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Rudradeep Biswas October 18th, 2016 6:29 PM 42 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio has threatened top telcos’ major revenue contributor with free voice offering

Reliance Jio has threatened India telecom operators’ major revenue contributor, voice, with the launch of life-time free voice calls, and its launch strategy will squeeze operational cash flows of the Indian telecom sector in Fiscal year 17-18, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Top telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular’s debt burden will also go up with the increase in spectrum and non-spectrum debt capital expenditure... Read More

Srikapardhi October 15th, 2016 7:49 AM 105 COMMENTS

Jio may soon make changes in tariff plans: Report

Jio is gearing up to bring some changes to its tariff plans. As per a report by Times of India, Telecom regulators have been seeking clarification from Jio for its free voice calling schemes. After making the changes, Jio will be reporting them to TRAI for submission. The report states that TRAI officials allegedly met Jio executives to scrutinize the tariff plans submitted by the operator. The current Jio plan... Read More

Srikapardhi October 12th, 2016 3:28 PM 1 COMMENTS

Ex-Jio MD, Indus CEO join Sterlite in advisory roles

Former Reliance Jio managing director Sandip Das and former Indus Tower CEO BS Shantharaju have joined Sterlite Technologies’ newly formed advisory board, the company said on Wednesday. The company said that both the executives have experience in creating large customer and service oriented companies, and they will provide strategic guidance and direction on the company’s growth roadmap and focused capabilities in the highly evolving digital communications industry. Sterlite is the... Read More

Zara Ali October 7th, 2016 9:39 PM 87 COMMENTS

Jio offers 12 months of free digital services for iPhone 7 including 20GB 4G Data per month

Apple iPhone 7 has already made an entry into the Indian market. Now to bank on the Apple fanboyism in India, Jio has announced a special offer for iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone SE. As per the offer, all the Jio customers who buy the iPhone will get free 12 months of Jio Digital Services. The offer will... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 25th, 2016 10:16 PM 51 COMMENTS

Jio says incumbents misuse COAI to freely indulge in cartelization, demands complete overhaul

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 body's rules, regulations and processes. “COAI Regulations are overwhelmingly biased and lopsided and have been framed to sub serve the... Read More

Esmail September 12th, 2016 12:22 PM 144 COMMENTS

Jio starts B3-B5 carrier aggregation trials in Kerala, may launch LTE-A soon

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 liberalised airwaves in 2300 MHz and 850 MHz pan India and in 1800 MHz in 18 out of the total... Read More

Imon September 11th, 2016 12:18 PM 48 COMMENTS

Reliance retail to rebrand digital xpress mini stores as ‘Jio stores’ soon

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 most of the Digital xpress Mini stores in coming months so that new customers can experience Jio's seamless high speed... Read More

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