Department of Telecom has approved the spectrum sharing deal between Ambani brothers-led telecom firms, Reliance Jio Infocomm ltd and Reliance Communications.
“We wish to inform that Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has taken on record 800Mhz Spectrum Sharing in 7 circles of the company and 2 circles of Reliance Telecom limited (RTl), wholly-owned subsidiary with RJIl on 21st April 2016,” Reliance Communications said in a regulatory filing. This approval covers major mobile services market in the country-Mumbai, UP East, MP, Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, Himachal, Assam and North East.