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Rudradeep Biswas July 15th, 2016 6:52 PM 37 COMMENTS

Jio says commercial operations in coming months, average monthly consumption per user in excess of 26 GB voice usage is over 355 minutes

Reliance Jio Infocomm on Friday said that it now has over 1.5 million test users on its network in the country with average monthly consumption per user in excess of 26 GB. It said that the average voice usage per month is over 355 minutes. During the quarter, Reliance Jio extended its trial services to all LYF devices users under the Jio LYF Preview Offer, which it said enabled testing of... Read More

Srikapardhi July 14th, 2016 7:41 PM 143 COMMENTS

Jio preview data offer now available for Samsung smartphone users

Reliance Jio Infocomm has reportedly extended its three-month unlimited data preview offer to Samsung smartphone users in India ahead of the commercial launch, which as per various media reports is expected in mid-August this year. Under the offer, Samsung smartphone users will get three months of free unlimited data and 4,500 minutes of voice calls, unlimited video calls, unlimited SMS, unlimited 4G data and Jio Premium apps. Samsung users can download... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 14th, 2016 11:13 AM 95 COMMENTS

Jio to commercially launch services on August 15, plans free voice services: Report

Jio is most likely to commercially launch its much-awaited 4G services on August 15, which is India’s Independence Day, this year with its maiden plan, called Freedom, according to an Economic Times report. The “Freedom” plan may offer free voice services bundled with data, priced at least 25% lower than current offerings of top rivals, the report said, adding that the company has informed internal teams about the launch. Sources closer to... Read More

Tharun G July 11th, 2016 5:28 PM 225 COMMENTS

Jio 4G on 850MHz LTE goes live in Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka

Ahead of RCOM CDMA shutdown across the country, Jio 4G on 850MHz spectrum has started going live in many locations across Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Jio currently does not hold any spectrum 850MHz band in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Rajasthan. However, has entered into spectrum sharing agreement with RCOM to use its 850MHz. At one particular location in Kottayam, Kerala we got Jio 4G signal on 850MHz spectrum for few minutes. However, the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 11th, 2016 5:21 PM 9 COMMENTS

Jio’s entry to help telecom industry double data revenues to $11 billion by 2017-18: CLSA

Reliance Jio would drive the Indian telecom market further and help the overall industry to double to $11 billion by 2017-18, according to brokerage firm CLSA. The firm, in a note, said that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are best placed to gain from the surge. "Over fiscal years 2015-16 to 2017-18, we expect data revenues to double and Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are best-placed to gain, given their lead... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 7th, 2016 7:17 PM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio issues INR 2,000 crore 5-year Non-Convertible Debentures

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), today issued INR 2,000 crore of 5 year Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs), bearing a coupon of 8.32% per annum, payable annually. The issue has been assigned a rating of AAA by CRISIL and ICRA. The proceeds of the issuance shall be utilized by RJIL for rolling out a state-of-the-art digital services business in India. RJIL is the first issuer... Read More

Imon July 6th, 2016 9:51 AM 53 COMMENTS

LYF smartphones undergo a price cut, offering Flame 4,5,6 phones at Rs 2999 after 25% discounts

In an attempt to grab more customers, LYF smartphones have undergone have price reduction at the Reliance Retail showrooms. Key LYF smartphones including the popular LYF Flame 1 is available at discounted rate. According to Reliance Digital located at Barrackpore, Kolkata, LYF Flame 1 is now sold for Rs. 5000 unlike the earlier price of Rs. 5500. LYF Flame 2 now comes for Rs. 3499, unlike the earlier price of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 28th, 2016 3:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, 24 global telcos join GSMA to drive adoption of universal RCS profile

Jio, along with 24 other global telecom operators are supporting a mobile industry initiative for a universal Rich Communications Services (RCS) profile worldwide, according to GSMA. China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom, Singtel, T-Mobile US, Telefonica and Axiata Group, AIS, Beeline, Bell Mobility, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal Argentina, Personal Paraguay, Rogers Communications, StarHub, Telcel Mexico, Tele2, Telkomsel, and Telus are the other operators that... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 23rd, 2016 5:23 PM 71 COMMENTS

Jio likely to unleash disruptive 4G data pricing to poach top-end data customers from incumbents: Report

Jio is anticipated to unleash disruptive 4G data price plans to poach top-end data customers from incumbent carriers such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in urban markets, according to an analyst at a leading European brokerage, quoted by an Economic Times report. The report said that these data customers are likely to generate bulk of Jio's revenues in future. The analyst said that data average revenue per unit... Read More

Esmail June 18th, 2016 6:46 PM 183 COMMENTS

Exclusive pre launch sneak peek of Jio’s tentative tariff plans

Jio's 4G commercial launch may still be a few months away, but what everyone is eagerly waiting for is what tariff Jio will offer. There were even rumours that Jio may offer data tariff as low as Rs 20/GB or at least Rs 50/GB. We have looked into the sample tariff structure available in My Jio App which currently only lists the special tariff pack details without mentioning the price denominations which will only... Read More

Imon June 10th, 2016 10:21 AM 228 COMMENTS

Jio’s 850 MHz LTE network is live in nine circles offering better indoor coverage

After the successful integration of 850 MHz spectrum in nine circles, Reliance Jio is now allowing their customers to use the new LTE band 5 networks. RCom uses CDMA airwaves for the purpose. According to the spectrum sharing deal between RCom and Jio, RCom has already shared the CDMA spectrum in locations such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Madhya Pradesh. Jio can deploy... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2016 3:07 PM 27 COMMENTS

Jio launches Lyf Wind 5 smartphone with 5-inch display, 8MP camera at Rs. 6599

Jio has announced another addition to their Lyf Smartphone series -- Wind 5. Priced with a budget-friendly tag of Rs. 6,599, Wind 5 comes with a 5-inch HD IPS screen of resolution 1280×720. The device is powered by 64-bit Quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal memory. A highlight of Wind 5 would be its capability to connect the smartphone to a pen drive using the USB On-the-go (OTG)... Read More