCOM's 100 IT Innovators-2007 for
creating exciting IP and using business model and process innovation to realize
significant business benefits and extend these advantages to their
customers.
* NetApp Innovation 2007 award (Enterprise Infrastructure Category for
Business Impact and Innovation).
The Company continues to excel in creating advertisements for its
products and services. Reliance Mobile was recently awarded 1 3
ABBY awards for its advertising campaigns overthe last 1 2 months. Some of the
advertising campaigns which won top honors at ABBY's are Apun Ka Sapna, Bol
India Bol and Network. ABBY is the industry goldstandard for creative
excellence and is adjudged by 'Advertising Agencies Association of India'
(AAAI).
During the year, the Company continued to invest in IT to increase
efficiency, scale, availability and uptime of all mission and business critical
systems. Notable achievements include creation of valueadded solutions for
services like IPTV and DTH, international long distance calling, optimisation
of the collection and invoice processes in the ERP system, enhancement of
revenue assurance and fraud control system, significant automation of
back-office processes.
Capitalising on the robust foundations already laid, the Company will continue
investments into IT to drive the vision of managing scale and growth to newer
heights. Special emphasis will be given to the following areas:
* Increased implementation of 'Green computing' principles to reduce the
Company's carbon footprint- reduction of energy and waste in the existing
systems in addition to evaluating environmental attributes while selecting new IT
equipment.
* Introduction of GSM-based services.
* Enhancement of all back office operations like HR management, supply
chain and financial processes to maintain world class standards.
* Enhancement of business continuity processes to recover out of
unforeseen situations.
* Continued emphasis on design and implementation of control systems that
enable the Company to deliver benchmark level quality in the area of
information risk management.
* Increased usage of convergent IT architecture with reusable
components.
* Creation of Loyalty Program Management system to track and offer
benefits to loyal customers
7. Details of
Directors
The abbreviated resumes of all Directors are furnished hereunder:
Shri Anil D Ambani
Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India,
Shri AnilD Ambani, 49, is the Chairman
of all listedcompanies of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group,
namely, Reliance Communications,
Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Natural Resources and
Reliance Power.
He is also the President of the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of
Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
An MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Shri
Ambani is credited with pioneering several path-breaking financial innovations
in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded the country’s first forays into
overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global
depository receipts, convertibles and bonds. Under his chairmanship, the
constituent companies of the Reliance ADA group have raised nearly US$ 7
billion from global financial markets in a period of less than three years.
Shri Ambani has been associated with a number of prestigious academic
institutions in India and abroad.
He is currently a member of :
• Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
• Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Ahmedabad
• Executive Board, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
In June 2004, Shri Ambani was elected as an Independent member of the
Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of Indian Parliament; a position he chose to
resign voluntarily on 29th March, 2006.
Select Awards and
Achievements
• Voted ‘the Businessman of the Year’ in a poll conducted byThe Times of
India – TNS, December 2006
• Voted the ‘Best role model’ among business leaders in the biannual
Mood of the Nation poll conducted by India Todaymagazine, August 2006
• Conferred ‘the CEO of the Year 2004’ in the Platts Global Energy Awards
• Conferred ‘The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award’ by theBombay
Management Association, October 2002
• Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India
Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment
of Reliance as a global leader across a number of business areas, December,
2001
Prof. J.
Ramachandran
Prof. J. Ramachandran, Director (51) is the Chair Professor of Business
Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a qualified
Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant and has obtained his doctorate from
the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
He is also a director of Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited,
Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Redington (India) Limited, Bhoruka
Power Corporation Limited, Indofil Organic Industries Limited and Tejas
Networks Limited.
Prof. J Ramachandran is the Chairman of the Audit Committee in the
Company and Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited and member in Sasken
Communication Technologies Limited and Redington (India) Limited. He is also
Chairman of Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievances Committee in Sasken
Communication Technologies Limited and Redington (India) Limited and member in
the Company.
Mr. S. P. Talwar
Shri S.P. Talwar, Director (69) was a former Deputy Governor of Reserve
Bank of India. He was also former Chairman-cum- Managing Director of Bank of
Baroda, Union Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce. He is graduate in
Arts and Law. He is also qualified as CAIIB. He has vast experience in
financial services sector in the country.
He is also director of Crompton Greaves Limited, Reliance Communications
Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, Reliance
General Insurance Company Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited, Videocon
Industries Limited, Ambience Projects & Infrastructure Limited, SPS Steel
& Power Limited, Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited and Housing
Development Infrastructure Limited.
Mr. Deepak Shourie
Shri Deepak Shourie, Director (59) is Bachelor of Arts in Economics with
Honours and has more than 38 years’ exposure with an emphasis on media,
consumer goods, and corporate affairs.
He presently holds the position of Executive Vice President and Managing
Director of Discovery Communications India. He is also on the Board of Indian
Broadcasting Foundation.
Mr. A. K. Purwar
Shri A. K. Purwar (62) was a former Chairman and Managing Director of
State Bank of India (SBI). He was also former Managing Director of State Bank
of Patiala. He is graduated in Commerce and Diploma in Business Administration.
Under his leadership, the State Bank of India had taken giant strides in
technological innovations. All the 13800+ branches of the SBI were fully
computerized by 2004.
He is also Director of Vardhman Textiles Limited, Jindal Steel &
Power Limited, Deccan Infrastructure and Land Holdings Limited, Apollo Tyres
Limited, Engineers India Limited, IL&FS Renewable Energy Limited and India
Infoline Limited. Shri Purwar has been associated with a number of prestigious
academic institutions, committees set up by various State and Central
Governments and international institutions.
Shri A. K. Purwar is member of the Audit Committee andShareholders’/
Investors’ Grievances Committee in the Company.
Scheme of
Amalgamation
(a)
The Company, during the previous period, undertook restructuring of
ownership structure of telecom business so as to align the interest of the
promoters and public shareholders. Accordingly, pursuant to the Schemes of
Amalgamation and Arrangement (“the Schemes”) under Sections 391 to 394 approved
by Hon’ble High Court of respective judicature, group structure involving the
group companies and subsidiary companies was reorganized. The Company, during
the previous period, recorded all necessary accounting effects, along with
requisite disclosure in the notes to the accounts, in accordance with the
provisions of the Schemes. The cumulative effects of the Schemes in case of
Equity Share Capital of the Company have been disclosed below the respective
Schedule to the Accounts. In relation to Reserves, the effects incorporated in
the amounts of the previous period, included, the following.
