August 21st, 2017 10:08 AM 58 COMMENTS

How Jio Influenced the Recharge Pack Pricing of Incumbents and Changed Paradigm

Gone are the days when telecom subscribers bothered to do recharge twice. One for talktime and another for reducing the call rate which varied as per the telecom circle.The telecom market was flooded with talktime, special tariff vouchers, rate cutters, data packs, and SMS packs back then. It took a great amount of patience for a subscriber to finally zero-in on a suitable recharge offer. The roaming packs offered by... Read More

August 19th, 2017 11:29 AM 91 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vodafone Says Reliance Jio’s Test Users Should Not Be Allowed to Enjoy Commercial Services

India's leading telecom operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India at an open house discussion yesterday urged that Reliance Jio should not offer commercial telecom services to the users who joined the network in the testing phase. Airtel and Vodafone raised a voice saying that the test users should not be allowed to use commercial services, and they should be made ineligible for the MNP services as well. However, a Jio... Read More

August 17th, 2017 12:08 PM 27 COMMENTS

5 Ways Which Can Help Incumbent Telcos to Fight Reliance Jio and Regain the Lost Ground

Reliance Jio is disrupting the Indian telecom market with cheaper tariff plans every single time. When everyone thought that Jio had run out of cut throat tariffs, Jio launched the most affordable 4G phone targeting the feature phone makers and the incumbent operators at the same time. The launch of Jio Phone aims to take away around 50 crore feature phone users who are deprived of data services that are... Read More

August 16th, 2017 3:02 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio May Return Part Refund For JioPhone If You Return It Before Three Years: Report

The buzzword at the moment in the Indian telecom industry is the Reliance JioPhone. Mukesh Ambani announced that their JioPhone is the fastest feature phone ever with support for 4G LTE and VoLTE. At the time of announcing the device, Ambani said that the device would cost Rs. 1,500 which will be completely refundable after three years. However, he did not reveal the terms and conditions of the refund scheme... Read More

August 15th, 2017 7:59 PM 64 COMMENTS

“Reliance JioPhone Likely to Cause Further Erosion in Revenue For Existing Operators,” Writes Vodafone to Telecom Commission: Report

Reliance JioPhone is now up for beta testing for Reliance employees and some other people. The feature phone will be up for pre-booking from August 24, and the first sale will take place in the first week of September. Before the pre-booking itself, India' second largest telecom player, Vodafone wrote a letter to telecom commission claiming that the 'effective free phone' will further dent the revenues of telecom operators. "This... Read More

August 15th, 2017 7:06 PM 13 COMMENTS

PhonePe, Amazon Pay, and Paytm Are Saving Some Bucks for Customers With Reliance Jio Recharges

It's recharge time and the time, especially which Reliance Jio loves. Well, a lot of users had subscribed Reliance Jio's Summer Surprise Offer (SSO) before its end, which offered four months of free services. And yes, the four-month period is now over, and Jio is forcing its users to recharge with a new plan to enjoy continued services. Am using 'Forcing' here because I have two Jio 4G SIM cards... Read More

August 14th, 2017 4:05 PM 40 COMMENTS

3 Things You Need to Know Before Pre-Booking a JioPhone!

The entire India is looking forward for the JioPhone, the smartest feature phone ever. And we're pretty much close to the promised release date. Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Jio Infocomm's Chairman, at the company's Annual General Meeting announced that the JioPhone would be available for pre-order or pre-booking from August 24, in both online and offline stores. The phone will be available for best testing starting tomorrow. However, a new report... Read More

August 11th, 2017 12:29 PM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s MyJio App Crosses 100 Million Downloads on Google Play Store

Reliance Jio’s MyJio app has crossed the 100-million download mark and is now one among the top ten trending apps on the Google Play Store. By having achieved this milestone, MyJio is now a part of the A-list apps such as Netflix and Hotstar, which have garnered more than 100 million downloads each. If we get down to compare the statistics with the self-help apps of other major telcos, the... Read More

August 7th, 2017 3:27 PM 21 COMMENTS

Court rules against Reliance Jio’s Petition for Airtel and Ookla’s India’s Fastest Network Ad: Report

India's high-flying telecom operator Reliance Jio, in July 2017 signed a petition against Bharti Airtel and speed test service Ookla because of multiple Airtel TV ads claimed the network as India's fastest network. Reliance Jio had some issues with the advertisements because it believes that Airtel is not the fastest network of India, and they are indeed losing money and reputation due to the advertisements. Today, a report from Economic... Read More

August 5th, 2017 7:08 PM 40 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Might Run a Watered Down Version of WhatsApp: Report

Reliance Jio, the fastest growing telecom operator in India recently announced the smartest feature phone ever, the JioPhone. The company announced that the phone would be up for sale in early September, and is aiming to see five million phones every week. Apart from the price, the company did not reveal any details about the phone. However, reports claim that the phone will run the KaiOS, which has its own... Read More

August 3rd, 2017 10:03 AM 103 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Yet Again Tops TRAI My Speed Report With an Average Download Speed of 18.654 Mbps in June 2017

After being criticised for more than two months for poor LTE speed claims, Reliance Jio is having an excellent time in 2017. The company has now topped the TRAI's MySpeed portal report for a sixth consecutive time, beating incumbent operators hands down. TRAI released the data collected by its My Speed app for the month of June 2017 late yesterday, in which Reliance Jio topped the chart with an average... Read More

August 1st, 2017 7:07 PM 26 COMMENTS

Reliance JioFi Offer vs. RCom Wi-Pod Offer: Which One Should You Choose?

Indian telecom operators are finding new ways to lure the customers. It all started with Reliance Jio 11 months ago; For six months, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator offered free LTE services for all the subscribers, and now, the operator is luring customers with affordable tariff plans. Along with free data services, Reliance Jio also offered attractive Wi-Fi hotspot devices in the form of JioFi... Read More

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