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Rudradeep Biswas December 11th, 2016 7:39 AM 60 COMMENTS

Intense competition from incumbent telcos to impact Jio’s profitability and returns: Ind-Ra

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, is facing intense competition from incumbent telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, which may impact its profitability and returns, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which has assigned the Mukesh Ambani-led telco a Long-Term Issuer Rating of ‘IND AAA’ with a Stable Outlook. Jio launched its IP based 4G-LTE (long-term evolution) services on September 5, 2016 and its operations are in... Read More

Srikapardhi December 10th, 2016 1:06 PM 115 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio may extend its free voice and data services beyond March 31, 2017: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm may again extend its free voice and data services beyond March 31 next year, as telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular get more aggressive on 4G pricing and try to match the Mukesh Ambani-led telco’s offers in India. Rajiv Sharma, telecom analyst at brokerage HSBC, in a note seen by ET, said that Jio may decide to extend freebies by a couple of months... Read More

Srikapardhi December 9th, 2016 7:59 PM 10 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches 4G services in North East & Assam offers 20 GB at Rs. 999

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication services providers, today announced the launch of its Vodafone SuperNet 4G service in North East and Assam beginning from the the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar. Shri Pema Khandu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh graced this momentous occasion of 4G launch in Itanagar, and congratulated Vodafone for starting this high-speed data services in the city. Vodafone SuperNet 4G services will... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 7th, 2016 6:31 PM 6 COMMENTS

Telenor 4G services goes live in Patna, rolls out Super Saver 4G plans for customers starting Rs. 11

Telenor India announced the launch of high speed 4G affordable services for its customers in Patna. Subscribers can now experience high speed wireless mobile internet on the company’s modern network and get on to the digital super highway to cater to their data needs. Speaking on the occasion, A.E.A. Jameel, Circle Business Head – Bihar &Jharkhand, Telenor India said, “We are really excited to offer high speed affordable 4G services... Read More

Srikapardhi December 7th, 2016 4:31 PM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone 4G prepaid users can now enjoy double data on all 4G market data packs starting from Rs 255

Vodafone India, has announced a delightful offer for its new & existing 4G customers. All Vodafone 4G prepaid customers can now avail ‘Double Data’ benefits on existing market packs and will enable Vodafone customers to enjoy an enhanced mobile internet experience. This offer is applicable on all 4G market packs starting from Rs 255. As a part of this offer, Vodafone 4G pre-paid customers can avail 20 GB data on... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 4th, 2016 6:32 AM 385 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio MNP: Is it the Right Time to Make Jio as Your Primary Number?

Reliance Jio, the high-flying digital services company led by Mukesh Ambani recently announced the extension of the ‘Welcome offer’ till March 2017. At the same event, the RJIL chairman revealed the full-fledged Mobile Number Portability (MNP) from other networks to Jio. So, the major question which arises in several people’s mind is that ‘Is it the right time to make Jio as your primary number?’. If you’re the one who... Read More

Srikapardhi December 3rd, 2016 12:58 PM 18 COMMENTS

Telecom regulator to examine Reliance Jio’s Happy New Year offer: R S Sharma

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will examine Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s Happy New Year offer that provides free voice and 4G services to its existing and new customers till March 31, 2017. The Trai chairman R S Sharma said that the regulator will look into the offer. “Every tariff that is filed before us is examined. We will come up with our response at appropriate time," he was... Read More

Srikapardhi December 2nd, 2016 9:28 AM 33 COMMENTS

Why Smartphone Manufacturing Companies Are Extensively Focusing on 4G VoLTE Devices?

Despite the fact that 4G VoLTE (Voice over LTE) is fairly an old standard, it hasn’t become available to a common man (no pun intended) in India until recently. It does not mean that it wasn’t available wholly but was pretty much a flagship-affair earlier. However, things appear to have changed in the recent past. And most of the smartphones, if not every, that have released in the past three-month... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 2nd, 2016 8:19 AM 102 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Introduced Two New Recharge Packs if You Exceed your 1GB Daily Quota

Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm, today announced the extension of welcome offer as ‘Jio New Year Offer’, which extends the free 4G services up to March 2017. While the earlier introduced ‘Welcome Offer’ offered us 4GB of data limit per day, that isn’t the case with the New Year Offer as the company capped the data limit to 1GB per day. According to Mukesh Ambani, in India,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 1st, 2016 7:00 PM 237 COMMENTS

‘Happy New Year’ Says Reliance Jio; Extends Welcome Offer Till March 2017

Reliance Jio, the major disruptor in the Indian telecom sector has stunned everyone yet again with their new offerings. Mukesh Ambani, the company chief chairman, today at an event announced his happiness towards Jio’s 50 million achievement and stated that the ‘Welcome Offer’ will now be extended till March 2017, but has a different name this time around- ‘Jio Happy New Year Offer’. Take a look at what Mukesh Ambani... Read More

Srikapardhi November 28th, 2016 9:23 PM 51 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio now has over 50 million users in India, says report

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the 4G entrant, has reportedly crossed 50 million subscriber mark, and is continuously growing its base to quickly touch the 100 million user bark before the fiscal year end. According to the Economic Times, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has crossed 50 million mark on November 26, 2016, and has been adding an average 6 lakh customers per day, having launched commercial operations on September 5. The... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2016 3:22 PM 26 COMMENTS

Airtel deploys 4G Advanced in Tamil Nadu, to offer faster data speeds up to 135 Mbps

Airtel, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in major cities across Tamil Nadu. Airtel 4G Advanced is now available to customers in Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Vellore, Pondy, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem & Tiruppur. The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience for Airtel customers through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors. Customers with mobile... Read More