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Srikapardhi May 13th, 2016 11:20 AM 175 COMMENTS

Jio offering superior 4G LTE speeds, says Edelweiss Securities

Reliance Jio, which recently extended its services to public through an employee referral system, is offering much superior service when compared with incumbent players' 4G services with indoor network speed of 3-8Mbps and outdoor speed of 15-20Mbps, which is about 25% higher than current operators, Edelweiss Securities said in a research report. The firm availed Jio's employee referral offer for testing, and it said that the first impression is positive... Read More

Imon May 9th, 2016 4:06 PM 11 COMMENTS

Jio’s new update fixes a range of bugs and improves stability

After offering a free SIM with unlimited access to Jio services for 90 days, now the company is pushing updates to Jio series of apps to fix various issues. Also, in some apps they have introduced new skin. With the new update, My Jio app got a new drawer logo, from which one can download or open other Jio apps with just a few taps. As there being so many Jio... Read More

Tharun G May 8th, 2016 6:49 PM 93 COMMENTS

Jio Preview Offer to give Unlimited Data, Voice and SMS, Should you go for it?

After months of waiting, finally Reliance Jio opened its 4G network for public through an invite system. Now non-RIL employees get a chance to experience Jio 4G network under Jio Preview offer. The catch is, you need to get an invite from a RIL employee and you need to buy a Lyf handset. These two hurdles are not too hard to cross as RIL has over 1 lakhs employees and... Read More

Srikapardhi May 8th, 2016 7:30 AM 26 COMMENTS

Jio referral offer to drive data growth and hype, says CLSA

The latest employee-driven referral offer by Reliance Jio is likely to propel usage and hype ahead of the commercial launch, which is expected sometime this year, CLSA said in its latest report. The new offer allows Reliance group employees to invite 10 friends to sign up for Jio 4G services. The invite, which has to be sent by a RIL employee, will allow people to buy a LYF smartphone, which... Read More

Srikapardhi May 6th, 2016 2:37 PM 84 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s free 4G services not available for existing LYF users

Buyers of LYF-branded smartphones from Reliance Retail will still have to wait more to get the Reliance Jio SIM card, even as the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries, extends the trial launch of 4G services to the public through an employee-driven referral or invite offer, called Jio Preview Offer. A Jio employee, who didn't wish to be named, told TT that "customers who have already bought LYF... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 30th, 2016 2:23 PM 70 COMMENTS

Jio launch after spectrum integration with RCom, delay frustrates investors: Reports

A Citi Group report said that the excessive delay in Reliance Jio's commercial 4G launch is frustrating investors, even as it said that the delay may be on the account of the company's chase for perfection. The Citi Group, in a note, said that the ensuing delay could be testing investors' patience. It raises concerns of Jio further eroding its first mover advantage. “The capital expenditure targets also continue to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 26th, 2016 3:45 PM 57 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio will have 30 mn users by this fiscal end; commercial launch in 3-9 months: Morgan Stanley

Brokerage firm Morgan Stanley expects Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio to launch its 4G services over the next 3-9 months, which would help it garner revenues of $1 billion this financial year. The firm also said that Reliance Jio will have more than 30 million subscribers by the end of this financial year, which the telco will further double up to 60 million by the next, with 1.3 times to 1.8... Read More

Srikapardhi April 23rd, 2016 10:45 AM 72 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio narrows net loss, to spend Rs 60,000 crore this fiscal

Reliance Jio, which is yet to launch commercial operations, has narrowed down its net loss to Rs 11.40 crore during six months ended March 2016, against Rs 15.44 crore net loss in the corresponding six months to March 2015. For the full year ended March 2016, Reliance Jio's net loss remained almost flat at Rs 23.88 crore as against Rs 23.12 crore a year earlier, the company said in a... Read More

Srikapardhi April 21st, 2016 11:57 AM 105 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio will not offer disruptive pricing, rather focus on quality: Report

Contrary to industry speculations, Reliance Jio will not bring disruptive 4G pricing to take on incumbent carriers, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, according to a report in Economic Times. Brokerage firm UBS, in a note, said that the Mukesh Ambani company will try to distinguish its high-speed broadband services in `quality terms’, once it launches commercially. "Jio aims to differentiate on the basis of quality of service rather than engaging... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 19th, 2016 9:17 PM 37 COMMENTS

JioNet offered high-speed WiFi at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal during IPL 2016 speed ranged between 20-30mbps

Reliance Jio Infocommm Limited’s Jionet was available at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal yesterday. It provided cricket fans with Wi-Fi during the 12th match of the VIVO IPL 2016. The company had set up high-speed Access Points (APs) at the stadium. Initially, Jionet was made operational at Wankhede Stadium during India and South Africa One-Day series in April 2015. According to Reliance, the company witnessed a record data... Read More

Srikapardhi April 19th, 2016 2:50 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel plans freebies, discounts for high-value customers to tackle Reliance Jio threat

In a bid to tackle the looming threat posed by Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel is planning to retain top 11% of its users or high-value customers that contribute around a sixth of its revenue through specially directed offers and discounts, according to a report by Economic Times. Historically, high-value users rarely switch their carrier unless service is truly terrible. A person familiar with the telco’s plan told the publication... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 18th, 2016 3:14 PM 19 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio launches Bay of Bengal Gateway with design capacity of 55 Tbps

Jio has announced the launch of the 8,100 km submarines communications cable the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG). The BBG will link South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through interconnection with existing cable systems. BBG uses the most advanced high-speed broadband fibre optic technology; dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) which allows the capacity to be increased at will without any... Read More