Out of the excess of assets over liabilities of the transferor
companies;
- Credit of Rs. 90306.300 Millions to the Securities Premium Account
being part of the Securities Premium of erstwhile Reliance Infocomm Limited
(RIC), the transferor company, attributable to shares of RIC other than those
being cancelled under the Schemes.
- Withdrawal from General Reserves and transfer to the Profit and Loss
Account of Rs. 92397.700 Millions being an amount equal to the write off
consequent to the amalgamation of RIC into the Company of investments held by
the Company in Equity Shares of RIC.
- Credit to General Reserves of Rs. 28126.200 Milliond being the
unadjusted balance of the excess of assets over liabilities received by the
Company pursuant to the Schemes.
- Pursuant to the Schemes, additional depreciation arising on fair value
of the assets have been adjusted against the balance of Provision for Business
Restructuring.
(b) Pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation (‘’the Scheme”) under Section
391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956, sanctioned by the Honourable High Court
of Bombay vide Order dated 21st April, 2007, Reliance Infoinvestments Limited
(“RIIL” or “the Transferor Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
whose core activity was investment and fund management, was amalgamated, with
effect from the Appointed Date as at 1st April, 2006, with Reliance
Communications Infrastructure Limited (“RCIL”, or “the Transferee Company”),
also a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
(i) Upon the Scheme becoming effective,
- RCIL has issued 20,000, 8% Cumulative, Redeemable Preference Shares to
the Equity Shareholders of RIIL, whose names appear on the Register of Members
on the Effective Date, in the Share Exchange Ratio of 1 (One) Preference Share
of the face value of Rs. 10 each in RCIL for every 105 (One hundred five)
Equity Shares of the face value of Rs. 10 each held in RIIL.
- Investments of Rs. 20.800 Millions in the Equity Shares of RIIL has,
as a consequence, been written off to the Profit and Loss Account of the
Company.
(C)
Pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation (“the Scheme”) under Section 391
to 394 of the Act, sanctioned by the Honourable High Court of Bombay vide Order
dated 12th June, 2007, Reliable Internet Services Limited (“RISL” or “the
Transferor Company”), a subsidiary of the Company, whose core activities were
providing telecom services, was amalgamated with effect from the Appointed Date
as 1st April, 2006 with Reliance Telecom Limited (“RTL” or “the Transferee
Company”), another subsidiary of the Company.
The Transferee Company was not required to issue any shares and/ or pay
any consideration to any of the Shareholders of the Transferor Company.
(i) Upon the Scheme becoming effective,
- Investments of Rs. 60.000 Millions in the Equity Shares of RISL has,
as a consequence, been written off to the Profit and Loss Account of the
Company.
Scheme of
Arrangement for transfer of Passive Infrastructure
The Scheme of Arrangement (“the Scheme”) under Section 391 to 394 of the
Act between the Company (“RCOM” or “the First Demerged Company” or “the
Company”), Reliance Telecom Limited (“RTL” or “the Second Demerged Company”)
and Reliance Infratel Limited (formerly known as Reliance Telecom
Infrastructure Limited) (“RITL” or “the Resulting Company”), a subsidiary of
the Company through Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited (RCIL) for
transfer of Passive Infrastructure from RCOM and RTL to RITL was approved by
the Honourable High Court of Bombay vide order dated 16th March, 2007, with the
effective date as 10th April, 2007. Upon the Scheme becoming effective and in accordance
with direction of the Honourable High Court, the Company has;
(i) Written off Passive Infrastructure assets, transferred to RITL
having book value of Rs. 32007.400 Millions to the Profit and Loss Account.
(ii) Revalued investment in RCIL, the holding company of RITL by Rs.
44878.400 Millions. The said amount of Rs. 44878.400 Millions has been
recognised as Reserve for Business Restructuring.
(iii) Withdrawn from Reserve for Business Restructuring, an equivalent
amount as the amount of write off i.e. Rs. 32007.400 Millions. Balance Rs.
12871.000 Millions in Reserve for Business Restructuring shall be available to
meet the increased depreciation, costs, expenses, and losses including on
account of impairment of or write down of assets etc. pursuant to the Scheme.
Contingent
Liabilities
|
Particulars |
31.03.2008 (Rs.
In Millions) |
|
(i) Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on capital
accounts (net of advances) and not provided for |
43658.700 |
|
(ii) Disputed Liabilities in Appeal |
|
|
Sales Tax and VAT |
184.200 |
|
Excise and Service Tax |
20.800 |
|
Entry Tax and Octroi |
59.300 |
|
Other Litigations |
4.300 |
|
Total |
268.600 |
FIXED ASSETS:
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Building
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Plant and Machinery
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Freehold Land
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Lease Hold Land
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Telecomlincene
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Profile:
The Late Dhirubhai Ambani dreamt of a digital India — an India where the
common man would have access to affordable means of information and
communication. Dhirubhai, who single-handedly built India’s largest private
sector company virtually from scratch, had stated as early as 1999: “Make the
tools of information and communication available to people at an affordable
cost. They will overcome the handicaps of illiteracy and lack of mobility.”
It was with this belief in mind that Reliance Communications (formerly
Reliance Infocomm) started laying 60,000 route kilometres of a pan-India fibre
optic backbone. This backbone was commissioned on 28 December 2002, the
auspicious occasion of Dhirubhai’s 70th birthday, though sadly after his
unexpected demise on 6 July 2002.
Reliance Communications has a reliable, high-capacity, integrated (both
wireless and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network.
It is capable of delivering a range of services spanning the entire infocomm (information
and communication) value chain, including infrastructure and services — for
enterprises as well as individuals, applications, and consulting.
Today, Reliance Communications is revolutionising the way India
communicates and networks, truly bringing about a new way of life.
The Founder:
About Sh. Dhirubhai Ambani
Few men in history have made as dramatic a contribution to their
country’s economic fortunes as did the founder of Reliance, Sh. Dhirubhai H
Ambani. Fewer still have left behind a legacy that is more enduring and
timeless.
