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Winners of Kabel Stars scholarship programme announced

new jobs, so the country is investing heavily in steel production. The new RSB 370++/4(5) will be located as finishing unit after a reversing mill and 12 stands in H/V arrangement in a 500,000 t/a combined SBQ and wire rod mill. It will produce straight bars from Ø 20 to 90mm onto the cooling bed, and will produce the feeders for the wire rod line to finish dimensions of Ø 5 to 27mm. The scope of supply also includes equipment for the roll shop. The RSB is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2024. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de to enjoy and benefit from Jio True 5G services by December 2023.” Jio’s True 5G has a stand-alone 5G architecture with zero dependency on 4G networks, with a mix of 5G spectrum across 700 MHz, 3,500 MHz and 26 GHz bands. Carrier aggregation seamlessly combines these frequencies into a single “data highway”. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd www.jio.com Talking about the scholarship pro- gramme, Kirti Kabra, director, RR Global, said, “I would like to congratulate all the winners of the Kabel Stars Scholarship Program for achieving this milestone in their lives and taking them a step ahead towards their goals. We at RR Kabel consider electricians an integral part of our community, and our initiatives are dedicated to contributing to this community’s well-being.” RR Kabel www.rrkabel.com has invested more than 10mn rupees to wards the higher secondary education of the electricians’ children under this schol arship programme. The selected students will each receive a scholarship worth 10,000 rupees.

The scholarship programme is an initia tive for the children of electricians who have passed their tenth-grade exams in the given year. It is part of the brand’s vision of an em powered and educated India. RR Kabel

Wire and cable manufacturer RR Kabel, part of RR Global’s US$1.25bn conglomerate, has announced the Kabel Star Scholarship Program winners in Maharashtra, India. Of the 1,012 winners across India, 142 were from Pune and 111 were from Mumbai.

Some of the scholarship winners

Jio announces largest 5G rollout Reliance Jio is to launch its True 5G services across a further 50 cities, taking the total number of cities served to 184.

in 50 additional cities across 17 states and union territories, taking the total count to 184 cities. This is by far one of the largest rollouts of 5G services, not just in India, but anywhere in the world. “We have stepped up the speed and intensity of True 5G rollout across the nation because we want every Jio user to enjoy the transformational benefits of Jio True 5G technology in the new year 2023. The entire nation will be able

In many of these cities, the company is the first and only operator to launch 5G services. In an introductory offer, users will be invited to experience unlimited data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost. A Jio spokesperson commented, “We are thrilled to launch Jio True 5G services

RSB for new mill complex in India Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP) has placed an order with Friedrich Kocks for the supply of an RSB® 370++/4(5) in 5.0 design. The reducing and sizing block will be part of the company’s new rolling mill complex in Jamshedpur, India. Tata Steel Group is a geographically diversified steel producer with operations and commercial presence around the world. Its long products subsidiary manufactures high-alloy, value-added steel for industrial use. In the new special bar quality (SBQ) rolling mill, TSLP relies on the Kocks three-roll technology.

India is one of the world’s fastest growing steel markets, and the long products segment is ready to witness significant growth as the country builds its infrastructure and industrialisation through the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (“self-reliant India”) programme. India aims to expand its infrastructure and automotive industry, and to create

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