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Rudradeep Biswas November 17th, 2016 2:14 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio tariff plans didn’t violate any rules by offering voice services free of charge: Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, has received a clean chit from the Indian government for its “controversial” tariff plans that offer free unlimited voice calling service, following a similar respite from the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Trai had earlier opined that tariff plans filed by Jio cannot be considered as IUC non-complaint, predatory and discriminatory. According to ET, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha in... Read More

Srikapardhi November 15th, 2016 6:25 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio entry made Vodafone Group write off EUR 5 billion for India unit

In an interesting turn of events, UK-based Telecoms Group Vodafone has recorded non-cash impairment charge of 5.0 billion euros during the first half of the fiscal ended September 30 in respect for its Indian unit. An increased competition due to the entry of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm has resulted in this write-off, the company said. In a statement, Vodafone Group said that the entry of Reliance Jio has entry... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 15th, 2016 4:39 AM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio gives COAI executive meeting a miss to oppose voting norms

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator, decided against attending the Cellular Operators Association of India’s (COAI) quarterly executive committee meeting held on November 11, amid ongoing interconnection capacity issue. COAI represents GSM telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Aircel. Reliance Jio is also a member of the association. Reliance Jio has been asking for a re-haul of COAI’s proportionate voting right rules that is... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 10th, 2016 7:44 PM 86 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio data says 8.5 crore calls failed on November 7

Around 8.5 crore out of over 30 crore call attempts by Reliance Jio subscribers to networks of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular’s respective networks failed on November 7 due to the ongoing points of interconnection (PoI) congestion, according to the latest data released by the 4G telco on its website. The data follows India’s top telcos claims that they have already released adequate interconnection capacity to cater the Mukesh... Read More

Srikapardhi November 3rd, 2016 6:45 PM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s free digital content will drive subscriber addition, data usage: Fitch

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s wide range of offerings, including media and entertainment content will help the telco in subscriber additions and data consumption, which will drive cash generation, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency said that the 4G entrant will face intense competition from the financially strong incumbent Indian telecom players. It however reckoned that falling data tariffs will support significant expansion of overall data consumption in India over... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 2nd, 2016 7:15 PM 35 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio plans to invest another 1 lakh crore to expand network; will install 45K new 4G sites in six months

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator Reliance Jio is planning to invest another Rs 1 lakh crore over a period of four years to expand its network in the country, the telco said while informing the telecom minister Manoj Sinha on its future plans. The telecom operator will also add 45,000 new base stations in next six months. According to Jio, it has invested Rs 1,60,000 crore to install 2,82,000 base... Read More

Zara Ali November 2nd, 2016 3:56 AM 82 COMMENTS

Top 5 smartphones under Rs. 10,000 with massive battery and Jio VoLTE support

Whenever we think about buying a new smartphone, all of us have different features in mind that are mandatory for our usage. The most sought after features that make a good smartphone are - Camera, Design, RAM, Connectivity options and much more. However, an essential element without whom the other features cannot function is - Battery! Given the nature of our jobs these days, most of the buyers vouch for... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 1st, 2016 7:26 PM 46 COMMENTS

VoLTE Explained and Updated List of Jio 4G supported VoLTE Smartphones in India

Now the most sought after feature in any smartphone is the support for VoLTE a.k.a. Voice over Long Term Evolution. As the full-form indicates, VoLTE is all about using the LTE network for the transmission of voice calls. It supports high-definition (HD) voice-calling. Benefits of VoLTE For a layman to understand, here are the benefits of VoLTE technology. The biggest benefit of VoLTE is the call quality. Delivering crystal clear... Read More

Ria Lakshman October 31st, 2016 3:16 AM 76 COMMENTS

Entry of Reliance Jio reduced the price of smartphones, but its speed still disappoints the customers

“Buy 1, Get 1,” free has always been a widely used, successful marketing tactic. Reliance Jio elusively modified it and sold this old wine in a new bottle. By offering everything for free, it successfully grabbed subscribers into its tentacles. The result, it bagged a world record by adding over 16 million subscribers to its network in a month’s time. No matter of its freebie tactic, or the subsequent complaints... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 31st, 2016 4:33 PM 39 COMMENTS

Vivo, HTC, and Intex get Jio Preview offer: Here is the complete list of select models

Reliance Digital has partnered with three more mobile brands to offers its Jio Preview offer. Vivo, HTC, and Intex 4G-enabled smartphones are the newly added brands that will offer Jio 4G Preview offer with unlimited data, calls and messaging for 90 days. This offer is applicable to both new and existing users of all 4G smartphones from HTC, Intex, and Vivo. Now the total number of mobile brands carrying Jio... Read More

Zara Ali August 24th, 2016 5:55 PM 138 COMMENTS

Jio preview offer now extends to Micromax and YU smartphones with free service for 90 days

In yet another move to make services more pervasive, Reliance Jio and Micromax have formed a partnership. With this collaboration, Micromax consumers and YU customers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G service for free for 90 days. As a pre-requisite for the offer, select Micromax, and all the YU smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with a complementary access to unlimited... Read More

Imon June 2nd, 2016 1:27 AM 64 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s official website jio.com can now be accessed by everyone, imports around 20 lacs SIMs

A month ago, Reliance Jio announced the extensive beta testing programme via LYF-JIO preview offer. Now in its latest move, the company has made its website, jio.com accessible to everyone. This new move is in accordance with Jio's lookout for fresh data testers for its programme. As per our sources, we got to know that the company is planning to rope in around 25 lacs beta testers under the preview... Read More