As with all great pioneers, there is more than one unique way of
describing the true genius of Dhirubhai: The corporate visionary, the unmatched
strategist, the proud patriot, the leader of men, the architect of India’s
capital markets, the champion of shareholder interest.
But the role Dhirubhai cherished most was perhaps that of India’s
greatest wealth creator. In one lifetime, he built, starting from the
proverbial scratch, India’s largest private sector enterprise.
When Dhirubhai embarked on his first business venture, he had a seed
capital of barely US$ 300 (around Rs 14,000). Over the next three and a half
decades, he converted this fledgling enterprise into a Rs 600000.000 Millions
colossus—an achievement which earned Reliance a place on the global Fortune 500
list, the first ever Indian private company to do so.
Dhirubhai is widely regarded as the father of India’s capital markets.
In 1977, when Reliance Textile Industries Limited first went public, the Indian
stock market was a place patronised by a small club of elite investors which
dabbled in a handful of stocks.
Undaunted, Dhirubhai managed to convince a large number of first-time
retail investors to participate in the unfolding Reliance story and put their
hard-earned money in the Reliance Textile IPO, promising them, in exchange for
their trust, substantial return on their investments. It was to be the start of
one of great stories of mutual respect and reciprocal gain in the Indian
markets.
Under Dhirubhai’s extraordinary vision and leadership, Reliance scripted
one of the greatest growth stories in corporate history anywhere in the world,
and went on to become India’s largest private sector enterprise.
Through out this amazing journey, Dhirubhai always kept the interests of
the ordinary shareholder uppermost in mind, in the process making millionaires
out of many of the initial investors in the Reliance stock, and creating one of
the world’s largest shareholder families.
Business:
India ’s leading integrated telecom company
Reliance Communications is the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai
Ambani Group (ADAG) of companies. Listed on the National Stock Exchange and the
Bombay Stock Exchange, it is India’s leading integrated telecommunication
company with over 57 million customers.
Our business encompasses a complete range of telecom services covering
mobile and fixed line telephony. It includes broadband, national and
international long distance services and data services along with an exhaustive
range of value-added services and applications. Our constant endeavour is to
achieve customer delight by enhancing the productivity of the enterprises and
individuals they serve.
Reliance Mobile (formerly Reliance India Mobile), launched on 28 December
2002, coinciding with the joyous occasion of the late Dhirubhai Ambani’s 70th
birthday, was among the initial initiatives of Reliance Communications. It
marked the auspicious beginning of Dhirubhai’s dream of ushering in a digital
revolution in India. Today, they can proudly claim that they were instrumental
in harnessing the true power of information and communication, by bestowing it
in the hands of the common man at affordable rates.
They endeavour to further extend the efforts beyond the traditional
value chain by developing and deploying complete telecom solutions for the
entire spectrum of society.
Looking back,
looking forward
Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, an offshoot of the Reliance
Group founded by Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002), ranks among India’s top
three private sector business houses in terms of net worth. The group has
business interests that range from telecommunications (Reliance Communications
Limited) to financial services (Reliance Capital Limited) and the generation
and distribution of power (Reliance Energy Limited).
Reliance – ADA Group’s flagship company, Reliance Communications, is
India's largest private sector information and communications company, with
over 57 million subscribers. It has established a pan-India, high-capacity,
integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital
network, to offer services spanning the entire infocomm value chain.
Other major group companies — Reliance Capital and Reliance Energy — are
widely acknowledged as the market leaders in their respective areas of
operation.
Chairman’s
Profile:
Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary
India,Shri Anil D Ambani, 48, is the chairman of all listed companies of the
Reliance ADA Group, namely, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance
Energy and Reliance Natural Resources limited.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Dhirubhai Ambani
Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
Till recently, he also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing
Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India’s largest private sector
enterprise.
Anil D Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, and
was centrally involved in every aspect of the company’s management over the
next 22 years.
He is credited with having pioneered a number of path-breaking financial
innovations in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded the country’s first
forays into the overseas capital markets with international public offerings of
global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting in 1991, he
directed Reliance Industries in its efforts to raise over US$ 2 billion. He
also steered the 100-year Yankee bond issue for the company in January 1997.
He is a member of:
·
Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
·
Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
·
Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
·
Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
In June 2004, he was elected for a six-year term as an independent
member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of India’s Parliament a position he
chose to resign voluntarily on March 25, 2006.
Awards and
Achievements:
·
Conferred the ‘CEO of the Year 2004’ in the Platts Global Energy Awards
·
Rated as one of ‘India’s Most Admired CEOs’ for the sixth consecutive
year in the Business Barons – TNS Mode opinion poll, 2004
·
Conferred ‘The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award’ by the Bombay Management
Association, October 2002
·
Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India
Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment
of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001
·
Selected by Asiaweek magazine for its list of ‘Leaders of the Millennium
in Business and Finance’ and was introduced as the only ‘new hero’ in Business
and Finance from India, June 1999.
