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April 14th, 2018 11:00 AM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Raises $500 Million via Samurai Term Loan and Rs 2,500 Crore via Domestic Bonds

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL), the child company of Reliance Industries, has signed a JPY 53.5 Billion ($500 Million) Samurai Term Loan with seven-year bullet maturity (the “Facility”). The Facility is guaranteed by Reliance Industries Limited and will be used for funding RJIL’s ongoing capital expenditure. This deal represents the largest Samurai loan for an Asian corporate. The Facility has been fully underwritten by Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd. and... Read More

April 12th, 2018 9:48 AM 25 COMMENTS

After 4G Feature Phone, Reliance Jio in Talks to Launch Laptops With Cellular Connectivity

After launching their own 4G feature phone (JioPhone), Reliance Jio’s next big move to increase its average revenue per user seems to be a laptop with a SIM card. The Mukesh Ambani led telecom major is in talks with US-based chipmaker Qualcomm to bring out laptops running Windows 10 with built-in cellular connections for the Indian market. The Qualcomm laptops will apparently be bundled with Jio 4G connections. Qualcomm is... Read More

April 10th, 2018 5:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio and ACT Fibernet Partner With Google for Data Offers on Google Home Speakers

Google, earlier today launched its smart speakers- the Google Home and the Google Home Mini. To make the speakers more attractive, Google has partnered with telecom operator Reliance Jio and Internet Service Provider ACT Fibernet. As part of the partnership, ACT Fibernet will offer bundled special plans for its customers, while Jio is offering free JioFi hotspot device along with 100GB free data on the first recharge. Furthermore, ACT Fibernet... Read More

April 7th, 2018 10:29 AM 105 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Deploy Pre-5G Massive MIMO Technology in Delhi and Mumbai IPL 2018 Venues

After Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio has now said that it will deploy 4G advanced Massive MIMO technology in Delhi and Mumbai stadiums to deliver faster 4G speeds for the users watching the matches live from the venue. Massive MIMO technology will provide more than five times the capacity in a 30 MHz wide band spectrum so that it can accommodate more users and avoid congestion. The IPL stadiums in Delhi... Read More

April 6th, 2018 4:04 PM 30 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Permits RCom to Proceed With Full Asset Sale to Reliance Jio

Reliance Communications (RCom), headed by Anil Ambani, yesterday received good news as the Supreme Court has vacated the stay on the sale of spectrum to the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio. As part of the massive asset monetisation, Reliance Jio to acquire assets of RCom under four categories- Towers, Optic Fiber Cable Network (OFC), Spectrum and Media Convergence Nodes (MCN). This deal was announced way back in December 2017, but the... Read More

April 4th, 2018 4:38 PM 14 COMMENTS

RBI Grants Approval to Reliance Jio for Jio Payments Bank

Catching up on the growing fintech and payments scene, Reliance Jio has also confirmed their plans to start ‘Jio Payments Bank’ last year. And the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Tuesday, officially announced that Jio Payments Bank had commenced operations starting April 3, 2018. The Reserve Bank of India in their official statement said: "The Reserve Bank has issued a licence to the bank under Section 22 (1) of... Read More

April 4th, 2018 2:59 PM 6 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio to Raise $5.6 Billion by Bonds: Report

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio being the top telecom operators in the country are now preparing for the upcoming telecom war that seems to be heating up in the country. According to Bloomberg’s report Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal might raise as much as 365 Billion Rupees ($5.6 billion) selling bonds, this strategy is supposed to build a stable financial cash pile for the telcos to help them soar... Read More

March 30th, 2018 7:18 PM 100 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Subscriber Base Crosses 175 Million, Announces Free Renewal of JioPrime for Existing Users

Well, Reliance Jio has just announced that its subscriber base has crossed 175 million and to celebrate that, the company has announced massive thing for its existing subscribers. Reliance Jio, as expected has announced the free renewal of JioPrime membership for existing JioPrime subscribers for another 12 months. For the existing JioPrime members, Jio has renewed the membership until March 31, 2019, but the new customers still have to make... Read More

March 26th, 2018 8:26 AM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone’s Rs 799 Prepaid Plan Compared to Reliance Jio’s Rs 799 Plan

In the telecom feud against each other, charged by competitive pricing from the telecom operators the users have found themselves lost between a plethora of data plans to choose from. In a recent development of events, after Airtel started making headlines with their attractive tariff plans, Vodafone decided to triple down on their branding by announcing two new data packs. The two Vodafone packs, which are priced at Rs 549... Read More

March 24th, 2018 12:56 PM 95 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Averages 8.1 Mbps in Trai’s 4G Drive Tests Conducted Across Mysore and Nagpur

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) now released its report on Independent Drive Tests conducted in four cities- Indore, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur and Mysore. Trai conducted these tests between October 9, 2017, to December 30, 2017. And guess what, Bharti Airtel has achieved an average 4G download speed of 8.125 Mbps during the independent tests. On the other hand, Reliance Jio, the LTE-only network averaged 5.35 Mbps only. Idea Cellular... Read More

March 23rd, 2018 8:42 PM 8 COMMENTS

JioMusic to Be Combined With Saavn to Form India’s Largest Platform for Music and Media

Reliance Industries, the parent company of Reliance Jio today announced a strategic transaction with popular music streaming service Saavn. Under the agreements made, the digital music service of the company, JioMusic will be combined with that of Saavn. And the combined entity is valued at over USD 1 Billion, with JioMusic’s implied valuation at USD 670 million. "The integrated business will be developed into a media platform of the future... Read More

March 23rd, 2018 4:05 PM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Subscriber Base Reaches 168.4 Million at the End of January 2018

Reliance Jio continues its authority in the new subscriber addition every month. As per the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for the month of January 2018, the Mukesh Ambani-led telco has added a whopping 8.3 million new subscribers, taking its overall subscriber base to 168.413628 million. Other incumbent telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular added 1.5 million, 1.2 million and 1.1 million... Read More

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