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Srikapardhi August 17th, 2016 8:12 PM 38 COMMENTS

Incumbent telcos say provided enough PoIs to Jio, reject demand for more such points

Indian incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have rejected Reliance Jio’s demand for more points of interconnections (PoIs). The telcos through COAI said that they already provided the 4G entrant with enough interconnect capacity to meet the usual demand of 15 to 20 million customers. Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI, in response to Jio’s August 12 letter, said that the members of COAI have already provided Reliance... Read More

Tharun G July 21st, 2016 3:28 PM 68 COMMENTS

Jio extends Unlimited Preview offer to early adopters of Lyf phones

After extending 4G Preview Unlimited Usage offer to Samsung devices, Jio has now extended the offer to early adopters of Lyf smart phones who didn't receive Jio Preview offer at time of purchase. Jio is expected to launch commercial service on August 15. Early adopters of Lyf handset who bought the phones before Jio Preview offer was introduced now can register on www.jio.com/preview/lyf to get an invite code for getting Jio Preview offer. Once... Read More

Srikapardhi July 21st, 2016 6:50 AM 91 COMMENTS

TT Poll : Will you PORT your primary number to Jio via MNP?

Who don't like competition? Everyone does and so as our telecos. While Jio services have not been commercially launched yet despite of repeated delays and deadlines, it is now almost in the market with device partnership strategy. Initial experiments or experiences of Jio services started with it's own employees which were later extended to general public by employee invite system followed by users with exclusive LYF devices and currently with... Read More

Imon July 20th, 2016 12:06 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Industries to infuse another Rs 15,000 crore in Jio via rights issue

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to infuse another Rs 15,000 crore in its telecom arm Jio through a rights issue, which is expected to be completed in the next three months. The issue will increase the equity of Reliance Jio to Rs 60,000 crore from Rs 45,000 crore, making it one of the most capitalised telecom companies in India. The rights issue Rs 15,000 crore follows a similar... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 11th, 2016 5:21 PM 9 COMMENTS

Jio’s entry to help telecom industry double data revenues to $11 billion by 2017-18: CLSA

Reliance Jio would drive the Indian telecom market further and help the overall industry to double to $11 billion by 2017-18, according to brokerage firm CLSA. The firm, in a note, said that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are best placed to gain from the surge. "Over fiscal years 2015-16 to 2017-18, we expect data revenues to double and Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are best-placed to gain, given their lead... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 6th, 2016 5:24 PM 20 COMMENTS

Key executives quit Jio ahead of commercial launch

It seems that Reliance Jio is struggling hard to retain key people ahead of the commercial launch of services in the country. According to various media reports, SN Sharma and Anand Narang have left the company to explore new opportunities. SN Sharma, who was part of the leadership team to drive Reliance Jio's cable distribution business, has quit the company last week, and is most likely to join Sameer Manchanda-promoted DEN... 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

Srikapardhi June 17th, 2016 10:25 AM 60 COMMENTS

Jio may launch commercial service roll out in September: Reports

Jio is inching closer towards the commercially roll out of services, and may well start operations by September this year, if various media reports are to be believed. These reports said that Jio has almost completed the testing of its network and services, and the launch is imminent in the next two-three months. A commercial launch means customers would be able to buy Jio SIM cards from all the small... Read More

Imon June 2nd, 2016 1:27 AM 64 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s official website jio.com can now be accessed by everyone, imports around 20 lacs SIMs

A month ago, Reliance Jio announced the extensive beta testing programme via LYF-JIO preview offer. Now in its latest move, the company has made its website, jio.com accessible to everyone. This new move is in accordance with Jio's lookout for fresh data testers for its programme. As per our sources, we got to know that the company is planning to rope in around 25 lacs beta testers under the preview... Read More

Srikapardhi May 28th, 2016 1:48 PM 6 COMMENTS

Jio to raise up to Rs 750 crore via non-convertible debentures issue

Jio Infocomm, which is expected to launch full-fledged commercial operations by December this year, is preparing to raise up to Rs 750 crore through issuance of redeemable non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis, following last month’s debenture issue of up to Rs 2,250 crore. In a filing to BSE, the telco said , “Pursuant to the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders, the company proposes to issue... Read More

Imon May 13th, 2016 7:56 PM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance Retail to rebrand Digital Express outlets as Reliance Jio to push LYF sales: Report

Reliance Jio, is set to get more visibility in the market ahead of its commercial launch, as the telco’s sister company, Reliance Retail, will rebrand its 1,500 small-format Reliance Digital Express and Digital Express Mini outlets as Reliance Jio, Economic Times reported. The report said that the retail push strategy comes amid slow sales of Reliance's Lyf handsets. Reliance Jio stores will be the front-end to sell both 4G connections... Read More

Srikapardhi May 9th, 2016 6:36 PM 42 COMMENTS

Jio’s entry can lead to tariff war, but Airtel battle-ready, says MD Gopal Vittal

Bharti Airtel’s managing director of India and South Asia, Gopal Vittal, said that the entry of Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture, could shake up the Indian telecom market, and has the potential to kick-off a tariff war. “We have seen brutal tariff wars over the last 20 years. Today our tariffs are 33-34 paise on voice per minute, which I think is unsustainable. A new entrant coming in with... Read More