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
Reliance Industries' acquisition of majority stakes in multiple system operators (MSOs) Hathway Cable & Datacom and DEN Networks augurs well for all the three firms but will have a negative impact on broadcasters and direct-to-home (DTH) players, according to India Ratings. In a move aimed at becoming the largest player in the broadband as well as the cable TV and DTH market, Reliance Industries (RIL) earlier this month said it... Read More
From driving a car in Mumbai sitting in the national capital to flying drones equipped with facial recognition capabilities, Reliance Jio on Thursday displayed potential uses of high-speed 5G network technology. On the opening day of India Mobile Congress (IMC), richest Indian Mukesh Ambani's Jio- the world's largest and fastest growing mobile data network -- together with Ericsson demonstrated trial 5G network to drive a car prototyped at Reliance Corporate... Read More
After catapulting India to being the world's largest mobile data consuming nation, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said Jio's fibre-based broadband offering could place the country among the top three nations in fixed broadband from a low rank of 135 currently. He also said India has moved from the 155th rank in mobile broadband penetration to being the number one nation in mobile data consumption in the world in... Read More
Reliance Jio has introduced a new prepaid plan after nearly ten months. As always, the telco has introduced the best yearly prepaid plan in the industry. Yes, I am speaking about the newly launched Rs 1,699 annual plan. Unlike the other plans that we have talked about here, this new plan comes with a long-term validity, as much as a year-long, but unlike the earlier launched yearly prepaid plans from... Read More
Reliance Industries Limited, the parent company of Reliance Jio today released its telecom arm's financial results for the quarter that ended on September 30, 2018. During the quarter, Jio reported a standalone net profit of Rs 681 crore and the company posted a net loss of Rs 271 crore during the same period a year ago. On a quarterly basis, its profit grew around 11% from Rs 612 crore in... Read More
To ramp up its operations for Reliance Jio GigaFiber and to establish robust last mile connectivity, Reliance Industries Limited, the holding company of Reliance Jio will buying stakes in cable TV and broadband service provider companies Hathway Datacom and DEN Networks. This buyout would help the telecom entrant in gearing up for full-blown execution of its audacious plans for the Reliance Jio GigaFiber high-speed internet service. Acquisition Crucial for GigaFiber... Read More
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