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Srikapardhi June 22nd, 2017 4:24 PM 2 COMMENTS

Reliance Industries to Declare Separate Results for Jio: Report

Reliance Industries Limited may formally announce separate results for its telecom venture Reliance Jio Infocomm from the July-September quarter, according to a report in the Economic Times. A company source told the publication that the RIL board would take the final call on this. "The company wants the business to settle down and then report numbers separately. There is no statutory requirement for RIL," he further said. Reliance Jio, which... Read More

Srikapardhi June 21st, 2017 7:18 AM 25 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Seeks CCI Approval on RCom Sharing Deal

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, has reportedly approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeking approval for its proposed spectrum sharing deal with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications. According to media reports, Jio is currently awaiting the nod for its deal with RCom for using the 800 MHz spectrum. Jio had inked the agreement with RCom in January last year. Both the telcos had inked trading agreement and agreed... Read More

Srikapardhi June 20th, 2017 6:50 AM 75 COMMENTS

82% of Jio Subscribers Using Connection as Secondary SIM: Report

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator may have garnered 112 million subscribers in India, but it still hasn't become the primary service providers for a majority of them, according to Bengaluru-based Velocity MR, which said that only 18% of Jio customers are using their connections as a standalone SIM while 82% are still using it as their second SIM. The agency found free service has been the major reason... Read More

Chakri K June 18th, 2017 3:46 PM 51 COMMENTS

Another Image of Reliance Jio 4G Feature Phone Surfaced Online; Looks Different from the Earlier Image

Reliance Jio who disrupted the Indian telecom market with affordable tariff plans and bagged 100 million subscribers in no time is now looking to add more subscribers by launching an affordable feature phone. Last month, a rumour said that the Mukesh Ambani-led company would launch two variants of the device with different chipsets under-the-hood. And now, a new image has surfaced online... Read More

Sharique R June 16th, 2017 11:01 AM 16 COMMENTS

Here’s How Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Offer Changed the Landscape of Indian Telecom Industry

Reliance Jio’s Dhan Dhana Dhan plan offers 1GB data per day and unlimited calling with a validity of 84 days for its Prime users. After the expiry of Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, the Prime users on recharging with Rs.303 get the same benefits but for 28 days only. Now the effective cost per day is Rs.10.82 (during Dhan Dhana Dhan offer it was Rs.4.82). For non-prime, the data is limited... Read More

Srikapardhi June 13th, 2017 9:43 PM 145 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 3.9 Million New Users in April 2017, Pips Incumbents

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has added 3.9 million new subscribers in the month of April, taking its overall base to 112.6 million. The telco pipped incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular in terms of user additions in the month, according to latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). However, Jio's user acquisition speed has slowed down from 5.83 million users... Read More

Srikapardhi June 12th, 2017 11:35 PM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Says Incumbents, COAI Brought Financial Distress to Smaller Telcos

Reliance Jio on Monday accused Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular of cartelisation, which has brought real financial distress to smaller telecom operators in the country. The Mukesh Ambani-led also said that the margins in the telecom sector remain healthy, according to media reports. Jio, in its presentation to the inter-ministerial group, further claimed that these telcos tried to block its entry and prevented the launch of new technologies. The telco... Read More

Srikapardhi June 12th, 2017 10:59 PM 4 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to IMG: Incumbent Telcos May Raise Funds by Stake Sale to Pare Debt

Reliance Jio during its meeting the Interministerial Group (IMG) on Monday said that incumbent telecom operators might raise funds by selling stake or invest in new technology through internal accrual if they are facing financial difficulties, adding that they themselves are to blame for these financial difficulties as they are leveraging their balance sheets, a PTI report said. The inter-ministerial group, comprising officials from ministries of communications and finance, is... Read More

Chakri K June 12th, 2017 10:05 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio is Offering 20 Percent Extra Data For Select LYF Handset Users With the Recharge of Rs. 309 and Rs. 509

Reliance Jio was silent for the last two months because of the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan plans. The new entrant is now looking to launch new offers yet again with the Dhan Dhana Dhan offer set to end next month. And the first offer coming from the company after nearly two months is exclusively for the LYF handset users. Earlier today, Jio has rolled out a new scheme where the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 9th, 2017 10:02 PM 27 COMMENTS

CCI Dismisses Bharti Airtel’s Anti-Competitive Practices Complaint Against Reliance Jio

Competition Commission of India (CCI) today dismissed all the claims made by Bharti Airtel against Reliance Jio. Airtel has accused Reliance Jio and its parent company Reliance Industries for anti-competitive practices. The CCI today responded as 'no case could be made out against the Mukesh Ambani-led firms.' "The Competition Commission of India (CCI) also said that Bharti Airtel has made "contradictory submissions of the impugned free services" of Jio as... Read More

Chakri K June 6th, 2017 8:17 PM 58 COMMENTS

5 Rumoured Features of Reliance Jio 4G Feature Phone Which Will Excite You

Reliance Jio is having a superb time in the Indian telecom market. Firstly, the company changed the market scenario with its affordable tariff plans, and now, the company is leading the 4G download speed segment in the country with the average download speed clocking nearly 20 Mbps, according to the data released by TRAI. The newcomer already confirmed its foray to the broadband department with the JioFiber service and other... Read More

Chakri K June 4th, 2017 8:44 PM 133 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Registers an Average Download Speed of 19.12 Mbps, More Than Any Other Operator Did in April: TRAI

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio yet again topped the list of 4G speeds for the month of April 2017. According to the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio's average download speed stands at 19.12 Mbps in April 2017, more than any other telecom operator in the country. For the uninitiated, TRAI releases the data based on its MySpeed application, in which various users across the country... Read More