4G tower takes off on coconut tree

Mobile towers resembling coconut palms would soon greet people. As a matter of fact a 4G mobile tower has been already installed at Godavally village. Soon, bulky looking metallic telecom towers and network equipment on top of buildings could be a thing of the past.

This 4G coconut tree mobile tower at Hyderabad city is 25m tall structure set up with Chinese & Indian technology. The new structure requires comparatively smaller space than conventional towers. This tower comprises of a tubular galvanized steel structure founded on a RCC foundation as per IS standards.

The trunk is custom formulated by poly urethane & also leaves are made of PU environmental materials which give it a natural green look. Two more such coconut tree type towers are constructed in Vijayawada (at Reliance Mart, Moghalraj Puram) & Guntur (Reliance mart, Mangal das Nagar) cities. The company looks to set up more such structures in Telangana & AP states.

The towers are being developed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). This consists of Pan-India high speed data network, specially designed devices to run on this network, a wide variety of app -- from news, entertainment, payment, business, healthcare and education – and rich content.

RJIL has 2300MHz spectrum across the country and 800MHz or 1800MHz or both in 20 out of total 22 circles in the country. RJIL plans to use this spectrum to provide seamless 4G services using LTE. Jio is currently in the pre-launch testing and stabilization phase of this large and complex network.

Over the next few months, Jio will initiate an extensive beta launch involving millions of friendly customers across all our markets. This beta program will be upgraded into commercial operations around December of this year.