May 27th, 2017 12:29 PM 218 COMMENTS

Airtel to Avoid but Jio Could Raise Tariffs to Generate Return on Investment: Fitch

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, may raise tariffs in the medium term to start generating a return on its massive investment of $27 billion-$30 billion, rating firm Fitch Ratings said, adding that India's leading telecom operator Airtel may not raise tariffs due to market pressure. "We believe that Jio may continue to disrupt the market by offering cheaper tariffs than the incumbents to gain market share. Ongoing industry consolidation will... Read More

May 23rd, 2017 8:20 PM 46 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Asks DoT to Cancel Licenses of Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular for Paying Less License Fee

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has fired a fresh salvo at India's leading telecom operators --Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular -- alleging that they paid Rs 400 crore less in licence fee to the government for the January-March quarter, according to various media reports. Jio has asked the telecom department (DoT) to levy penalties and even terminate the licences of these incumbents, besides seeking an inquiry against them. In a... Read More

May 22nd, 2017 8:09 PM 6 COMMENTS

Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Reaches 934.58 Million At the End of April 2017: COAI

Indian telecom industry continues to rise with every passing month. According to the data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the telecom industry has added 2.8 million mobile subscribers (both added and left out subscribers) in April 2017. Based on the data released by the association of mobile operators in the country, the total number of mobile phone subscribers has... Read More

May 22nd, 2017 3:29 PM 137 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’ Subscriber Addition Slows Down in March Amidst the JioPrime Subscription Plan and Luring Tariff Plans: UBS Analysis Report

Reliance Jio will start facing the heat in coming days as its subscriber addition has slowed down in the month of March 2017, according to a report from UBS. The Mukesh Ambani-led newcomer has added just 5.8 million new customers in March 2017, which is more than 50 percent down from 12.2 million subscribers added in February 2017. The Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) recently said that Jio's market... Read More

May 19th, 2017 7:15 PM 123 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Becomes India’s Number Four Telecom Operator with 9.29 Percent Market Share

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, has cornered 9.29 percent subscriber market share as on March 31, up from 8.83 percent in February, becoming the fourth largest wireless telecom operator in India, according to TRAI's latest data. Reliance Jio was also the top wireless broadband service provider in March with 108.68 million users, followed by Bharti Airtel (47.04 million), Vodafone (37.71 million), Idea Cellular (24.70 million) and Reliance Communications (14.01 million).... Read More

May 17th, 2017 7:01 PM 14 COMMENTS

Mukesh Ambani Leads the Forbes List of ‘2017 Global Game Changers’; Thanks to Reliance Jio’s Massive Success

Reliance Jio, India's newest and fastest growing service provider, has also propelled Mukesh Ambani to lead the Forbes list of `2017 Global Game Changers'. The Forbes report says that it not only features 'game changers,' but also the people who are changing lives around the world. Ambani shares space with Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel, James Dyson- the founder of home appliances startup- Dyson, and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia... Read More

May 17th, 2017 12:34 PM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Wants Airtel-Tikona 4G Business Deal Blocked

Reliance Jio Infocomm has urged the country’s telecom department to block Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Tikona’s 4G business for Rs 1600 crore, taking its fight with the latter to another level. The Mukesh Ambani-led telco has alleged that Airtel is exploiting a gap in M&A rules through this deal, which actually is a spectrum trading deal. In a letter to the DoT dated May 15, the 4G entrant said that... Read More

May 13th, 2017 8:26 AM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Launches New ‘My Vouchers’ Feature to Purchase Tariff Plans Now and Activate Them Later

Reliance Jio is finding every possible way to impress the customers. After luring the users with the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, the newcomer has come up with yet another new scheme, which is first of its kind in the Indian telecom sector. The new feature is called as 'My Vouchers' where a user can purchase a recharge voucher now and use it later. Sounds confusing, right? Let me explain... Read More

May 10th, 2017 7:46 PM 85 COMMENTS

Reliance JioFiber Goes Live in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, and 3 Other Cities

There’s a lot of buzz on the internet regarding the launch of Reliance JioFiber broadband service. Back in April, Jio officially confirmed that they are conducting the trial services in select cities and will be expanding to some of the major cities in coming days. Today, the company officially confirmed that the service is being offered as Preview offer in six cities of the country. JioCare, the official Twitter handle... Read More

May 10th, 2017 3:22 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 22 More Live TV Channels to the JioTV App

Reliance Jio has been betting big on the content space ever since its inception and the company has standalone apps for each and every service. For example, the company is offering live TV service via JioTV and movie streaming service via JioCinema, music streaming via JioMusic, and so on. We’ve always said that JioTV has the best in its segment since it offers more live TV channels than anyone else’s... Read More

May 9th, 2017 6:20 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance Jio to Launch JioFi 3 in Eight Different Colours; Price to Remain the Same

Reliance Jio, which launched its JioFi 3 hotspot device back in September 2016 will soon launch the JioFi 3 in eight different colours - white, mint, pink, marigold, blue, red, green, and lime at the same price of Rs. 1,999, according to our sources. However, the estimated date of the product sale in not yet known and the company hasn’t made any official announcement about the product either. The JioFi... Read More

May 7th, 2017 8:35 AM 20 COMMENTS

How to replace a damaged Jio SIM or switch between prepaid and postpaid services without changing the SIM card

There have been quite a lot of reports in the past suggesting that many users prefer Reliance Jio as a secondary SIM rather than using it as their primary SIM. Whether it still holds true or not even today is a discussion for another day. But, if we assume it still does, chances are some of you will be switching your Jio SIM from one slot to the other or... Read More

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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?

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