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Srikapardhi September 4th, 2016 12:36 PM 61 COMMENTS

Why Jio launch is not good news for Vodafone and Idea Cellular

The launch of commercial services by Reliance Jio will force bigger carriers like Vodafone and Idea Cellular to review their strategy for the upcoming auctions. Following the introduction of free voice services and data at rock bottom prices, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will now be forced to spend more on new spectrum as earlier estimated. According to analysts, Idea Cellular is likely to bid aggressively spending Rs 4,000 crore more... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Rudradeep Biswas August 7th, 2016 8:59 AM 138 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G launch likely on August 15: Report

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in its latest report, said that Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to commercially start offering services on August 15, and it would offer free voice along with its data services. The brokerage firm expects Jio to come up with a differentiated offering, which will be unlimited VoLTE voice bundled with its data offering above Rs. 300 per month. However, it added that the unlimited VoLTE... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 31st, 2016 8:13 PM 65 COMMENTS

Airtel expects impact on its revenue post Jio’s commercial services launch

Airtel, India's leading telecom service provider by subscribers, said that it would see some impact on its revenue if the impending Reliance Jio launch leads to a price war in the country. "If rates come down, then it will have an impact on our revenue, but we are determined not to let that happen," Bharti Airtel MD and CEO for India & South Asia Gopal Vittal said in an earnings... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 22nd, 2016 7:45 AM 48 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to commercially launch operations in October: CLSA

Jio may commercially launch 4G voice and high-speed data services ahead of festive season in October, even as the new 4G entrant has started to handle the second-highest data traffic among all telecom operators and could ramp up close to the highest even before launch, according to brokerage CLSA. "Several indicators suggest a strong possibility of commercial launch of Jio's services within the next three months ahead of festive season... Read More

Tharun G 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

Rudradeep Biswas June 26th, 2016 11:55 AM 30 COMMENTS

Jio will create an upset for all of us, says Aditya Birla Group’s Kumar Mangalam Birla

Reliance Jio Infocomm, is yet to start commercial operations in the country, but its ambitious plan to disrupt the telecom market has already started giving sleepless nights to rival companies. The latest organization to express its concern is the Aditya Birla Group, which is the promoter of Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telecom operator with over 175 million subscribers. “Reliance Jio will obviously create an upset for all of us. When... Read More

Esmail 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

Imon 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

Srikapardhi June 2nd, 2016 8:00 PM 66 COMMENTS

Jio to launch 4G services with 90,000 4G cell sites with 608 mn GB per month capacity: Report

Jio Infocomm may launch its commercial 4G services with 90,000 mobile cell sites with 608 million GB per month capacity across the country, IDFC Securities said in a note. Jio’s network may well reach 125,000 4G-sites in India on 850MHz/1800MHz/2300MHz spectrum bands by 2019, the agency said, adding the network then would have the potential capacity to support 180-280 million subscribers by 2019 (even if usage levels increase by 3-4 times).... Read More

Srikapardhi May 28th, 2016 11:36 AM 62 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to deploy new cells sites to expand network ahead of December launch: Report

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio is likely to expand its 4G network significantly with the installation new cell sites together with players like Bharti Infratel and American Tower Corporation (ATC) ahead of its mega December commercial launch, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML). “With a full-scale Jio launch now expected to be around December, 2016, we now see a higher possibility that Jio could start installing... Read More

Srikapardhi May 13th, 2016 11:20 AM 175 COMMENTS

Jio offering superior 4G LTE speeds, says Edelweiss Securities

Reliance Jio, which recently extended its services to public through an employee referral system, is offering much superior service when compared with incumbent players' 4G services with indoor network speed of 3-8Mbps and outdoor speed of 15-20Mbps, which is about 25% higher than current operators, Edelweiss Securities said in a research report. The firm availed Jio's employee referral offer for testing, and it said that the first impression is positive... Read More