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Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2017 12:26 PM 37 COMMENTS

Here’s How Indian Telecom Operators Are Offering Better Deals in Prepaid When Compared to Postpaid

It’s been not more than six months since the inception of Reliance Jio in the Indian telecom sector, and it has already changed the entire telecom scene in the country. With free 4G data, unlimited voice calls to any network within India, and free access to various other services in the offering, Reliance Jio has literally urged other telecom operators in the country to cut down the prices for their... Read More

Srikapardhi March 8th, 2017 10:08 PM 54 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio underreported its revenue by Rs 63.77 crore for three fiscal years: Draft Audit Report

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, which has catalysed the Indian telecom market by offering free services since September last year, allegedly underreported its revenue by Rs 63.77 crore for three fiscal years to March 2015, according to a five-page report, prepared by the director general of audit for post and telecommunications. The report dated February 22, reviewed by the Economic Times, said that Jio underreported its revenue by not including realised... Read More

Srikapardhi March 4th, 2017 6:03 AM 105 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio makes Prime plans more attractive with additional 4G data benefit

Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator, is constantly making efforts to sweeten its offerings for existing over 100 million customers and potential new customers even before its Prime plans go live on April 1, 2017. In the wake of recent promotional offers by incumbents like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular to counter Jio’s prime offer, the Mukesh Ambani-led telco has on Friday launched a buy one get one free... Read More

Chakri K March 2nd, 2017 6:21 AM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio and Team F1 Networks Mutually to Launch Fixed Line Digital Service in India

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, the subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has built a world-class all-IP data secure future-proof network with latest 4G LTE technology in India. TeamF1 Networks ("TeamF1"), a subsidiary of D-Link Limited and a leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, today announced its partnership with Jio for delivering a state-of-the-art home gateway solution, joint reference solutions for seamless "connected-home" experience for Media,... Read More

Chakri K March 1st, 2017 3:18 PM 216 COMMENTS

Non-JioPrime Users to Get 2.5GB of 4G Valid for 28 Days with the Rs. 303 Pack

Reliance Jio, the high-flying telecom network has changed the entire telecom sector scenario in India. With the pressure of Reliance Jio's free services, Bharti Airtel, the India's largest telecom network has completely scrapped the domestic roaming recently and the changes will be effective from April 1, 2017. With the Jio 4G services set to end on March 31, 2017, the company's chairman and chief person, Mukesh Ambani recently announced a... Read More

Srikapardhi March 1st, 2017 8:24 AM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio gives new deal to Cisco for capacity expansion amid data growth

Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator, has given a new capacity expansion contract for its all-IP converged network to US-based Cisco. The announcement follows a contract to Airspan for the deployment of small cell across the country. Reliance Jio recently crossed 100 million customer milestone within 170 days of commercial launch. Cisco has been an old partner of Reliance Jio having deployed IP equipment for the 4G telco's data centres,... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 28th, 2017 12:03 PM 116 COMMENTS

Airtel counters Jio Prime offer with new bundled packs with aggressive pricing

Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has reportedly launched two aggressive bundled plans at Rs 145 and Rs 349 to counter Reliance Jio’s Prime offer, which will offer unlimited voice calls and 1 GB data per day at just Rs 303 starting April 1. Jio Prime subscription offer will be limited only to the existing 100 Million subscribers, and new users coming before... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 27th, 2017 10:36 PM 30 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio says its small cell network carrying over 350 TB of data, 5 million VoLTE calls daily

Reliance Jio’s 4G LTE small cell network comprising thousands of Airspan small cells is carrying more than 350 TB of data and terminating more than five million VoLTE calls daily, the company said in a statement. The 4G entrant, which is now serving over 100 million customers across India, said that its small cell deployment would help its self-healing Heterogeneous Network or HetNeT to transition to 5G technology seamlessly. Jio... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 25th, 2017 7:16 AM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group Sees Reliance Jio as Formidable Adversary in Indian Telecom Market, Says Chief Executive Vittorio Colao

Vodafone Group sees Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio as a formidable adversary in India’s fiercely competitive telecom market, which has forced the telecom group to cut the value of its India unit by Rs 36,448 crore. According to an Economic Times report, Vodafone Plc chief executive Vittorio Colao has asked business heads of the Indian unit to leave no stone unturned in combating Reliance Jio... Read More

Srikapardhi February 25th, 2017 5:21 AM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Tariff Plan to Improve Industry-Wide ARPU Over Longer Term: Moody’s

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's tariff plan beginning April 1 this year will improve industry-wide average revenue per user over the longer term, but intense price competition is expected to persist over the next few quarters, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “…we still expect intense price competition to persist over the next few quarters, as incumbents such as Bharti, Vodafone India (unrated) and Idea Cellular respond in efforts to protect their... Read More

Esmail February 24th, 2017 9:00 PM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Aims to Disrupt Taxi Space With App-Based Taxi Service: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has disrupted the Indian telecom space with free data and voice services, pushing other telecom operators to consider merger and acquisition strategies, is now planning to disrupt India’s taxi space with the launch of an app-based taxi service. Reliance Jio Cabs, expected to be launched as early as this year. Reliance Jio claims to be a digital company than mere... Read More