In 2018, Reliance Jio introduced the Jio GigaFiber to India. The Mukesh Ambani led telco even led pilot tests in the Mumbai and Delhi NCR regions, but given that the service was only in the testing phase, limited people had access to it. Now as per a new report by India Today, the telco will reach broader customer base in 2019 as it will enter tier II and tier III... Read More
Ambani brothers led telecom firms are learnt to have approached jointly telecom ministry seeking clarification on the stand of the government over their spectrum trading deal, industry sources said Friday. "Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications have jointly written to the Department of Telecom seeking clarification on its stand over spectrum trading deal between the two companies," an industry source told PTI. Another source said Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has reiterated... Read More
Only two operators, Reliance Jio and state-run BSNL, gained new subscribers in October 2018, leading to a marginal growth in overall telecom user base to 1192 million, according to the Trai data. Reliance Jio and BSNL jointly added over 10.8 million new mobile phone customers, while rest of the operators -- Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices, MTNL and Reliance Communications -- lost more than 10.1 crore customers. Vodafone Idea... Read More
Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio announced Monday that they have extended the terms of an agreement for sale of wireless assets of the Anil Ambani owned firm. The move comes at a time when Reliance Communication's spectrum sale deal has been hanging fire, pending requisite clearance from the telecom department. "Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, extended the term of the definitive agreement for the acquisition... Read More
JioCinema app has been one of the most popular offerings in Reliance Jio’s application portfolio. The app enabled streaming of many movies and videos with Reliance Jio’s content partners. In a new move, the parent telecom company, Reliance Jio has signed a partnership deal with Disney India which will mean that users of JioCinema will be able to stream Disney movies on the Jio Cinema app in the coming days.... Read More
As 2018 is coming to an end, Reliance Jio wants to celebrate it with its prepaid subscribers. Same as last year, Reliance Jio has now rolled out a Jio Happy New Year Offer, under which it will be providing 100% cashback on the Rs 399 prepaid recharge. But this offer from Jio doesn't seem that attractive as the customer will get a voucher of AJIO, which is Reliance Retail's e-commerce... Read More
The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm is planning to launch large-screen smartphones for users of feature phones who would like to upgrade to such a device. As per an ET Telecom report, in its next move, Reliance Jio will be working with its partners to develop an affordable smartphone. Reliance Jio’s head of sales and channel and development, Sunil Dutt told ET, “We are trying to work... Read More
In a new report filed by India Ratings and Research, it was revealed that Mukesh Ambani led-telco Reliance Jio’s broadband market share has sprung up and crossed the 50% mark. As per the report, while the latest telecom entrant has witnessed massive growth in mobile subscribers, amounting to 21.6% of market share at September end, the telecom operator has also seen equally impressive growth in the broadband subscriber base as... Read More
With the Department of Telecommunications not approving the Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio deal, the spectrum trading contract fell through. After this affair, it seems that RCom is not the only telecom operator to suffer the blow of this setback. As per an ET Telecom report, analysts and experts have said that Reliance Jio’s services will experience disruption if the Mukesh Ambani-led telco does not acquire the spectrum from Reliance... Read More
With its spectrum deal virtually in a limbo, Reliance Communications on Thursday urged the telecom department to grant it the "long-awaited no-objection certificate" to comply with the Supreme Court order in "letter and spirit". The statement came a day after senior officials of Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio met the Telecom Secretary to discuss outstanding issues raised by the Department of Telecom (DoT) over payment related to the spectrum sale... Read More
Despite witnessing a slight drop in the average 4G download speeds, Reliance Jio has been topping the charts of the 4G download speed tests being conducted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). As per the Trai data, Jio averaged the download speed of 20.3 Mbps, which is a decline from October’s 22.3 Mbps. It is worth noting that this entire year, Reliance Jio has witnessed fluctuating averages for the... Read More
In contrast with the global smartphone market which is experiencing negative growth, feature phones have contributed to 23% of the total handset shipments in the third quarter this year, a new report has said. According to Counterpoint Research's "Market Monitor service", feature phone shipments grew for the fourth consecutive quarter. "The return of Nokia HMD has also fuelled the demand for feature phones in the market. 3310 has been a... Read More
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