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Chakri K September 7th, 2017 10:56 AM 73 COMMENTS

Mukesh Ambani Appreciates RJIL Employees As the Company Gained 130 Mn Subscribers in Just One Year

It has been already one year since Reliance Jio started offering its services to general public. On September 5, 2017, Reliance Jio Infocomm, led by Mukesh Ambani opened the 4G services to the public in India. And after one year, the same person applauds his employees for breaking so many records and even revealed that the Jio subscriber base has reached 130 million in just one year. The new entrant... Read More

Chakri K August 25th, 2017 4:10 PM 28 COMMENTS

What to Expect from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular in September 2017

India's top three telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular are under tremendous pressure due to the competitive tariff plans offered by Reliance Jio. However, Reliance Jio is all set to begin its next journey of disruption with the smartest feature phone, the JioPhone. With the JioPhone, the newcomer is looking to add more subscribers to its fastest growing subscriber base. At the same time, it's making the... Read More

Sharique R August 21st, 2017 10:08 AM 58 COMMENTS

How Jio Influenced the Recharge Pack Pricing of Incumbents and Changed Paradigm

Gone are the days when telecom subscribers bothered to do recharge twice. One for talktime and another for reducing the call rate which varied as per the telecom circle.The telecom market was flooded with talktime, special tariff vouchers, rate cutters, data packs, and SMS packs back then. It took a great amount of patience for a subscriber to finally zero-in on a suitable recharge offer. The roaming packs offered by... Read More

Chakri K July 18th, 2017 6:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Customer Acquisition Drive Impacting Smaller Telcos in India: Report

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm's customer acquisition drive is impacting smaller telecom operators more than incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Smaller telcos such as Telenor, Aircel, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices and Sistema are either struggling to grow in India or are in a process to sell their operations. These players lost five million users in the first two months of the new financial year. According to... Read More

Sharique R July 16th, 2017 7:26 AM 168 COMMENTS

How Jio Defied The Concept Of STV,RC,ETT And Made It Nearly Impossible For Telecom Operators To Survive?

The Goods and Service Tax (GST) removed all the cascading taxes levied in India and established one nation one tax regime. Reliance Jio has also done something similar in the telecom department because the company has made one nation one recharge possible. Gone are the days when telecom subscribers bothered to do two recharge for voice calling and data. Telecom market was flooded with talk time, special tariff voucher, rate... Read More

Srikapardhi July 2nd, 2017 10:30 PM 35 COMMENTS

India Witnessed Unprecedented Market Disruption Following Jio Entry, but Airtel Managed to Up Revenue Market Share: Sunil Mittal

India saw unprecedented market disruption following the entry of an extremely well capitalised and aggressive new operator [Reliance Jio], Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said in the company's annual report for 2016-2017. Mittal said that the new telco's prolonged free trial offers created massive pressure on industry revenues and margins. Mittal, however, said that Airtel on its part navigated this extraordinary challenge with a... Read More

Srikapardhi June 28th, 2017 10:22 PM 15 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Files 54 Global Patents Last Fiscal: RIL Annual Report

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, has filed a total 54 global patents during 2016-17, according to RIL's annual report for the same year. Jio, however, didn't divulge into more details related to its patents. The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has been developing some products on its own such as JioFi and car router. "I am delighted to report on the achievements of our newest business Jio. Jio has been a... Read More

Srikapardhi June 22nd, 2017 8:04 PM 4 COMMENTS

Govt to Take Corrective Steps for Ensuring Orderly Growth in Telecom Sector: Manoj Sinha

India's telecom minister Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that the government would take corrective steps for ensuring orderly growth in the sector in terms of services to the common man including in rural areas. Sinha's comments come after his meeting with leading telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio, Reliance Communications and Telenor on the financial stress in the sector. Sinha's meeting follows last week's meetings between the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 21st, 2017 6:02 PM 9 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Industry Revenue Falls 11.7 Percent, Courtesy Jio Free Services

The Indian telecom industry's revenues dropped 11.7 percent year-on-year, and 8.5 percent sequentially due to free services by the Mukesh Ambani-led telco Reliance Jio, Jefferies said in a note. "Jio effect was also evident in decline being maximum in metro and A circles where Reliance Jio has a higher penetration, and where the smartphone ecosystem is better developed," it added. Reliance Jio Infocomm has added 3.9 million new subscribers in... Read More

Srikapardhi June 20th, 2017 6:50 AM 75 COMMENTS

82% of Jio Subscribers Using Connection as Secondary SIM: Report

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator may have garnered 112 million subscribers in India, but it still hasn't become the primary service providers for a majority of them, according to Bengaluru-based Velocity MR, which said that only 18% of Jio customers are using their connections as a standalone SIM while 82% are still using it as their second SIM. The agency found free service has been the major reason... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 15th, 2017 7:00 PM 63 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G-VoLTE feature phone priced at Rs. 1500 leaked

After offering ultra-low cost data and free voice plans, Reliance Jio is planning to launch 4G-enabled VoLTE feature phones at Rs. 1500, according to a Twitter user Rajath Kumar K. R. (@rajathkumarkr). The tipster has leaked an image of Jio feature phone on social media platforms. The image leaked shows a normal candy bar mobile phone with a display and keypad. There are dedicated keys allotted for JioTV, MyJio, Jio... Read More

Srikapardhi June 13th, 2017 9:43 PM 145 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 3.9 Million New Users in April 2017, Pips Incumbents

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has added 3.9 million new subscribers in the month of April, taking its overall base to 112.6 million. The telco pipped incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular in terms of user additions in the month, according to latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). However, Jio's user acquisition speed has slowed down from 5.83 million users... Read More