August 24th, 2016 5:55 PM 138 COMMENTS

Jio preview offer now extends to Micromax and YU smartphones with free service for 90 days

In yet another move to make services more pervasive, Reliance Jio and Micromax have formed a partnership. With this collaboration, Micromax consumers and YU customers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G service for free for 90 days. As a pre-requisite for the offer, select Micromax, and all the YU smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with a complementary access to unlimited... Read More

August 23rd, 2016 10:01 PM 259 COMMENTS

Jio to extend preview offer to Asus and Panasonic 4G smartphones from tomorrow

After extending preview offer to all Samsung and LG smartphones , Jio has now officially shared that they would offer SIM cards to ASUS & Panasonic 4G smartphone users from tomorrow under Jio Preview Offer loaded with unlimited data, calling, sms and access to premium Jio apps for 90 days. As per the official information shared by the company, people using ASUS and Panasonic 4G smartphones who are interested in... Read More

August 23rd, 2016 12:22 PM 102 COMMENTS

India’s top telcos approach PMO, say Jio evading revenue share payment

India’s top telecom operators under the aegis of COAI have approached the Prime Minister's Office seeking an intervention on Reliance Jio’s alleged commercial operations under the guise of a test launch, even as the new 4G entrant has threatened a legal action against incumbent telcos for maligning it and damaging its interests. COAI, in a letter to principle secretary at PMO, Nripendra Misra, accused "a single operator" of evading payment... Read More

August 22nd, 2016 8:18 PM 92 COMMENTS

RIL HR asks employees to port existing corporate connections to Jio

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has asked all of it employees to stop using corporate connections have been issued by telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications, and port these connections to Reliance Jio, which is telecom arm of the group. "Once you have submitted the required information, we will initiate the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) process with the existing operator. This will take around seven working days to complete,"... Read More

August 20th, 2016 6:33 PM 35 COMMENTS

Mukesh Ambani meets telecom secretary, Trai chairman to discuss interconnect issue, Jio roll out

Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani and his son Akash Ambani on Friday met with the telecom secretary JS Deepak as well as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman RS Sharma, to discuss the rollout plans of Reliance Jio, along with the ongoing interconnect points issue with top Indian telecom operators. According to media reports, Ambani updated the telecom secretary and Trai chairman on Reliance Jio’s operations and... Read More

August 20th, 2016 3:10 PM 455 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to soon extend preview offer to users of any 4G enabled smartphone

Reliance Jio may soon extend its preview offer to all 4G smartphones from different handset companies. The 4G telco has begun sending out SMS to Reliance One members to collect free 4G SIMs bundled with unlimited preview offer from Reliance Digital stores. A number of Reliance Digital Store managers in Kolkata informed TT that they have now been asked to offer Jio 4G SIM cards to customers with a 4G... Read More

August 18th, 2016 6:25 PM 21 COMMENTS

Jio counters top telcos’ claims of providing adequate interconnect capacity

Jio has said that top GSM operators have released lesser number of interconnection ports for the ongoing test run of its 4G services, discarding their claims that they have already provided the 4G telco with enough interconnect capacity to meet the usual demand of 15 to 20 million customers The Mukesh Ambani-led telco said, “Based on industry practice, 12,500 E1 ports are required for 22 million subscribers, which details have... Read More

August 18th, 2016 1:39 PM 75 COMMENTS

Exclusive : Jio starts offering Postpaid Connections under Jio Preview Offer for Enterprise Customers

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G operator Reliance Jio has already started reaching out to big corporate firms in India to get postpaid users on board even as it plans to commercially launch services soon in the country. The company hasn’t shared details about its tariffs for prepaid and postpaid connections, but as per our sources the telco’s postpaid plan for enterprises are categorized into two segments IOIP [a single connection can be... Read More

August 18th, 2016 12:01 PM 87 COMMENTS

Unboxing of Jiofi 2 portable 4G hotspot and comparison with Reliance wipod

Upcoming telecom major Reliance Jio, which is currently in beta test mode for its services, has recently launched its first commercial portable 4G wifi hotspot device called Jiofi 2. The device is the successor to the original MiFi device which was the first generation portable hotspot by Jio which was only distributed to employees and was not commercially launched. The Jiofi 2 is now freely available at Reliance digital xpress... Read More

August 17th, 2016 12:35 AM 95 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Trai: Take action against telcos like Airtel, Vodafone for denying inter-connection

Reliance Jio Infocomm has urged Indian telecom regulator, Trai, to take action against incumbent telecom operators for not providing points of inter-connection (PoIs) to the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telco during the ongoing test trials. The telco said that denying inter-connection was a blatant breach of the licence agreement, which provides for obligation of the licensee to provide inter-connection facilities to other licensees. "It may be pertinent to note that the... Read More

August 15th, 2016 3:19 PM 147 COMMENTS

Jio extends preview offer validity by 30 days, no word on commercial launch

Reliance Jio has once again extended unlimited benefits to its users whose validity was to be over by August 30, indicating that the commercial launch is still some time away. The 4G entrant has also extended the benefits for users who haven't got the same benefits before. The move comes at a time when incumbent telecom operators have locked horns with the Mukesh Ambani-led telco on guidelines for network testing... Read More

August 13th, 2016 7:28 PM 82 COMMENTS

Jio adds recharge and bill pay feature on jio.com ahead of commercial launch

Nearing the commercial launch which may happen on August 15, Reliance Jio has now updated its website (jio.com) with recharge facility. Jio users under Preview offer will not be able to recharge their number as those users are on an auto renewal plan but early adopters whose offer benefits would expire soon can top up using the newly added feature. This move by Jio hints that they are preparing themselves... Read More

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