September 27th, 2016 8:11 PM 68 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio reacts to Airtel’s claim of delay in operationalization of POIs causing call drops

In response to Airtel’s letter stating Reliance Jio’s (RJIL) delay in the operationalization of POIs, RJIL released a statement today that such a claim in absurd. Also, the operator pointed out that there are no call failures reported in Jio-to-Jio calls, whereas over 1.6 crore calls are still failing every day between Airtel and Jio. “RJIL has been completely ready to accept any augmentation of POIs from Airtel and other... Read More

September 25th, 2016 6:17 PM 239 COMMENTS

Move over Jio, BSNL to launch lifetime free voice service in January

State-run telecom operator, BSNL is reportedly planning to launch lifetime free voice service starting from January 2017, along with plans that will be cheaper than what Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio had announced earlier this month. The move is aimed at quickly expanding the subscriber base across India, expect Mumbai and Delhi, where MTNL provides services. Further, the move will put further pressure on operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea... Read More

September 24th, 2016 6:02 AM 15 COMMENTS

Shopclues to bundle Jio sim with welcome offer for shoppers who buy eligible 4G handset

Shopclues the e-commerce company has collaborated with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd for its 'Jio Welcome Offer', becoming the first e-commerce player to do so. Customers can purchase any 4G-enabled Jio eligible smartphone from ShopClues and get a free Jio SIM card from any Reliance Digital/ Digtal Xpress/ Digtal Xpress Mini store. Under the Jio welcome offer, users can enjoy unlimited access to HD voice calls (on Jio eligible VOLTE phones),... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 9:30 PM 36 COMMENTS

Jio expresses displeasure over Idea’s lackadaisical response to augmenting POIs, says 4 crore calls failing per day

Reliance Jio in its official statement to the Press today expressed concern  over the half hearted commitment made by Idea cellular today about augmenting the POI capacity for calls from Jio network by 230% of the current availability. Jio said, the response by Idea to the severe Quality of Service issues faced between the Idea and Jio networks is disappointing and displays lack of intent on Idea’s part to resolve... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 4:45 PM 21 COMMENTS

Idea provides 230% additional capacity to Jio says QoS for customers, top priority

Idea Cellular recently invited Jio for a discussion to mutually resolve the traffic asymmetry. As Quality of Service for its customers is top priority, Idea has agreed to further enhance capacity in both access and long distance interconnection, by providing over 230% additional capacity, allowing for two way calling between the networks. Idea has now provisioned 1,865 ports for access, from 565 earlier – a 230% increase in capacity. Simultaneously,... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 1:07 PM 23 COMMENTS

Anonymous India accuses Jio of continuing to share user info with foreign countries

The famous hacker group Anonymous India has yet again accused Reliance Jio of sharing user data with foreign countries. Last year the group had made a similar claim stating that Jio chat app was sending across user location data to servers located in China, this time around they have accused Jio of sharing call data of users to servers located in USA and Singapore. Last year Jio had rubbished the... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 12:41 PM 44 COMMENTS

Operators handling MNP requests to RJio by offering better data benefits, say sources

Reliance Jio’s entry into the market with disruptive pricing offering free voice calls and free roaming have pushed the other players in the market to slash their rates. While this occurs at one end, there are subscribers trying to port to RJio at another end. The operators are reportedly handling the MNP requests by being generous, offering 100% data benefits to the customers who are deciding to port out their... Read More

September 20th, 2016 10:50 PM 155 COMMENTS

Jio says top telcos still not providing new interconnection capacity to hamper entry

Reliance Jio has alleged that the continued denial of requisite interconnection capacity or PoIs by top telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular was aimed at hindering the 4G telco’s entry into the sector, and depriving Indian customers from enjoying superior HD voice services. The telco also said that the denial of requisite PoI’s is also in clear violation of the License conditions and TRAI regulations on quality... Read More

September 20th, 2016 7:12 PM 11 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular readies its own Video, Music, TV, Chat and Storage service to counter Airtel, Jio

Idea Cellular, the country's third largest telecom operator, will launch a slew of app-based digital services like Idea Games, Idea Videos, Idea Music starting the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, and plans to launch Idea TV, Idea News and Magazines, Idea Chat and Idea Storage during next financial year, the company said in an investor presentation. The move will be aimed at overcoming threat from the likes of... Read More

September 18th, 2016 7:04 PM 177 COMMENTS

War of words: Jio claims daily 2 crore call failures; Airtel says correct your VoLTE

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have kicked off a war of words on Sunday accusing each other over the ongoing interconnection points and mobile number portability (MNP) issue. Jio on Sunday has again alleged that Airtel was abusing its market dominance for not providing sufficient interconnection points, besides restricting mobile number portability (MNP) requests. The Mukesh Ambani-led telco further said that more than two crore calls are failing everyday between... Read More

September 17th, 2016 5:29 PM 46 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to provide more PoIs following payments from Jio, to jointly conduct tests

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator on Saturday said that it is providing additional points of interconnections (PoIs) to Jio 4G following bilateral discussions earlier this week. With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs provided will become three times the present number of PoIs with capacity sufficient to serve over 15 million customers, which is much more than Jio’s total subscriber base. The telco said that both the... Read More

September 17th, 2016 4:26 PM 13 COMMENTS

BSNL ready to increase PoIs to Jio, says charge of 14 paise makes commercial sense

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), which recently inked an intra- roaming deal for 2G and 4G services with Reliance Jio, said it is ready to further augment points of interconnection to the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom in case they make an enquiry. According to BSNL’s CMD Anupam Shrivastava, the PSU has provided sufficient points of interconnect to Reliance Jio. He said that Jio hasn’t requested for increasing the capacity... Read More

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