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Rudradeep Biswas June 28th, 2017 12:34 PM 30 COMMENTS

Airtel May Buy Tata Tele, Jio-RCom Likely to Merge by 2020: Report

India's top telco Bharti Airtel may acquire ailing telco Tata Teleservices, while Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications are likely to combine their businesses in a longer term, according to a report by London-based CCS Insight. The ongoing and these expected merger and acquisition moves will result in a four-operator market in the next three years, down from 15 licensed providers in 2010, a report in Times of India said. “From... Read More

Chakri K June 27th, 2017 9:15 PM 7 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Offering Up to 60GB Free 4G Data for Gionee Handset Buyers

Chinese smartphone brand, Gionee has partnered with Indian telecom sensation Reliance Jio for an offer called 'Jio-Gionee Additional Data,' As the name offer name itself suggests, Jio will be giving additional data for Gionee smartphone buyers in the country. Gionee smartphones purchased after June 16, 2017, are eligible for the extra data offer. The eligible Gionee handset users will get additional 4G data from the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio for... Read More

Chakri K June 23rd, 2017 3:50 PM 4 COMMENTS

JioCinema app Out of Beta Adds Chromecast Support

The JioCinema App for Android has picked up a new update, which brings the support for Chromecast. Reliance Industries has been testing the Chromecast feature in the beta version of the JioCinema app, but now they have added the support for the stable version of the application, which is now live in the Google Play Store. Now with the latest update, Jio is adding the much-asked Chromecast support. Chromecast is... Read More

Chakri K June 22nd, 2017 6:48 PM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance JioFi 3 and JioFi 2 Helped Jio Beat Huawei in Data Card Market: CMR Report

Reliance Jio has replaced Huawei as the most favoured vendor in the data cards segment in the second half of the fiscal year 2016-17, in terms of market share. According to a CMR report, the market share of Reliance Jio grew from 12 percent in first half of the fiscal year 2016-2017 to 77 percent in second half of the fiscal year 2016-2017 due to free data services along with... Read More

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