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Srikapardhi March 15th, 2016 1:53 PM 37 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to reportedly spend over Rs 1000 cr on commercial 4G launch next month

Reliance Jio will reportedly spend over Rs 1000 crores on commercial launch, which is likely sometime next month, Exchange4media reported Tuesday citing industry sources. The launch however will happen in phases with initial focus on metro or high ARPU cities. Till date, the telco is providing services to over 1.5 lakhs group employees to get feedback around the quality of services. Reliance Jio will offer 4G services using the 2300... Read More

Tharun G March 13th, 2016 3:43 PM 54 COMMENTS

Telenor launches ultra affordable 4G plans in Varanasi: Packs priced Rs 11 & Rs 22 offering 100 MB & 250 MB

In a surprising move, Telenor India has entered 4G space in India by launching 4G services in Varanasi city of UP East circle. Telenor has deployed narrow-band LTE network on its 1800 MHz spectrum for launching its 4G service in the city. In order to compete with the players who are already offering 4G service at 3G rates, Telenor is offering very affordable 4G plans for its customers. Telenor has... Read More

Srikapardhi March 11th, 2016 1:36 PM 31 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio is a formidable competition: Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal

Sunil Mittal, Bharti Enterprises Chairman, has described Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Reliance Jio as "formidable competition”, and said that its entry will bring down tariff prices, besides kicking off consolidation in the sector, according to the Financial Times report. Reliance Jio will offer low-priced devices in order to win customers, forcing big players like Airtel and Vodafone to respond in kind, leading to a tariff war, Mittal suggested. According to... Read More

Esmail March 10th, 2016 1:47 PM 2 COMMENTS

Solan, fourth town in Himachal now to avail Bharti Airtel’s 4G services

Airtel has commercially launched its 4G services in Solan in Himachal Pradesh. After Shimpla, Baddi and Mandi, Solan is the fourth town in Himachal Pradesh, where 4G services have been launched by the company. The company said that with 4G services, customers can get on to the digital superhighway and enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 10th, 2016 3:04 AM 6 COMMENTS

8 months 8 towns for Airtel 4G in Odisha; Jharsuguda added to the tally of the 4G Cities since official launch in July last year

As a part of its ongoing network transformation program ‘Project Leap’ Airtel today announced the launch of 4G servies in Jharsuguda town in Odisha. The company was the first one to introduce the 4G Network in state last July. Very recently Idea cellular has also introduced the LTE services in the region. Yet to commercially launch its 4G Mobile services, Reliance Jio too is vying customers by offering 4G high... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2016 7:17 PM 1 COMMENTS

Project Leap – Airtel’s Platinum 3G Network launched in Imphal and Churachandpur

Airtel, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Imphal and Churachandpur under 'Project Leap'. The network will deliver faster Internet speed, enhance voice clarity, and offer a superior network experience for customers in the circle. Recently, the operator had also commenced the implementation of its network transformation program 'Project Leap' in North East and Assam. To give the customers an added benefit of long extended... Read More

Esmail March 8th, 2016 4:22 PM 4 COMMENTS

Ex-Reliance Jio executive Vivek Jain joins CA Media Digital as India CEO

Former Reliance Jio digital media vice president Vivek Jain has joined CA Media Digital (India) as chief executive officer. He will now report to the board of directors of CA Media Digital, which is an operating business of CA Media LP, owned by The Chernin Group, KKR, and other investors. Prior to joining CA Media Digital, Jain served Reliance Jio for two years. He also worked for Amazon, Google and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 8th, 2016 3:13 PM 2 COMMENTS

100 global telecom operators will launch VoLTE by 2016-end: Study

Around 100 telecom operators globally will launch Voice over LTE or VoLTE service by the end of 2016, which is double the amount year-on-year, and six times higher than at the beginning of 2015, according to Deloitte Global. The firm said that the primary motivation is likely to be to increase network capacity and extend the reach of their voice services for most carriers launching VoLTE or VoWiFi in 2016. These... Read More

Tharun G March 8th, 2016 10:39 AM 46 COMMENTS

Airtel slashes price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999

Airtel has slashed down the price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999 in the Kerala circle. In this highly competitive 4G market, Vodafone and Idea still haven’t managed to launch their 4G WiFi device by giving Airtel edge over its rivals. The Huawei made Airtel WiFi hotspot is powered by a 1500 mAh Li-ion Polymer battery and can connect 10 devices for up to 6... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 7th, 2016 3:44 PM 53 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio offers unlimited Wi-Fi facility at 6 cricket stadiums for T20 World Cup

With T20 World Cup followed by the IPL, what more can one ask this cricketing season, apart from some smashing activity. A good news for all the cricket fans: Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited brings high-speed Internet connectivity (Jionet) at 6 main stadiums across the country during the upcoming T20 World Cup matches. This is a first for Jio Net to be connecting 6 cricket stadiums in the country that to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 5th, 2016 12:19 PM 55 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio entry may pressurize RCom: Fitch

RCom may face challenges due to higher competition in the data market after the entry of Mukesh Ambani's telecom venture Reliance Jio in the second half of 2016, according to Fitch Ratings. The firm however added that RCom's ownership of a pan-India spectrum in 800MHz/850MHz and its ability to offer faster 4G data services could help it fend off the competition, to some extent. According to Fitch Ratings, RCom's IDR is... Read More

Esmail March 3rd, 2016 2:00 PM 40 COMMENTS

A sneak peek into the production and packaging of Jio 4G sim cards [Video]

Now that we are even closer to the commercial launch of the most awaited Indian telecom operator, we think it would be nice to give you a virtual tour of the manufacturing and packaging of the Jio 4G sim cards. Earlier we had reported that Jio has been importing sim cards from China. Below is a video showing the manufacturing and packaging process of the Jio sim cards. 'Pack... Read More