AUDITED FINANCIAL
RESULTS (CONSOLIDATED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2008
(Rs. In Millions)
|
Particulars |
Twelve months ended |
Previous year
ended (Fifteen months) 31.03.2007 Audited |
|
|
|
31.03.2008 Audited |
31.03.2007 Unaudited |
|
|
Income from Operations |
188273.900 |
142624.700 |
171903.700 |
|
Other Income |
2403.700 |
2058.200 |
2498.800 |
|
Total Income |
190677.600 |
144682.900 |
174402.500 |
|
Expenditure |
|
|
|
|
a) Access Charges |
28196.500 |
27287.600 |
35305.000 |
|
b) License Fee |
12386.400 |
10534.600 |
12438.100 |
|
c) Employee Cost |
12036.800 |
9079.000 |
11288.000 |
|
d) Depreciation and Amortization |
28052.600 |
24653.000 |
29192.800 |
|
e) Other Expenses |
56067.200 |
40575.400 |
48443.300 |
|
Total |
136739.500 |
112129.600 |
1366667.200 |
|
Financial Charges (Net) |
[3997.000] |
3.700 |
646.800 |
|
Exceptional Items |
[12827.800] |
302.400 |
1093.200 |
|
Profit Before tax |
70962.900 |
32247.200 |
35995.300 |
|
Provision for Taxation ( including Fringe Benefit Tax and Deferred
Tax) |
2836.200 |
615.500 |
731.000 |
|
Profit after tax (Before adjustment of Minority Interest and
Associates ) |
67926.700 |
31631.700 |
35264.300 |
|
Share of Minority Interest |
132900.600 |
[49.500] |
[49.200] |
|
Share of Associates |
14.700 |
5.300 |
5.300 |
|
Profit after Tax ( after adjustment of Minority Interest and
Associates) |
54011.400 |
31675.900 |
35308.200 |
|
Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value of Rs.5 each) |
10320.100 |
10223.100 |
10223.100 |
|
Reserve excluding Revaluation Reserve as per Balance Sheet of previous
accounting year |
|
|
219083.400 |
|
Earning per Share (Not annualized) |
|
|
|
|
- Basic (Rs.) |
26.32 |
15.74 |
17.56 |
|
- Diluted (Rs.) |
24.97 |
15.45 |
16.71 |
|
Public Shareholding |
|
|
|
|
- Number of equity shares of Rs. 5 each |
699215.821 |
679803930 |
679803930 |
|
- Percentage of shareholding |
33.88% |
33.25% |
33.25% |
SEGEMENT – WISE
(CONSOLIDATED) REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED)
(Rs. In Millions)
|
Particulars |
Twelve months ended |
Previous year
ended (Fifteen months) 31.03.2007 Audited |
|
|
|
31.03.2008 Audited |
31.03.2007 Unaudited |
|
|
Segment revenue |
|
|
|
|
a) Wireless |
152135.400 |
107276.100 |
128184.300 |
|
b) Global |
54750.600 |
51769.800 |
70507.900 |
|
c) Broadband |
17867.300 |
11441.400 |
13129.800 |
|
d) Investments |
1526.900 |
1071.600 |
1301.800 |
|
e) Others / Unallocated |
2778.200 |
2644.600 |
4185.700 |
|
Total |
229058.400 |
174203.500 |
217309.500 |
|
Less: Inter segment Revenue |
[38380.800] |
[29520.600] |
[42907.000] |
|
Income from Operations |
190677.600 |
144682.900 |
174402.500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment results |
|
|
|
|
Profit / (Loss) before tax and financial charges from each segment |
|
|
|
|
a) Wireless |
41251.000 |
22508.200 |
27372.100 |
|
b) Global |
8371.200 |
7326.800 |
8616.100 |
|
c) Broadband |
6262.800 |
3544.400 |
3499.000 |
|
d) Investments |
1526.300 |
957.500 |
1111.300 |
|
e) Others / Unallocated |
[3473.200] |
[1783.600] |
[2863.200] |
|
Total |
53938.100 |
32553.300 |
37735.300 |
|
Less : Financial Charges (Net) |
[3997.000] |
3.700 |
646.800 |
|
Less : Exceptional Item |
[12827.800] |
302.400 |
1093.200 |
|
Total Profit Before Tax |
70762.900 |
32247.200 |
35995.300 |
|
Capital Employed (Segment Assets - Segment Liabilities) |
|
|
|
|
a) Wireless |
299481.900 |
156461.700 |
156461.700 |
|
b) Global |
85999.400 |
56846.500 |
56846.500 |
|
c) Broadband |
42904.000 |
30298.300 |
30298.300 |
|
d) Investments |
113810.000 |
144947.100 |
144947.100 |
|
e) Others / unallocated |
33441.600 |
15192.300 |
15192.300 |
|
Total |
575636.900 |
403745.900 |
403745.900 |
Notes:
1. During the previous period, the financial year of the Company was for
fifteen months from 1st January, 2006 to 31st March, 2007.To enable comparison,
fifth quarter from 1st January, 2007 to 31st March, 2007 of the previous period
and twelve months from 1st April, 2006 to 31st March, 2007 of the previous
period have been reported as corresponding previous periods.
2. The Board has recommended a dividend of 15% i.e. Re. 0.75 per equity
share of Rs. 5 each for the financial year 2007-08, subject to the approval of
the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
3. As already reported in the quarterly results for the quarter ending
30th June, 2007, the Scheme o fArrangement (Scheme) for demerger of the passive
infrastructure of the Company and Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL), a holly owned subsidiary of the Company, to
Reliance Infratel Limited (RITL, formerly known as Reliance Telecom
Infrastructure Limited), another subsidiary of the Company, as approved by the
Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Bombay vide Order dated 16th March, 2007
became effective from 10th April, 2007. In accordance with the approval
accorded in the Scheme, the Company has written-off passive infrastructure
having book value of Rs. 31655.600 Millions through Profit and Loss Account and
an equivalent amount has been drawn from General Reserve No. 1.
4. As already reported in the quarterly results for the quarter ending
30th September, 2007, exceptional items include Rs. 12827.800 Millions being
the net gain on the sale during the year of 5% of the shares of RITL. The
shares of the said subsidiary are held in Trust for the benefit of the Company
and / or its shareholders and accordingly, the income attributable to the
subsidiary viz. Rs12827.800 Millions is included in the computation of the
minority interest. Consequently, there is no impact on the profit for the year.
5. As required by Accounting Standard 11 “The Effect of Changes in
Foreign Exchange Rates” (AS) as notified by the Companies (Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2006 applicable to the current accounting year commencing on
1st April, 2007, and in accordance with the announcement of Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India dated 29th March, 2008 regarding Accounting for
Derivatives, the Company and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the
Group, has adopted with effect from 1st April, 2007 the accounting
policy of crediting or charging to the Profit and Loss Account the gain or
loss, as the case may be, on account of foreign exchange difference relating to
liabilities for acquisition of fixed assets and on account of marking to market
all derivative instruments. The net effect of these changes is a charge of Rs.
253.400 Millions to the Profit and Loss Account for the year. If these changes
had not been made the profit for the year would have been higher by this
amount.
6. During this financial year, under the head “Financing Charges – Net”,
the Group has accounted an amount of Rs. 4645.800 Millions, being its share of
profits including accrued interest and dividends on the units held by it in the
fixed income schemes, in the year in which the income arises. As these amounts
were not material; the same were not so accounted for in earlier years.
