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Rudradeep Biswas September 9th, 2016 6:29 PM 115 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel will augment the number of PoIs, Jio says it’s a fight for justice

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 to curb the massive asymmetric traffic to ensure that receiving networks are not abused by tsunami of free traffic generated... Read More

Srikapardhi September 8th, 2016 8:16 PM 73 COMMENTS

We have zero revenue, so we are crowded out by COAI, says Mukesh Ambani

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 of the members depend on the revenue of the operators. We have zero revenue, so we are crowded out. Then... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 7th, 2016 7:13 AM 45 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio likely to be loss making at EBITDA-level for first two years: Fitch

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 in a note. Fitch also reckoned that Jio is unlikely to win more than 20-30 million subscribers and 3%-4% revenue... Read More

Srikapardhi September 5th, 2016 10:58 AM 119 COMMENTS

Jio launch: Aircel, Telenor, TTSL, RCom will struggle to grow

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 predict that Jio’s services push some of these smaller telcos to the fringes, while ensure that some will exit the... Read More

Imon September 4th, 2016 6:08 PM 206 COMMENTS

Jio crosses 5 million subscriber mark- Average monthly data usage per subscriber touches 50 GB

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 Ambani, Chairman - RIL shared they have gained so many users in a short while. In last 4 months, the... Read More

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

Ria Lakshman September 4th, 2016 2:15 AM 4 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to invest Rs. 250,000 crore in digital space

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 India pillars," he said. Ambani elaborated on the investment, saying that the asset will be used to create infrastructure for... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 31st, 2016 4:33 PM 39 COMMENTS

Vivo, HTC, and Intex get Jio Preview offer: Here is the complete list of select models

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 existing users of all 4G smartphones from HTC, Intex, and Vivo. Now the total number of mobile brands carrying Jio... Read More

Imon August 28th, 2016 12:43 PM 102 COMMENTS

Jio starts allowing porting out of numbers to rival networks

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, it was possible to generate MNP code for few users but two weeks back when we tested, it didn't work... Read More

Zara Ali August 24th, 2016 5:55 PM 138 COMMENTS

Jio preview offer now extends to Micromax and YU smartphones with free service for 90 days

In yet another move to make services more pervasive, Reliance Jio and Micromax have formed a partnership. With this collaboration, Micromax consumers and YU customers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G service for free for 90 days. As a pre-requisite for the offer, select Micromax, and all the YU smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with a complementary access to unlimited... Read More

Srikapardhi August 18th, 2016 1:39 PM 75 COMMENTS

Exclusive : Jio starts offering Postpaid Connections under Jio Preview Offer for Enterprise Customers

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G operator Reliance Jio has already started reaching out to big corporate firms in India to get postpaid users on board even as it plans to commercially launch services soon in the country. The company hasn’t shared details about its tariffs for prepaid and postpaid connections, but as per our sources the telco’s postpaid plan for enterprises are categorized into two segments IOIP [a single connection can be... Read More

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