Reliance Jio to resume the pre-bookings of the JioPhone right after Diwali according to a new report. Before resuming the pre-bookings, the company will first deliver the JioPhones for six million customers who booked the device in the first phase. To recall, the first phase of booking for JioPhone was conducted by the company in August, and it took more than 45 days for the brand to deliver the JioPhones.... Read More
Bharti Airtel has finally announced its rumoured 4G VoLTE smartphone to compete with the Reliance JioPhone. For the Airtel 4G Smartphone, the company partnered with Karbonn and announced a smartphone named Karbonn A40 Indian. The Airtel 4G Smartphone is effectively priced at Rs. 1,399, but you've to pay Rs. 2,899 up front while purchasing the device. Airtel will refund Rs. 1,500 after 36 months, but you have to constantly recharge... Read More
Well, here's the news finally six million users have been waiting for. Reliance Jio's Twitter customer support team today confirmed that JioPhones will be delivered to six million users who have pre-booked the device by Diwali. Earlier this month, Jio said that it will start delivering the JioPhones starting Navratri, and a recent rumour also stated that the company has started shipping the devices. Tweets from Reliance Jio official handle... Read More
Two weeks ago, we reported that Bharti Airtel is testing VoLTE service in some parts of Mumbai. And today, a new report claims that the leading telecom operator will roll out VoLTE to the public as early as next week. A few months ago, Airtel officially confirmed that they will shift to VoLTE calling technology by the end of this fiscal. “Some customers in Mumbai and Kolkata, and then other... Read More
The buzzword at the moment in the Indian telecom industry is the Reliance JioPhone. Mukesh Ambani announced that their JioPhone is the fastest feature phone ever with support for 4G LTE and VoLTE. At the time of announcing the device, Ambani said that the device would cost Rs. 1,500 which will be completely refundable after three years. However, he did not reveal the terms and conditions of the refund scheme... Read More
Reliance Jio's cheap 4G handset, JioPhone, is set to accelerate internet adoption in India and should help reverse the recent decline in telecoms industry revenue, Fitch Ratings said. The phone will also allow Jio to gain revenue market share as it allows the telco to attract first-time 4G users. Fitch said that Jio's 4G handset is likely to quickly replace 2G handsets in rural areas, where smartphones had previously been... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a prominent Indian telecom operator, lost slightly more than a million wireless subscribers in February 2024. In January, the telco lost 1.5 million wireless subscribers. This means, that Vi bid farewell to about 2.5 million subscribers in January and February together. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), another major telecom player in the country, lost about 170k or 0.17 million users in February 2024. In the previous month,... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has often said that it wants to see India '2G Mukt'. The telco, in its response to TRAI's (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) consultation paper on 'Digital Transformation through 5G Ecosystem' said that a policy needs to come from the government for shutting down 2G/3G networks in India. There are still about 300 million mobile users in India that consume 2G or 3G services.... Read More
India needs more affordable 5G smartphones to ensure that telecom operators can make their return on 5G investments as fast as possible. Jio is also in the smartphone business. The telco had launched an affordable 4G smartphone in partnership with Google. Thus, an affordable 5G phone is also expected sometime in the future. A Counterpoint Research report mentions that Jio will aim to deliver a sub-Rs 12,000 5G phone once... Read More
Ahead of the 5G network launch in India, there are many users who already own a 5G smartphone. According to an Opensignal report, over 9.7% of active smartphones are already 5G enabled in India. This means that the telecom service providers will have a slightly ready market when they launch 5G services. But the interesting thing is that 5G phone users in India are already getting faster download speeds than... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's number one telecom operator, and the search engine giant Google are collaborating again. This time, both companies are going to work together to build an affordable 5G smartphone for the Indian market. Hopefully, this affordable 5G smartphone could also be shipped to other developing countries. In the past, Jio and Google worked on their affordable 4G smartphone called JioPhone Next. But, that smartphone didn't turn out to... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's number one telecom operator, is likely going to launch an affordable 5G smartphone. Jio is going to be one of the telecom operators offering the widest 5G coverage in India. Now the specifications of Jio's 5G smartphone have leaked. It would be hard for Jio to keep the manufacturing costs low because of the rise in the price of smartphone components. Thus, it would be interesting to... Read More
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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