7. No complaint from Investors was pending for redressal at the
beginning and end of the quarter. During the quarter 142 complaints were
received and all the complaints were resolved.
8. The Company is operating Wireless, Broadband, Global, and Others /
unallocated segments as per Accounting Standard 17 (Segment Reporting), issued
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and accordingly segment
wise information are given.
9. Standalone financial results, for the year ended on 31st
March, 2008, of the Company can be viewed on the website of the Company,
National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited at www.reliancecommunications.co.in, www.nseindia.com, and www.bseindia.com respectively.
10. After review by the Audit Committee, Board of Directors of the
Company has approved the above results at their meeting held on 30th April,
2008.
Corporate Governance
Organizations, like individuals, depend for their survival,
sustenance and growth on the support and goodwill of the communities of which
they are an integral part, and must pay back this generosity in every way they
can
This ethical standpoint, derived from the vision of the
founder, lies at the heart of the CSR philosophy of the Reliance – ADA Group.
While they strongly believe that the primary obligation or
duty as corporate entities is to the shareholders – they are just as mindful of
the fact that this imperative does not exist in isolation; it is part of a much
larger compact which they have with the entire body of stakeholders: From
employees, customers and vendors to business partners, eco-system, local
communities, and society at large.
They evaluate and assess each critical business decision or
choice from the point of view of diverse stakeholder interest, driven by the
need to minimize risk and to pro-actively address long-term social, economic
and environmental costs and concerns.
For them, being socially responsible is not an occasional
act of charity or that one-time token financial contribution to the local
school, hospital or environmental NGO. It is an ongoing year-round commitment,
which is integrated into the very core of the business objectives and strategy.
Because they believe that there is no contradiction between
doing well and doing right. Indeed, doing right is a necessary condition for
doing well.
Code of Conduct (adopted by the Company)
Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group of Companies
continually reviews corporate governance best practices to ensure that they
reflect global developments. It takes feedback into account, in its periodic
reviews of the guidelines to ensure their continuing relevance, effectiveness
and responsiveness to the needs of local and international investors and other
stakeholders.
The Code of Conduct(s) and Business Policies adopted by the
Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) Companies are given here.
1. Values and Commitments
2. Code of Ethics
3. Business Policies
4. Ethics Management
5. Prevention of Sexual Harassment
6. Policy on Insider Trading
Milestones
2008
January
12
Reliance Communications receives
Start-up GSM Spectrum
January
16
Yahoo partners with Reliance Communications to provide Yahoo One Search for its
CDMA and GSM customers.
January
31
RCOM's Q 3 Net Profit increases by 48.5% and Revenues Up by 29.8 %. Remains the
most profitable Telecom Company in India.
February
4
Reliance Communications offers Lifetime Validity at Rs 199
RCOM’s subsidiary Infratel files Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI
February
5
Reliance Mobile strengthens its religious content portfolio on Mobile by tie-up
with Sadhana TV
February
14
RCOM in partnership with CanvasM, launches Mulitplayer Mobile Games
February
19
HDFC Bank ties up with RCOM, turns every Reliance Mobile into a credit card
February
27
Reliance Communications consolidates Global Telecom Business under “Business
Globalcom”
Reliance Communications forays into International Mobile Market with GSM
License in Uganda.
March
3
Reliance Communications drops prices of Internet Data Cards
March
10
Reliance Communications announces ESOPs for over 20,000 employees
March
20
Reliance Communications and HTC forge Strategic Alliance
March
27
Corporation Bank Launches Banking Services on Reliance Mobile World
April
1
Reliance Communications forays into IT space, launches Reliance Technology
Services Company
April
9
RCOM launches Educational Portal on Reliance Mobile Phones
April
25
Reliance Globalcom unit Reliance Infocom BV, Netherlands acquires Global WiMAX
Operator eWave World
April
29
Reliance Communications Announces Unlimited Free STD calls
April 30
Reliance Globalcom Launches Passport Global SIM
RCOM's Net Profit up by 70.8% to Rs 54010.0000 Millions
May
2
Reliance Communications’ Net Profit up by 70.8% to Rs 54010.000 Millions (US$
1,350 million), Revenues higher by 31.8% to Rs.190680.000 Millions (US$ 4,765
million) and EBIDTA increases by 43.3% to Rs.81990.000 Millions (US$ 2049
million)
May 12
Reliance Communications and Alcatel form Joint Venture to offer Managed Network
Services to telcos across the globe
May 26
Reliance Globalcom acquires UK based VANCO Group Limited
June 24
Reliance Globalcom, Stealth Communications forge Strategic
Alliance to extend VOIP Network across 50 ountries
July 12
CA Exam Results on Reliance Mobile
July 22
Reliance Communications Mobile Subscriber base crosses 50
Million
July 29
CA Professional Exam Results on Reliance Mobile
July 31
Reliance Communications (RCOM) announces its financial
results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008. NetProfit up by 23.9% to Rs.
15120.000 Millions (US$ 352 million)
2007
January
10
Reliance Communications adds a record 1.4 million subscribers in December ‘06
January
18
Reliance Communication launches unique "Simply 2030" plan on Reliance
Hello
January
25
Reliance Communications promotes Roger Waters Music Concert
January
29
RCOM shareholders approve tower business demerger with a 99.99% overwhelming
majority
January
30
Overwhelming response to Reliance World’s National Digital Elocution
Competition
January
30
Reliance joins Lenovo and Intel for "Internet on the Move"
February
2
Reliance Communications’ market capitalization tops Rs 1 lakh crore ( 1
trillion rupees or 24.39 billion US dollars) on Bombay Stock Exchange
February
16
Reliance Communications offers best value on roaming
February 26
Search Jobs & Classified Ads from Reliance Mobile World - Reliance
Communications ties up with Naukri.com
March
6
Reliance Communications ushers in ‘Virtual Global Conference Network’
March
7
DHIRUBHAI AMBANI – THE MAN I KNEW By KOKILABEN Book on Founder Chairman launched.
