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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 9th, 2016 6:25 AM 245 COMMENTS

Jio starts sending out invites for lyf preview offer on registering interest on jio.com

Just after few days into its website going live, Jio has started sending out Jio-LYF Preview invites for those who registering interest on Jio.com. Earlier the invites could only be sent by a Reliance Industries employee and was limited to maximum 10 invite per employee. Those who are interested in a getting a Jio connection can visit Jio website and register their interest. Jio will be sending invite for its Jio-LYF... Read More

June 8th, 2016 1:59 PM 39 COMMENTS

MyJio Self Care app gets an update, new features added

Reliance MyJio Self Care app has undergone a makeover with better user interface and new features. The app, which primarily serves the customers using the Jio network has added an ‘auto log-in’ facility by which a user can log in without the password. There is also a “request for call’ option, using which the subscriber can initiate a callback request from the Jio executive. The newly integrated 'Easy SIM replacement' enables... Read More

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