April 16th, 2016 9:52 AM 82 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to improve quality of digital lives of Indians: RJio Spokesperson

While more and more Indians find their way into the digital life, the right technology can truly accelerate this pace and Reliance Jio is gearing up to bring advanced technologies to India, where the digital scene is marred by the incomplete coverage of network and low data speeds. During an interview on a news channel recently, a Jio spokesperson shared insights on Jio and what the company is working at,... Read More

April 12th, 2016 1:15 PM 93 COMMENTS

Jio adds more VoLTE 4G smartphones to official list of supported devices

Reliance Jio has just updated its official list of VoLTE-enabled smartphones that are supported on its 4G LTE network. The latest official list of VoLTE supported devices also includes support for Video call over LTE. Jio has managed to add full spectrum of Samsung's latest 4G devices from entry level ON5 and J5 to the newest flagship Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Xiaomi's latest smartphones Redmi Note 3 and Mi5, also found its place in the... Read More

March 31st, 2016 9:25 AM 171 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to offer 40-80 times faster Internet speed from day one: Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh said that Jio will start services with 70% coverage of India, and it will offer speeds that are 40-80 times faster than the current Internet speed from day one. The telco would target to expand the high-speed internet coverage in the country to over 90% by 2017, according to Ambani. Speaking here at the inaugural session of Ficci Frames 2016, Ambani said that his group... Read More

March 24th, 2016 7:53 AM 461 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio may push commercial launch to December: Report

Reliance Jio’s commercial launch of 4G services could be further pushed back to December, as the telco struggles to improve network quality, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said in a recent note. A delayed launch may spoil the telco's plan to aggressively poach high-end consumers from incumbents – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular -- unless it brings down prices. The US brokerage expect Reliance Jio to delay its 4G launch... Read More

March 11th, 2016 5:44 PM 61 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio sister company to source lakhs of VoLTE smartphones ahead of 4G launch

Reliance Retail will source three lakh high-end VoLTE smartphones from Chinese handset maker ZTE to support its sister company Reliance Jio’s commercial launch, which is likely to take place soon. According to a report in ET, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Limited is also sourcing VoLTE smartphones from other Chinese original device manufacturers (ODMs) CK Telecom, Wingtech, and Tinno Mobile, which are among the top five ODMs globally. The... Read More

March 8th, 2016 4:22 PM 4 COMMENTS

Ex-Reliance Jio executive Vivek Jain joins CA Media Digital as India CEO

Former Reliance Jio digital media vice president Vivek Jain has joined CA Media Digital (India) as chief executive officer. He will now report to the board of directors of CA Media Digital, which is an operating business of CA Media LP, owned by The Chernin Group, KKR, and other investors. Prior to joining CA Media Digital, Jain served Reliance Jio for two years. He also worked for Amazon, Google and... Read More

January 22nd, 2016 6:28 PM 95 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio pan-India launch likely in April, to generate $1.7 bn revenue by 2016-17-end: Brokerage firm

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio’s pan-India launch of 4G services will happen by April this year, even as the telco seems set to acquire 23% share of India's non-voice market by the end of its fourth year of commercial operations, according to Morgan Stanley. The brokerage said, in a note to clients, that Reliance Jio, which last month launched 4G services for its group employees, will generate $1.7 billion of revenue by... Read More

January 20th, 2016 1:00 PM 17 COMMENTS

Here are the bumps in the road that Reliance Jio might face

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has recently launched 4G LTE services for more than 1,00,000 Reliance Group employees, and is likely to launch for consumers very soon. The company is also bringing its own devices under the brand name of Lyf, and they are likely to be available in the market by the end of the month. As the company gets ready for the commercial launch after more than five years... Read More

January 19th, 2016 6:15 PM 8 COMMENTS

RIL says Jio has substantially optimized its network

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited said that over 100,000 of its group employees and their families are helping Reliance Jio in creating the best experience for all its future customers, even as Jio has substantially optimized its network, and is currently testing services offerings across the country. The company said that the extensive feedback from trials shall be used to create a compelling service proposition for end customers and optimise... Read More

January 19th, 2016 3:03 AM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is planning to raise Rs 15,000 crore through rights issue, the company informed the National Stock Exchange on Monday. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company, in a notice, said that the issue will be open to all existing shareholders. Jio's board has already given a nod for the issuance of equity shares of Rs 10 each aggregating to Rs 15,000 crore to... Read More

January 7th, 2016 3:59 AM 52 COMMENTS

Jio imports over 4 lac sim cards from China in Jan 2016

In the first week of 2016 itself the operator has imported 4,35,000 new sims from China at a cost of Rs. 93,92,846 which comes up to Rs.22 per sim in accordance with the data published by an import tracking website, Zauba.com These are 3 in 1 SIM cards which can be used as Mini, Micro or Nano sim card as per the requirement of the 4G handset. China is the... Read More

December 17th, 2015 6:50 PM 31 COMMENTS

Shake-out imminent, but winning the race would be no cake-walk for Reliance Jio

Amid speculations that Reliance Jio’s (RJio) entry will disrupt the whole telecom ecosystem, a school of thought, however, says that entering the market and conquering it would be no cake-walk for the company as it has to face multiple challenges moving ahead. During the Monsoon Hungama offer of Reliance a decade ago, when it took the industry by storm, a large number of people did not have any connection or... Read More

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