March 8
Reliance Communications launches ‘Roam Jamaica on Reliance Mobile
March
16
Reliance Mobile launches ' Suno Zee’
March 19
Demerger of Passive Infrastructure division Reliance
Communications & Reliance Telecom approved by the mbay High Court
March
21
Reliance World Offers Program to Help Students ’Crack Admissions in Colleges
Abroad’
March
23
Govt’s Rural Telephone Scheme(RDEL)through Reliance Communications successfully
closes by March 31,2007
March
26
Booking train ticket from Reliance Mobile Phones becomes more easy now… with
ITZ Cash Cards
April
4
Reliance Communications unleashes the power of mobile advertising
April
6
Reliance Communications acquires 1.2 million subscribers in March 2007.
April
11
Sunny Days And Nights For Reliance Mobile Subscribers as
Reliance Communications ties up with SUN TV to offer video streaming of all SUN
TV programs online 24x7
April
11
Reliance World launches summer e camp for school kids
April
30
RCOM first listed Indian telecom company to reward shareholders
May 2
A Classic Bonanza – Reliance Communications unveils handsets @ Rs 777
May 9
RCOM bags West Bengal E-Governance Project
May 10
Reliance sets a new record, one million Classic handsets sold in just one
May 12
Reliance Communications slashes rate to US and Canada. It's now just Rs 1.99
per minute
May 14
Reliance Communications launches Classic Color Bonanza - Color handsets @ Rs
1234
May 17
RCOM kick starts world's fastest and largest rural infrastructure rollout on
World Telecom Day.
May 18
Reliance Communications Launches
Lifetime Validity Recharge @ Just Rs.499.
May 22
RCOM slashes roaming rates by as
much as 70 percent
May 25
Reliance Communications launches unlimited calling
June 5
RCOM hosts seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Mobile Applications Development’
June 6
Reliance Communications adds 1.4 million new mobile subscribers in May2007
June 6
Reliance Classic' Makes Music - FM Radio Phones Launched at just Rs.1888
June
27
Reliance World, BIMTECH & Philadelphia University unveil Executive Program
in Retail Management (EPRM)
June 28
Reliance Communications ties up with Cisco to launch Business Internet Services
for SMEs in Pune
July 4
Bengali movie ‘Anuranan’ on Reliance Mobile World
July 7
RCOM and QUALCOMM Collaborate on CDMA2000 Expansion
July
12
Reliance Communications awards Alcatel-Lucent a Next-Gen network expansion
contract
July 12
Reliance Communications awards Huawei all IP Next-Gen network expansion
contract
July
19
RCOM announces sale of equity stake in its Tower Company-Reliance Telecom
Infrastructure Limited
July
19
RCOM's AGM on Reliance Mobile World
July 23
Reliance Communications launches Passport Calling Solutions
July
25
RCOM join hands with Yatra.com for air and hotel bookings
August 20
RCOM offers 'Live Mandi Prices' on Reliance Mobile World
August 31
Reliance Communications , the official global partner for
the first edition of ICC Twenty 20 World Cup hampionship 2007 in South Africa
unveils the coveted Trophy in Mumbai and announces Dhoni - Dhanadan Pac
September 9
Reliance Communications launches Money Transfer on Reliance
Mobile Phones
September
10
RCOM launches BlackBerry 8830
World Edition Smartphone
'Bloomberg Professional' now on
Reliance Mobile
September
11
Reliance Communications ties up with Sulekha.com to offer local search on
Reliance Mobile World
September
18
Strategic partnership with Vanco
October
3
Reliance Communications announces Classic Celebrations- Classic Handset sales
top 10 million- Color Handset @ Rs.999
October
20
Reliance Communications to launch nationwide GSM Services under existing
Unified Access Service Licenses
October 22
Reliance Communications brings 'Durgotsav Live' Videocast on mobile
November
7
Reliance Communications Launches 'Diwali Dhamaka'
November
15
RCOM launches Rural Mobile Application Contest
November
16
Fair & Lovely Scholarship on Reliance Mobile World is winner at the MMA
awards, USA
November
27
FLAG and GlassHouse ink landmark partnership
December
11
Reliance Communications adjudged World’s Top CDMA Operator at the Global CDMA
Industry Achievements
Awards Fete
December
20
Reliance Communications completes Yipes’ acquisition
December
24
RCOM announces special offers for Christmas and New Year.
2006
January 01
Reliance Infocomm launches "One Nation, One
Tariff" to enable Reliance IndiaMobile prepaid users to call anywhere in
India at Re one per minute.
January
19
Reliance Demerger adds record Rs.550000.000 Milllions to shareholder wealth
January
23
TIMES NOW launched on Reliance Mobile Phones, making it the world’s first TV
channel to be launched on a mobile phone.
March
06
Reliance Communications Ventures Limited (RCVL), India's leading integrated
telecommunications company, a member of the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
group, lists on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.
March
21
Reliance Infocomm introduces R World in Hindi to become the world's first
operator to offer mobile data services in more than one language on the same
handset. This will make it possible for millions of Indians to access the
popular R World with hundreds of every-day-use applications in the national
language.
March
23
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group signs up Indian cricket's whiz kid and
heartthrob of millions Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the brand ambassador for
Reliance Communications Ventures Limited
March
29
Reliance Infocomm becomes India’s first telecom operator to launch seamless
inter-standard international roaming service - 1World.1Number, with single
number on international CDMA and GSM networks.
April
27
Reliance Communications launches India’s first Talking Message Service (TMS)
enabling its mobile users to send voice messages to not only other mobiles but
also fixed wireless phones (FWP) and landlines.
June
22
Reliance Communications ties up with Disney to offer on Reliance Mobile World
India's first 3D animation on mobile.
July
03
Reliance Communications launches 'Hello Capital Plan' to enable its subscribers
in 19 state capitals to call each other at the local call rate of 40 paise per
minute.
July
19
Reliance Communications slashes ILD rates by up to 66%
August
7
T-Com signs contract with FLAG Telecom for Europe-US bandwidth
September 5
Union Communications & IT Minister Thiru Dayanidhi Maran
inaugurates Reliance Communications’ FALCON Cable System.
November
17
Reliance Communications launches Free Group Term Life Cover for its CDMA
subscribers
December
28
Reliance Communications’ FLAG Telecom announces FLAG Next Gen to cover 60
countries
2005
January
04
Reliance introduces first e-recharge facility in CDMA in India.
