January 2nd, 2021 9:18 PM 33 COMMENTS

Will the Removal of IUC Help Reliance Jio in Adding More Subscribers? Let’s Talk

Reliance Jio removed the interconnect usage charges (IUC) on January 1, making all the plans offer unlimited voice calling. Alongside that, Jio customers will no longer be charged six paise per minute for making voice calls to other networks. The only weakness Jio had since its inception was the FUP limitation on non-Jio calls which has been removed now. Over the last few months, Reliance Jio saw its monthly subscriber... Read More

February 2nd, 2020 6:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 6 Paise Per Minute IUC Will Hang Over Customers For One More Year

The subscribers of Reliance Jio usually are the ones who get to enjoy the best benefits when it comes to data and calling. However, in November 2019 things took an ugly turn when Reliance Jio subscribers were charged with 6 paise per minute charge for making calls to subscribers of other telecom operators. This meant that the Reliance Jio customers making calls on their network would not have to pay... Read More

January 24th, 2020 7:04 PM 34 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Rs 10 IUC Plan With 1GB Data is a Great Data Top Up If You Exhaust Your FUP

If you look at the prepaid portfolios of all the telecom operators, and they are likely to resemble each other with a lot of similarity. However, amongst all the telecom operators, there will be one who will have a little more difference than others, and it will be Reliance Jio. The reason why this is that the telecom operator is also the only one in the industry which is currently... Read More

November 11th, 2019 1:09 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Floats New Consultation Paper on Review of IUC Regulations and International Termination Charges

There has been a big debate going on in the Indian telecom industry about the Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC). Although IUC sounds like a matter which not many of the consumers would care to know about, the situation of the industry has become such that they have to be concerned about it now. This is courtesy of the latest telecom entrant, Reliance Jio which is now directly charging IUC from... Read More

September 27th, 2019 6:57 PM 70 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Outgoing Calls Now Ring for 25 Seconds as Effect of the Missed Call Debacle

The subscribers and the people in the industry are now aware of the ongoing tussle between the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio and the other incumbents over the ringing time of calls. To recall, a few days back, Reliance Jio had reduced the ringing time of calls being made from its network to other networks down to 20 seconds. This move was not liked by the other telecom... Read More

September 26th, 2019 1:41 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Says VoLTE Is the Reason for Its Lower Network Costs, Not Accounting Practices

When the issue of Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) came up, the Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator, Bharti Airtel alleged that the network cost incurred by Reliance Jio is lower because of its different accounting practices. Now in a new update, as reported by ET Telecom, Reliance Jio has rejected the allegation saying that the network costs are lower for the telco because of the technology that it uses and not... Read More

September 18th, 2019 12:27 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Lose Out on Potential Revenue Because of IUC Scrapping

Going by the voice minutes, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has soared ahead of other telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, thus amassing the most share. As per a new ET Telecom report, the Reliance Jio now has a share of 36% voice minutes, as compared to Bharti Airtel which has 33.5% and Vodafone Idea which has 30.7% share. This re-ranking of the telecom operators means... Read More

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