Reliance Jio Infocomm has declared war against the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), accusing the GSM lobby body of a biased functioning and serving the vested interest of three incumbent operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. Jio has also demanded a comprehensive overhaul of the GSM industry … Read More
Reliance Jio which is currently the largest holder of liberalised spectrum in the telecom sector has recently started testing carrier aggregation of band 3 (1800 MHz) spectrum with band 5 (850 MHz) spectrum in Kerala circle and may soon launch LTE-A on a pan India scale. The operator currently holds … Read More
After announcing commercial launch, it seems Jio is working hard with its sister unit Reliance Retail to re-brand hundreds of Digital xpress mini stores as Jio Stores to offer better customer service from early next year. According to our sources, Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Reliance Industries will re-brand … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom carrier, said that it will augment the hundreds of points of interconnect (PoI) given to Reliance Jio, as per the bilateral agreement, so that customers are not inconvenienced. The telco has also urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to find a way … Read More
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani slammed the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) for its undemocratic functioning, and said that the voting rights of the members depend on the revenue of the operators. “I didn’t realise until just a few months ago that while it’s an association, the voting rights … Read More
Reliance Jio is likely to be loss making at the EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) level for the first two years, and it will face large initial costs, while its subscriber growth will be constrained by the lack of penetration of 4G-compatible handsets, ratings agency Fitch said … Read More
Smaller telcos like Aircel, Telenor India, Tata Teleservices and RCom, which are already struggling to grow in the market, will find it hard to sustain in India’s telecom industry following Reliance Jio’s commercial entry into the Indian telecom industry with disruptive free voice calls, and cheapest data plans. Industry analysts … Read More
Jio which started offering services in December last year to Reliance employees and their families and launched preview offer in May this year to invite interested people to early access their all IP network has now more than 5 million users on their network. Sharing the Jio launch details, Mukesh … Read More
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 … Read More
Alongside the announcement on Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani also said that the company plans to make an investment of Rs. 250,000 crore in India’s digital space. This definitely includes the wireless broadband infrastructure and manufacturing of mobile handsets. “We at Reliance will invest over Rs. 250,000 crores across the Digital … Read More
Reliance Digital has partnered with three more mobile brands to offers its Jio Preview offer. Vivo, HTC, and Intex 4G-enabled smartphones are the newly added brands that will offer Jio 4G Preview offer with unlimited data, calls and messaging for 90 days. This offer is applicable to both new and … Read More
Although Jio is offering 4G services under the ‘testing tag’ to millions of Indians, the firm has finally started allowing port out request for those users who are using Jio Preview Offer and want to join existing networks like Airtel and Vodafone through MNP route keeping their number unchanged. Earlier, … Read More
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