December 10th, 2018 11:52 AM 25 COMMENTS

RIL Creates Seven Subsidiaries Apart from Jio to Manage Telecom and Content Business

In its run-up to capture the substantial chunk of the telecom industry revenue in India, Reliance Jio and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), its parent company has created seven subsidiaries to manage its telecom and content business, informed a highly placed Jio official. The Mukesh Ambani led telco recently made investments in Hathway and Den Networks, buying a significant stake in the two companies to solve its problem of last mile... Read More

December 8th, 2018 2:13 PM 215 COMMENTS

Who Will Be the Telecom Market Leader: Ruthless Jio or Mammoths Like Vodafone Idea and Airtel

Bharti Airtel, the former telecom market leader slipped down from its top spot after the two major telecom operators, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular merged to form the largest telecom entity of India, Vodafone Idea. Now, the industry is headed towards an unprecedented stage of stagnation with no clear winner in sight. With the entry of Reliance Jio two years back, the telecom industry saw an erosion of substantial revenues,... Read More

December 6th, 2018 7:03 PM 107 COMMENTS

Jio Ships 182GB of 4G Data With Rs 498 Prepaid Plan: What Do Other Telcos Offer?

Reliance Jio did not revise its tariff plans for nearly 11 months now, but the telco is still providing the best prepaid tariffs in the industry. Telcos such as BSNL, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea came close to Jio in the benefits aspect, but never outsmarted Jio. With some plans such as the Rs 558 from Airtel, Rs 569 from Vodafone, they managed to beat Jio with better data benefit... Read More

December 6th, 2018 2:19 PM 38 COMMENTS

SC Dismisses Reliance Jio and CCI Plea Against Cartelisation by Airtel and Vodafone Idea

In an industry-wide legal move, Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Mukesh Ambani led telco, and the Competition Commissions of India (CCI) pleaded the Supreme Court against the newly merged telco, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to probe cartelisation charges. However, as per the latest report, the apex court has dismissed the plea made by the newest telco entrant. Before reaching out to the Supreme Court, the Competition Commission had approached Bombay... Read More

December 4th, 2018 12:01 PM 9 COMMENTS

JioMusic and Saavn Integrate to Create JioSaavn, Can Be Accessed via Web as Well

Saavn Media, a unit of Reliance Industries, Tuesday unveiled South Asia's largest streaming, entertainment and artist platform, JioSaavn, marking the official integration of JioMusic and over-the-top platform Saavn. "The new integrated JioSaavn app will be available across all app stores including the Jio app store, on JioPhone, as well as, at www.jio.com/jiosaavn," the company said in a statement. The new JioSaavn app, will bring a suite of in-app products and... Read More

December 4th, 2018 10:09 AM 3 COMMENTS

Google Pixel 3 Devices in India Now Support eSIM Service on Jio, Airtel Networks

Google on Tuesday announced eSIM wireless service on its Pixel 3 smartphone with Reliance Jio and Airtel telecom carriers in India. Google was the first smartphone vendor to support built-in eSIMs with its Project Fi -- now called Google Fi -- network last year. "Sprint in the US, EE in the UK, Airtel and Reliance Jio in India, and Truphone and Gigsky in various countries will also roll out eSIM... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 3:48 PM 16 COMMENTS

RCom Furnishes Corporate Guarantee of Rs 1,400 Crore to DoT, Inches Towards the Spectrum Sale to Jio

Reliance Communications today said its subsidiary Reliance Realty has furnished the corporate guarantee of Rs 1,400 crore to Telecom Department as directed by the Supreme Court, stepping closer towards concluding its spectrum sale to Reliance Jio. The Supreme Court on November 30, had asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to give a no-objection certificate (NoC) to Reliance Communications to sell its spectrum to Reliance Jio, provided a corporate guarantee of... Read More

November 30th, 2018 5:33 PM 29 COMMENTS

SC Passes Order in Favour of RCom, Directs DoT to Approve Spectrum Trade With Reliance Jio

Previously, the long legal battle between RCom and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) was ongoing because DoT was adamant on Reliance Communications providing bank guarantees worth Rs 3,000 crore before giving the green flag for Reliance Jio and RCom sale of spectrum. However, as per the latest update, Supreme Court has given a sigh of relief for the Anil Ambani led telco, as this deal would finally help the telco in... Read More

November 27th, 2018 2:38 PM 11 COMMENTS

RCom and Jio Spectrum Trading Deal in Jeopardy as DoT Refuses to Accept Land Parcel as Security

Reliance Communications (RCom) has remarked that its deal of spectrum trade with Reliance Jio Infocomm will land in jeopardy if the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) does not accept a land parcel instead of bank guarantees as security. DoT, however, is adamant on only receiving bank guarantees worth of Rs 3,000 crore from the telco and has also stated that Reliance Jio can furnish these guarantees on behalf of RCom. This... Read More

November 26th, 2018 3:00 PM 38 COMMENTS

Jio Surprisingly Credits Free 2GB Daily Data With Four Days Validity to Every User

Back in September this year, Reliance Jio turned two and to celebrate the occasion, the company added free 2GB data per day with four days validity to every customer. Back then, Jio said that the offer is valid for two months- September and October. Interestingly, Jio has started crediting free data of 8GB (2GB data per day) to every user for the month of November. In our case, the free... Read More

November 25th, 2018 5:53 PM 30 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Thriving in Tier Two Cities and Rural Areas Thanks to JioPhone

Reliance Jio, the latest telecom entrant in the Industry which caused havoc by its entry into the industry with its extremely affordable prices and unique offerings has been riding the wave of revenue on the back of the success of its Reliance JioPhone. The JioPhone, which is an affordably priced feature phone with 4G enabled and offering almost smartphone-level services, has been one of the prime reasons behind Reliance Jio’s... Read More

November 25th, 2018 4:06 PM 3 COMMENTS

Top Postpaid Plans from Telecom Operators You Can Opt for Around Rs 500

With the ongoing changes in the prepaid sector, it's pretty evident that more and more customers will choose postpaid as their service option going forward. Back in August 2016, postpaid plans used to offer better benefits than prepaid plans as the combo plans didn't exist back then. But the scenario has now changed as combo prepaid plans have become a thing in the industry now. Telcos such as Bharti Airtel... Read More

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