October 14th, 2019 5:49 PM 2 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Brings Up New AI Based Voice Call Assistant Bot in IMC 2019

One of the biggest event underway right now in India is the Indian Mobile Congress 2019 which is happening in Delhi as we write. The event has seen the participation of all the telecom operators in the country and also many electronic equipment manufacturers, who have come together to showcase the latest technologies which they are developing in their offices. We have already seen Bharti Airtel demonstrate the high 5G... Read More

October 12th, 2019 7:23 PM 86 COMMENTS

To Calm Down Subscribers, Reliance Jio Starts Offering Free Talk Time Worth 30 Minutes

Reliance Jio Infocomm made a major move by introducing a 6 paise per minute charge on outgoing calls to other networks. As you would expect, the Reliance Jio subscribers were not pleased by this move. Now to give a small relief to its customers, Reliance Jio has come up with a new offer. The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator is offering 30 minutes of free talk time to the customers... Read More

October 12th, 2019 6:31 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Decisions That Have Impacted the Prepaid and DTH Subscribers in the Past 12 Months

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is the apex body and the regulator when it comes to the telecom industry and the broadcasting and DTH industry as well. The past year has been very happening for the regulator as we have seen many new inceptions and changes in the regulations that were previously in place. The changes that happened for both the telecom and the DTH industry were no... Read More

October 7th, 2019 6:01 PM 11 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Expected to Continue Gaining Market Share as Rivals Lose Customers

One of the parameters that is being most looked at in the telecom industry these days is the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). The ARPU has become a measure of how the company is performing in the industry, and all the telecom operators seem to be fighting over it by vying for the most share in the market. However, on paper Reliance Jio is the only profitable telecom operators, but... Read More

October 4th, 2019 6:45 AM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Sold a Staggering 70 Million JioPhones in Just 2 Years

The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio has definitely brought a reeling change in the telecom industry after its entry in 2016. Since then, the telecom operator has brought over a data tariff war in the industry as well, which bruised not only the sector as a whole, but also brought a wave of consolidation. Since day one, the telco has been having the sole aim of amassing as... Read More

October 3rd, 2019 1:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Promotional Offer Will Help it Gain 2G Subscribers from Rival Telcos: Analysts

Reliance Jio Infocomm is shipping offers on it feature phone, the JioPhone, and as per the analysts, this move could be aimed at poaching the 2G subscribers of the rival telcos, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. However, an ET report which suggests the same also noted that while this move will help Reliance Jio in gaining subscribers, it might come at the cost of a slight dent on the ARPU... Read More

October 3rd, 2019 6:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Still Offering Rs 399 Postpaid Plan But With Reduced Benefits

A few months back, the telecom industry had a massive change wherein all the telecom operators made some significant revisions to their postpaid plans. While the prepaid plans were under reeling changes after the data tariff war, the postpaid plans were not changed as much. Since this wasn’t accurately reflective of the industry and the consumer behaviour, the telcos decided that they had to revamp their postpaid portfolios to bring... Read More

September 26th, 2019 4:55 PM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone All Rounder Packs Do Exactly What the Name Suggests: Check Details

Vodafone subscribers, you might have heard about data packs, talk time packs, and unlimited packs while you decided to recharge your Vodafone number. However, chances are less that you might have heard about something known as ‘All Rounder Packs’ and even if you have heard about them, the name is intriguing enough to incite curiosity about what these packs actually do. The simple answer lies in the name itself. The... Read More

September 24th, 2019 9:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV Likely to Launch Android TV-Based Set-Top Box in the Coming Weeks

Dish TV is planning to introduce a new Android TV-based Set-Top Box to the customers in the next few weeks, confirmed the company's Marketing Head. Back in 2017, Airtel was the first DTH service provider to come up with a hybrid Set-Top Box that offers both Satellite TV and OTT apps. Back then, Dish TV introduced a dongle called DishSMRT Stick with OTT apps pre-installed. However, the country's largest DTH... Read More

September 20th, 2019 2:58 PM 19 COMMENTS

BSNL Makes Major Revision to Popular Rs 1,098 Prepaid Plan, New Benefits are Not So Impressive

BSNL has been making revisions to its prepaid plans for a while now. The government-owned PSU, which is struggling with financial issues, has now revised the popular Rs 1,098 prepaid plan. BSNL's Rs 1,098 prepaid plan was introduced way back in 2016 when Reliance Jio made its entry to the Indian market. This plan from BSNL used to ship benefits for 84 days, but now, the company has reduced it... Read More

September 20th, 2019 10:59 AM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Rs 399 RED Basic Postpaid Plan No Longer Offers Amazon Prime Membership

Vodafone India has made a change to its RED Basic postpaid plan of Rs 399 and it no longer ships with free Amazon Prime membership. Vodafone announced its partnership with Amazon India last year to offer Amazon Prime subscription worth Rs 999 at no extra cost to its postpaid customers on plans above Rs 399. However, with the company's ARPU falling on a constant basis, Vodafone was said to remove... Read More

September 19th, 2019 7:57 PM 12 COMMENTS

JioPostpaid Plus to Offer Data Sharing Functionality, But is it Too Late?

Reliance Jio will be introducing a new service for postpaid users in the coming days called JioPostpaid Plus. As the same itself suggests, JioPostpaid Plus will be a premium version of the JioPostpaid service that was introduced by Reliance Jio last year. However, JioPostpaid failed to impress the audience because it has only one plan under its portfolio priced at Rs 199 and the benefits were lukewarm compared to the... Read More

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