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Rudradeep Biswas January 5th, 2017 12:22 PM 27 COMMENTS

Airtel, Idea to report sharp drop in Q3 operating profit margins, courtesy Jio free services & demonetisation

Free services by the new entrant Reliance Jio and demonetisation is likely to impact the third quarter earnings of India's leading telcos Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular. These telcos are also expected to report sharp drop in operating profit margins in the December quarter, a telecom report by Kotak Institutional Equities said. According to analysts at Kotak, the fourth quarter of the ongoing fiscal would be even weaker following the... Read More

Srikapardhi January 2nd, 2017 6:44 PM 91 COMMENTS

Jio Welcome Offer Users Are Now Being Converted to ‘Jio Happy New Year Offer’

Reliance Jio, the high-flying telecom network in India has been unstoppable ever since its official launch. On December 1, the Mukesh Ambani-led company announced the extension of their ‘Welcome Offer’ till March 31 under the new name- ‘Jio Happy New Year.' As promised, the company is now converting all the welcome offer users to Jio New Year Offer. As a conversion note, the company is also pushing an SMS to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 1st, 2017 12:36 PM 127 COMMENTS

Here’s What You Can Expect from Reliance Jio in 2017

Reliance Jio, the sole reason for all the recent happenings in the Indian telecom sector. The Mukesh Ambani’s brainchild is delivering free 4G services for all the Indians from the last five months, and the same will continue until March 2017. The telecom company, a month ago announced subtle changes to its ‘Welcome Offer’ and it will be now called as ‘Jio Happy New Year Offer,' but does Jio offer... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 30th, 2016 4:51 PM 98 COMMENTS

“Happy New Year” offer is different from “Inaugural offer”, claims Reliance Jio

In response to the queries raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio said that the free data offer provided till 31 March 2017 is not an extension of the promotional offer expired on 4 Dec 2016, reports NDTV and PTI. Instead, the newly announced free benefit is a Happy New Year” offer for the subscribers. In the letter dated December 20 to Reliance Jio, TRAI pointed... Read More

Srikapardhi December 29th, 2016 8:02 PM 39 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to be a part of drive test for call drops in January: Report

Trai's chairman R S Sharma said that 4G entrant Reliance Jio will now be a part of the latest drive tests that will be conducted in January to to assess call drop and other network issues of various operators. The new round of drive tests will again be conducted in at least those 12 cities, the chairman said. The drive tests evaluate the performance of networks on various quality benchmarks,... Read More

Srikapardhi December 28th, 2016 9:42 PM 34 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio seeks additional time to reply on Trai’s query on Happy New Year offer

Reliance Jio has reportedly requested for additional time to reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s query on why the recent extension of the 4G telco’s free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing norms. The existing norms specified by the telecom regulator require promotional offers to be limited to 90 days. Reliance Jio, according to various media reports, has now asked for... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 27th, 2016 11:26 AM 86 COMMENTS

Trai quizzes Reliance Jio over Happy New Year offer: Reports

Reliance Jio’s extension of free voice and data plan has finally come under the telecom regulator’s radar over its validity as per the regulations. The Trai has asked the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G entrant to explain why extension of its free services should not be seen as violation of existing regulations requiring promotional offers to be limited to 90 days. Reliance Jio had earlier this month announced free data and voice... Read More

Srikapardhi December 24th, 2016 2:23 PM 181 COMMENTS

Jio free offer: Airtel approaches TDSAT, says Trai has been a mute spectator

Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has approached the the Telecom Disputes and Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) seeking an intervention into the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) order that found Reliance Jio Infocomm’s free voice and data offer to be in compliance with rules on predatory pricing. The Sunil Mittal-led telco has urged the tribunal to direct the regulator to pull up Jio for alleged violation of the... Read More

Srikapardhi December 24th, 2016 7:19 AM 46 COMMENTS

How Reliance Jio is Making Non-4G Customers to Use its 4G Data Services!

Reliance Jio has been a sensation in the Indian telecom sector. The telecom network was the India’s quickest to reach 50 million subscriber base and it is worth noticing that they notched the achievement in just 83 days. Also, in a report revealed yesterday, it is said that Jio will achieve their goal of 100 million subscribers by March 2017. But, there are several catches with Reliance Jio’s 4G network.... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 23rd, 2016 6:05 PM 171 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s user base may decline quickly after touching 100 million mark: Analyst

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's subscriber base may decline quickly after touching the 100 million, which is likely by the end of March 2017, even as the telco is likely to come in the next three months to further attract subscribers, according to an analyst at Fitch Ratings. According to Fitch Ratings' Nitin Soni, Jio’s user base may go down once the 4G entrant starts charging its customers. In an interview... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 21st, 2016 2:53 PM 105 COMMENTS

5 Roadblocks for Jio to Win over Incumbents

Jio, the digital platform from the house of Reliance Industries has shaken the Indian telecom and digital scenario in a way which nobody can ignore. India's business tycoon Mukesh Ambani's ambitious greenfield telecom project Jio is being targeted as a digital platform over Jio's own LTE network expanding over 2300MHz, 1800MHz and 850MHz. However Jio's datagiri sees roadblocks in many ways, so that the company has to extend its unlimited... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 18th, 2016 1:05 PM 34 COMMENTS

JioCinema App is Drastically Changing the Movie Viewing Experience in India

Reliance Jio, the latest entrant to the Indian telecom sector, has been creating a lot of waves with its free services. Apart from the free 4G services, Reliance Jio Infocomm also has several digital content services under them. One among them is the JioCinema (formerly known as JioOnDemand), which has a wide catalog of content: movies, TV Shows, latest movie trailers, etc. Having said that, Jio claims that they have... Read More