Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, doesn't charge users any extra money for using 5G. If the user is recharging with the Rs 239 plan or a plan of higher denomination/price, then the 5G Welcome Offer is extended to the customer as a bonus. If you have a 5G phone and live under Jio's 5G coverage, then you can take advantage of this offer from the telecom operator. Many customers... Read More
The Indian telecom sector is struggling with cashflows due to low tariffs. For telcos such as Vodafone Idea (Vi), the current situation is even worse because, at the current tariff levels, their average revenue per user (ARPU) won't see any meaningful growth. Amongst the private telcos, Vi's ARPU is the lowest even though its tariffs are at the same level as Airtel's. While the telcos were expected to raise tariffs... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has announced new international roaming packs for users travelling to the USA and the UAE. Along with that, the telco has made the in-flight connectivity plans very affordable for customers. There are 3 sets of new plans launched - UAE packs, USA packs, and an annual pack. Jio has slashed the in-flight packs rates by 60% to make them more affordable for customers. Let's... Read More
Jio took the onus of deploying 5G at a rapid pace throughout India. The telecom operator has completed the fastest 5G rollout in the world, confirmed Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited. Speaking at the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2024 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mukesh Ambani said, "Reliance Jio completed the fastest rollout of 5G infrastructure anywhere in the world. Today Gujarat... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, is offering customers bonus data with select prepaid plans. The plans that we are talking about all come with 3GB of daily data. These plans, even though are expensive, can be of good value for the people. Jio's Rs 399 and Rs 219 plans are offering users extra data. With the Rs 399 plan, Jio is offering Rs 61 worth of data for free... Read More
Reliance Jio had promised to complete the 5G rollout in every taluka and town in India by December 2023. The company is claiming that it has done so. However, the website still shows that 5G is available in 7,764 cities/towns in the country. The figure has not been updated for quite some time, so the official numbers are unknown. On the occasion of the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet -... Read More
Reliance Jio, a prominent Indian telecom operator, offers its most expensive postpaid plan for Rs 1,499. It is not a plan that's everyone's cup of tea. There might be only a few Jio subscribers that are subscribed to the Rs 1499 plan. This is because most of the data needs can be fulfilled with lower-priced plans as well. Today, we will examine the Rs 1499 postpaid plan from Jio and... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telco, was the lone operator that added active wireless users in Oct 2023. The data has been shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its monthly performance indicator report. According to the report, apart from Jio, every telecom player including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) lost active wireless users. Vodafone Idea had added active users in September,... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, offers customers a Rs 148 plan with OTT (over-the-top) benefits. This is in comparison to the Rs 149 plan from Airtel that is offered to customers with an Xstream Play subscription. The Rs 148 plan from Jio comes with 12 OTT benefits. This includes some of the major platforms such as JioCinema Premium and SonyLIV. If you are looking for an affordable OTT bundled... Read More
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two leading telecom operators in India, offer prepaid plans to customers that come bundled with Netflix. Both telcos introduced these plans in the recent past. If you are someone who is looking to purchase a Netflix plan and you are a customer of either of these telcos, then you can consider the prepaid plans we are mentioning here because they come with Netflix at no... Read More
Jio AirFiber, the 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) service from Reliance Jio was launched on September 19, 2023. Its plans are slightly more expensive than what you get with the JioFiber. Further, the data bundled with the Jio AirFiber plans is lesser than what you get with a traditional fiber connection. If you are confused about whether you should go for a fiber connection or an AirFiber (5G FWA) connection, then... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, is working on building BharatGPT with IIT Bombay. Alongside this, the company has been working on a TV operating system (OS) for a while now. Akash Ambani, at IIT Bombay's annual Techfest, said that the work on the vision of 'Jio 2.0' is already on. The coming decade is going to be defined by applications such as generative AI, said Ambani. He didn't give... Read More
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