January 24
Reliance IndiaMobile announces mega rural plan to
cover 0.400 Millions villages and 650.000 Millions s Indians by December 2005.
June
26
Anil Ambani appointed Chairman of Reliance Infocomm
July
30
Air Deccan and Reliance WebWorld join hands to offer air ticket booking
facility at Reliance WebWorld
August 11
XLRI's Post-Graduate Certificate programme in Logistics Supply Chain Management
(PGCLSCM) launched on Reliance WebWorld's virtual classroom platform. first of
its kind e-learning programme in India.
August
18
Reliance Infocomm rolls out international roaming facility across several
countries to become the first Indian CDMA operator to offer its customers such
a service.
September
06
Reliance Infocomm tied-up with the Bombay Stock Exchange to make available live
stock quotes on its mobile phones.
September
15
Reliance Communications, UK launched Reliance IndiaCall service in
England and Wales enabling callers to make high-quality calls to India from any
landline or mobile phone at economical rates.
September
21
Apollo Hospital and Reliance Infocomm join hands to provide top class
healthcare service to millions of Indians in over a hundred Indian cities.
October 13
Reliance WebWorld wins Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award for Video
Conferencing services.
November
12
Reliance Infocomm hosts the 4th global CDMA Operators Summit.
November
22
Reliance Infocomm joins hands with Indian Airlines to offer India's first
mobile booking of domestic airline ticket.
November
30
Reliance Infocomm introduces MOREbile, redefines customer rewarding with 33 %
more talk time on prepaid recharges of Rs 315 denomination and above and much
more.
December
12
Reliance Infocomm and China Telecom sign agreement for telecom services to
provide direct telecommunication service, including a global hubbing service,
to subscribers in the two countries.
2004
January
12
International wholesale telecommunications service provider, FLAG Telecom
amalgamates with Reliance Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance
Infocomm
February
9
Launches RIM Prepaid with attractive offer - For Rs 3500 get a Motorola
C131 mobile phone and Rs 3240 worth of re- charge vouchers instantly and stay
connected for 1 year
February
17
Reliance subsidiary Flag Telecom announces FALCON Project - a major new Middle
East Loop Terabits Submarine Cable System with links to Egypt and Hong Kong via
India
March
22
Reliance Infocomm launches multi-player gaming on RIM handsets - a first
in India
April
05
Reliance IndiaMobile introduces International Roaming facility to 172
countries, 300 networks
April
23
Reliance Infocomm introduces first ever auction facility on Mobile phones
through R Word
May 27
Reliance Infocomm receives the Most Promising Service Provider of the Year 2003
(Asia Pacific) award at the Asia Pacific Technology Awards instituted by Frost
& Sullivan
June 8
Reliance Infocomm introduces World Card - a Prepaid International calling card
for affordable and convenient ISD calls from India
July
29
Announces India's First MPLS Global VPN Solution in partnership with MCI
August
5
Launches the first regional Customer Contact Centre in Chennai
September
6
Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Infocomm, receives Voice & Data
"Telecom Man of the Year" award
September
9
Introduces Railway Ticket booking from R World data applications suite of
Reliance IndiaMobile
October
12
Mukesh Ambani voted the world’s most infuential telecom person by UK-based
publication Total Telecom.
October
19
Reliance Infocomm bags the CDMA Development Group's 3G CDMA Industry
Achievement Award for International Leadership.
2003
January
15
Introduces Dhirubhai Ambani Pioneer Offer for Reliance IndiaMobile
service
February
14
Launches Reliance WebWorld in top 16 cities
March
31
Launches International Long Distance Services
April
3
Commissions all backbone rings
April
25
Introduces colour handsets
May 1
Launches Reliance IndiaMobile Service commercially in top 92 cities with one million customers.
June
10
Launches India's first wireless Point of Sale (POS)
July 1
Introduces "Monsoon Hungama" Offer: Instant multimedia mobile phone
and connection for just Rs 501.
Sets world record - acquires one million customers in 10 days
July 3
Launches R Connect Internet connection cable
Aug 26
Introduces Reliance IndiaPhone Fixed Wireless Phone and Terminal
September
20
"Navratri" a data service in R-World posts a world record of 10 million
downloads on the first day of the launch.
September
30
R World clocks a phenomenal 1 billion hits in 1 month
October
6
Launches integrated broadband centre at Reliance WebWorld, Bangalore
October
24
Deploys pilot of Home Netway in Mumbai
October
30
Reliance becomes India's largest mobile service provider within 7 months of
commercial launch
November
3
Customer base touches 5 million
November
12
Migrates to Unified License Regime
November
16
Launches National Roaming
November
21
Launches International SMS to 159 countries launched
December
19
Adds 4500th Contact Centre Executive
Contact Centre becomes the largest such facility deployed by any single Indian
Service Provider
2002
January
15
First Base Transceiver Station (BTS) made "Ready for Electronics"
February
25
Obtains International Long Distance License from Govt. of India
December
22
Commissions 1st Optic Fibre Backbone ring
December
24
Establishes 1st Point of Interconnect (POI) in New Delhi
December
27
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee e-inaugurates Reliance
Infocomm
Hon'ble Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Information Technology and
Communications, Pramod Mahajan, inaugurates NNOC
2001
May 1
First Media Convergence Node made "Ready for Electronics" at Jaipur
2000
May 10
Optic fibre laying process commences in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh &
Maharashtra
1999
The
Dream, 1999
"Make a phone call cheaper than a postcard and you will usher in a
revolutionary transformation in the lives of millions of Indians" -
Dhirubhai Ambani
The
Reality, November 15
Reliance Infocomm begins Project Planning
MEDIA RELEASE
September 17, 2008
Reliance Mobile Launches Prepaid BlackBerry Services in
India
India's first Pre-paid Blackberry Service
Extends reach of BlackBerry smartphones to over 200 million
prepaid users in India.
Mumbai, September 16, 2008 Reliance
Communications and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of
India's first prepaid service for the BlackBerry wireless solution. This first
of its kind 'pay as you use' pricing model in India is in line with Reliance
Communications' strategy to extend BlackBerry services to customers who are
looking for cost-effective options, flexibility and control over their expenses
for wireless services.
