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Reliance Communications to launch services in Uganda

Indian telecom giant Reliance Communications has announced that they are now going to launch phone services in Uganda.

This would be their first international venture as they have just acquired the Uganda-based Anupam Global Soft.

The company further plans to invest up to $500m to ramp up its telecom network in Uganda.

Punit Garg, president, of global business for Reliance spoke about this new development: “Uganda’s telecom market is similar to what India was eight years back”.

They are not the only Indian company to be trying to expand outside the country. Bharti Airtel has a presence in Seychelles and is working on expansion in Sri Lanka, Jersey and Guernsey.