All of a sudden, Reliance Jio is looking like an unmatchable force in the broadband and DTH segments, thanks to the Reliance Industries' buyout of Hathway Cable and DEN Networks. Jio GigaFiber service was announced back in July this year, but the service is yet to go official in major parts of the country. Not only in the broadband segment, but this buyout will also place Jio ahead of its... Read More
All telecom operators, except Reliance Jio, failed to meet call drop benchmark in drive test conducted by sector regulator Trai on a different highway and rail routes, a report published on Thursday said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said that independent drive tests through its appointed agency were conducted on eight highways and three rail routes. Either 3G or 2G network of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and state-run BSNL... Read More
Since its inception, Reliance Jio has been offering its content services such as JioTV, JioCinema, JioMusic and so on free to all its subscribers, but very soon, we might see Jio charging for the content services. At the moment, Jio is bundling content services with its prepaid, postpaid plans itself. For example, if a user recharges with the Rs 98 prepaid plan, then the company will also provide the free... Read More
After stirring the telecom market with its competitive 4G offerings, Reliance Jio is now aiming to dominate the Indian DTH and broadband sectors. With its recent partnerships with Hathway Cable and DEN Networks, the telco has already thrown its intentions of capturing both the markets. Both Hathway and DEN Networks have a significant share in the Indian cable and broadband markets, and the partnership with these firms will help Jio... Read More
Sterlite Tech, a company owned by Vedanta Resources has stepped into the telecom network market after making its name in the fibre manufacturing segment. The company has made its foray into the sector by presenting a Proof of Concept (PoC) for its latest product as Reliance Jio’s solution for last mile connectivity. In its statement to ET, group chief executive of Sterlite Tech said, “We are looking beyond fibre. We... Read More
Reliance JioPhone and also the JioPhone 2 have gained wide popularity and success among the masses because of their budget-friendly prices. Both these JioPhones are powered by UNISOC, the Chinese smartphone chipset maker which is formerly known as Spreadtrum. A report coming from Economic Times claims that the majority of UNISOC’s revenue comes from the sales of the JioPhone. After powering JioPhone, UNISOC is reportedly in talks with homegrown smartphone... Read More
With the entry of Reliance Jio to the postpaid segment, telcos were scared that the new entrant will bring down their ARPU down even more. The Mukesh Ambani-led Jio launched a lone postpaid plan of Rs 199 offering 25GB of data (no carry forward option), unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS per day for a month. Months later, UK-based Vodafone revised its RED range of postpaid plans to match Jio's... Read More
Large telecom operators including Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel have begun rolling out an 'alternate digital KYC process' for new connections, which will replace the Aadhaar-based electronic verification process. Reliance Jio sources indicated that the operator has a plan on alternate digital KYC and will roll it out soon. However, it is not immediately clear if telecom service providers are, for now, continuing Aadhaar eKYC for verification of new... Read More
Within a few month’s time, Reliance Jio gained significant market share in many circles owing to its dirt-cheap offerings and extremely affordable JioPhone. With these strategies, the Mukesh Ambani led telco raked in a lot of subscribers in five circles including Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Assam and Bihar where it now boasts of owning more than 30% market share. However, things might not be all rosy for Reliance Jio... Read More
Over the last few months, telecom operator Reliance Jio has been silent in the tariff department because it's still offering the best prepaid plans in the industry and no other telco has been able to match it. After close to ten months, Reliance Jio has introduced a prepaid plan, but don't get excited as it's an annual plan, not a three-month or monthly prepaid plan. Jio has come up with... Read More
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio in September added over 13 million subscribers to its network, while its rivals Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone together lost over one crore customers, as per industry reports. Jio's subscriber base was 239 million in August this year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) data for August showed. In its financial earnings report for the quarter ended September 2018, the company had claimed its subscribers'... Read More
OpenSignal’s speed test reports for all the telcos in India are out now, and Bharti Airtel has emerged as the winner among all by recording the highest download speeds on 3G and 4G network. In the speed test, Airtel recorded a speed of 7.53 Mbps followed by Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL which averaged speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps and 2.70 Mbps. In the past two... Read More
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