Reliance Communications has been on the forefront of
offering a wide range of prepaid options to consumers across its data cards,
mobile phones and fixed wireless phones offering.
"We recognize the needs of customers and believe a
prepaid option enabled by Reliance Communications will significantly broaden
the consumer interest in BlackBerry smartphones and expand our business
opportunity," said Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President - Mobile Data and Content
Services, Reliance Communications.
This prepaid service option is available on a range of
BlackBerry smartphones including:
*The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, which
operates on both CDMA & GSM networks
*The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone on CDMA networks
*The BlackBerry Curve 8300 smartphone on GSM networks
*The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone on GSM networks
*The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone on CDMA networks, and
*The BlackBerry 8703e smartphone on CDMA networks
For further query, customers can visit any Reliance World or
Reliance Communications outlet.
About Reliance Communications: :
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri. Dhirubhai H Ambani
(1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has net worth in
excess of Rs. 5850000.000 Millions (US$ 14 billion), cash flows of Rs.
120000.000 Millions (US$ 3 billion), net profit of Rs. 80000.000 Millions (US$
2 billion) and zero net debt.
Rated among "Asia's Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies", Reliance
Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications
service provider. The company, with a customer base of 57 million including
over 1.7 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10
Asian Telecom companies by number of customers. Reliance Communications
corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and
over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers. Reliance Communications has
established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline),
convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of
supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value
chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages. Reliance Communications
owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity
infrastructure, comprising over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems
in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. Website : www.rcom.co.in
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of
innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market.
Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that
support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and
solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email,
phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology
also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to
enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM's
portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are
used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry
wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld product line, software development
tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984
and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe
and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com
or www.blackberry.com
For further Information, please contact:
Reliance Communications:
Anuj Bakshi
+91 9321721722
Research In Motion
Satchit Gayakwad
Manager Public Relations – India
+91 9892579925
Forward-looking statements in this news release are made
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used herein, words such as
"intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions
made by and information available to Research In Motion Limited. Investors are
cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, possible product defects and product liability, risks related to
international sales and potential foreign currency exchange fluctuations, the
initiation or outcome of litigation, acts or potential acts of terrorism,
international conflicts, significant fluctuations of quarterly operating
results, changes in Canadian and foreign laws and regulations, continued
acceptance of RIM's products, increased levels of competition, technological
changes and the successful development of new products, dependence on
third-party networks to provide services, dependence on intellectual property
rights, and other risks and factors detailed from time to time in RIM's
periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, and other regulatory authorities. RIM has no intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the
exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM,
Research in Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. RIM
assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty,
endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products
or services.
CMT REPORT
(Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]
The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources
including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service,
Interpol, etc.
1] INFORMATION ON
DESIGNATED PARTY
No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners,
controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist
organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions
involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against
whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating
money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or
anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or
ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international
anti-terrorism laws.
2] Court Declaration :
No records exist to suggest that subject is or
was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other
official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper
payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or
with designated parties.
3] Asset Declaration :
No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject
are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.
4] Record on Financial
Crime :
Charges or conviction
registered against subject: None
5] Records on Violation of
Anti-Corruption Laws :
Charges or
investigation registered against subject: None
6] Records on Int’l
Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :
Charges or
investigation registered against subject: None
7] Criminal Records
No
available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals
have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority
for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent
government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international
anti-money laundering laws or standard.
8] Affiliation with
Government :
No record
exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling
shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government
official or a family member or close business associate of a Government
official.
9] Compensation Package :
Our market
survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair
and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar
services.
10] Press Report :
No press reports / filings exists on
the subject.
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on
Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often
have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit
deterioration.
Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions
between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other
financial stakeholders.
CONTRAVENTION
Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws,
regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms
and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
RATES
|
Currency |
Unit
|
Indian Rupees |
|
US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.46.25 |
|
UK Pound |
1 |
Rs.85.92 |
|
Euro |
1 |
Rs.68.11 |
SCORE & RATING
EXPLANATIONS
|
SCORE FACTORS |
RANGE |
POINTS |
|
HISTORY |
1~10 |
5 |
|
PAID-UP CAPITAL |
1~10 |
8 |
|
OPERATING SCALE |
1~10 |
8 |
|
FINANCIAL CONDITION |
|
|
|
--BUSINESS SCALE |
1~10 |
9 |
|
--PROFITABILIRY |
1~10 |
7 |
|
--LIQUIDITY |
1~10 |
9 |
|
--LEVERAGE |
1~10 |
9 |
|
--RESERVES |
1~10 |
9 |
|
--CREDIT LINES |
1~10 |
8 |
|
--MARGINS |
-5~5 |
- |
|
DEMERIT POINTS |
|
|
|
--BANK CHARGES |
YES/NO |
YES |
|
--LITIGATION |
YES/NO |
NO |
|
--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION |
YES/NO |
NO |
|
MERIT POINTS |
|
|
|
--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP |
YES/NO |
NO |
|
--EXPORT ACTIVITIES |
YES/NO |
NO |
|
--AFFILIATION |
YES/NO |
YES |
|
--LISTED |
YES/NO |
YES |
|
--OTHER MERIT FACTORS |
YES/NO |
YES |
|
TOTAL |
|
72 |
This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk
and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a
composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this
report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through
%) are as follows:
Financial
condition (40%) Ownership
background (20%) Payment
record (10%)
Credit history
(10%) Market trend
(10%) Operational
size (10%)
RATING
EXPLANATIONS
|
RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
|
|
>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest
capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
|
71-85 |
Aa |
Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction.
It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and
principal sums |
Large |
|
56-70 |
A |
Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General
unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for
payment of interest and principal sums |
Fairly Large |
|
41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
|
26-40 |
B |
Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration.
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below
average/normal. |
Small |
|
11-25 |
Ca |
Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums
in default or expected to be in default upon maturity |
Limited with
full security |
|
<10 |
C |
Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised |
Credit not
recommended |
|
NR |
In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to
recommend credit dealings |
No Rating |
|