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December 23rd, 2015 3:24 AM 7 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio locks horns with COAI on suggestions for revision of spectrum caps to TRAI

Reliance Jio the ambitious telecom comeback of billionaire Mukesh Ambani seems to have different views on the matter of imposition of spectrum holding caps by telecom operators in a service area. The current norms do not allow an operator to hold more than 25% of the total cumulative spectrum in all bands in a given service area and not more than 50% of the cumulative spectrum available within a particular... Read More

December 20th, 2015 6:04 PM 69 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G could pose biggest threat to Airtel, Vodafone’s market shares: Report

The premium user base of incumbent telcos--Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India—could be early adopters of the high-speed broadband services by Reliance Jio Infocomm, according to brokerage firm CLSA. The brokerage firm said that the launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services could pose the biggest threat to the market shares of these telcos. "As high-ARPU subscribers are likely to be early adopters of 4G, the two highest-ARPU operators are at a higher... Read More

December 19th, 2015 6:56 PM 28 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio launches high-speed Wi-Fi service ‘Jionet’ in 55 locations across Indore

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL),  today launched high-speed ‘Jionet’  Wi-Fi service at 55 locations across the Indore city. The service was inaugurated by Honourable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Brilliant Convention Centre, near Vijay Nagar. Visitors will be able to access the Internet through ‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi network. Currently, Jio is providing this service as complimentarily so that customers can experience high-speed internet for free. Reliance ‘Jionet’ Locations In... Read More

December 18th, 2015 2:28 PM 110 COMMENTS

RIL to finally officially launch Reliance Jio on December 27th

For all of our readers who have desperately been asking for the official launch date of Reliance Jio, we finally have some good news. Reliance Industries Limited, in an official mail to its employees said that it will launch its telecom venture- Jio at a launch event in Mumbai on 27th December 2015, the launch will also mark founder Dhirubhai Ambani's birthday on December 28. The launch will be hosted... Read More

December 17th, 2015 6:50 PM 31 COMMENTS

Shake-out imminent, but winning the race would be no cake-walk for Reliance Jio

Amid speculations that Reliance Jio’s (RJio) entry will disrupt the whole telecom ecosystem, a school of thought, however, says that entering the market and conquering it would be no cake-walk for the company as it has to face multiple challenges moving ahead. During the Monsoon Hungama offer of Reliance a decade ago, when it took the industry by storm, a large number of people did not have any connection or... Read More

December 16th, 2015 12:14 PM 121 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to launch 4G in select areas on December 28: Report

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to launch 4G services by the end of December in some select areas, including Mumbai, according to a note by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoFA-ML). The firm however added that a pan-India commercial start could be delayed till April-June 2016, which would be a relief to incumbent telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular. “In a scenario Jio launches by... Read More

December 15th, 2015 11:48 AM 43 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio procuring smartphones from ZTE for Lyf handset brand: Credit Suisse

Chinese handset maker ZTE is currently making VoLTE-ready 4G smartphones for Reliance Jio’s Lyf handset brand, a report by Credit Suisse revealed. The report also said that all the ZTE devices made for Jio’s Lyf brand are powered by Qualcomm chipsets. Currently, only Qualcomm chipsets support VoLTE functionality. Reliance Jio Infocomm is the only pan-Indian 4G operator, and it has recently started beta-testing 4G network by issuing connections to employees... Read More

December 14th, 2015 7:11 PM 104 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio VoLTE works seamlessly with other operator networks: Credit Suisse

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service works seamlessly with other operator networks, and there’s no difference in experience on VoLTE to 3G/2G/fixedline call as compared to a fully Circuit Switch back (CS) call, Credit Suisse said, which tried out the Jio network in and around Mumbai. Jio recently started beta-testing 4G network by issuing connections to employees and their families. The brokerage firm said that the VoLTE service is... Read More

December 9th, 2015 5:05 PM 109 COMMENTS

5 reasons why RJio fear looms large over incumbents

Remember the Reliance group’s ‘Monsoon Hungama’ of 2003, when the new offering took the telecom industry by storm as it offered multimedia mobile phones for a down payment of Rs 500, with three monthly plan options— Budget 149, Budget 249 and Dhirubhai Ambani Pioneer Offer. The offering led to a revolution in the telecom sector and as a result, millions were added to the country’s subscriber base. Now, once again... Read More

December 7th, 2015 8:20 AM 122 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio close to launch, asks BSNL to define IUC for emergency calls

Reliance Jio has requested state-run telco BSNL to define Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) for emergency calls such as 100,101,102, and 108, as the Mukesh Ambani's telecom company prepares to launch commercial services in the country shortly. Reliance Jio will be using BSNL network for provision of Level-I services including Emergency services as per latter's letter to BSNL. The letter sent to all BSNL telecom circles, telecom districts, and maintenance regions... Read More

December 4th, 2015 10:11 PM 32 COMMENTS

Jio Chat all set to compete with the likes of WhatsApp, Viber; forays into nine global markets

Jio Chat, the instant messaging app from Reliance Jio which will compete with the likes of WhatsApp, Snapchat, Viber, has entered into nine global markets, including India.   The app is now available for customers in Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Singapore, Australia and China. One can download and access this application through any internet enabled smartphone (currently available on iOS... Read More

November 30th, 2015 9:23 PM 3 COMMENTS

What are small cell towers? How Jio is employing them to achieve blanket 4G coverage before launch

Over the past decade and a half, India has witnessed exponential growth in the telecom sector. The current mobile phone population is as high as 95+ crores. In fact, a number of cell phones we add every month is higher than the entire population of a country like Norway. This growth is predominant in the urban environment where the per capita mobile population in urban- India is 145%, which means... Read More

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