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Rudradeep Biswas December 5th, 2016 5:51 AM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio doesn’t need COAI intervention over interconnection issue: Report

Reliance Jio’s reluctance to discuss interconnection by involving the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has impacted the latter’s efforts to resolve the contentious inter-connection or PoI issue, the GSM body told a parliamentary panel. The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator held that the COAI’s intervention is not warranted on a "bilateral matter", A PTI report said. The COAI has written to Anurag Singh Thakur, Chairman of Standing Committee on Information... Read More

Srikapardhi November 28th, 2016 9:23 PM 51 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio now has over 50 million users in India, says report

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the 4G entrant, has reportedly crossed 50 million subscriber mark, and is continuously growing its base to quickly touch the 100 million user bark before the fiscal year end. According to the Economic Times, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has crossed 50 million mark on November 26, 2016, and has been adding an average 6 lakh customers per day, having launched commercial operations on September 5. The... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 28th, 2016 5:22 PM 66 COMMENTS

Update: Jio approaches CCI to file complaint against Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular: Report

Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator has approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to file a complaint against incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for abusing their dominance and cartelization. A report by Bloomberg Quint on Monday said that Jio filed the complaint on the basis of a letter written by the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to the Department of Telecom... Read More

Zara Ali November 21st, 2016 5:56 PM 56 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio SIM Home Delivery Finally Kicks Off with an Invite-based Pilot Programme

Taking up from the rumours that hinted about Jio's upcoming home delivery service, Reliance Jio has finally launched a pilot programme to deliver the Jio SIM cards at your doorstep. For now, the company is launching the service in the main cities of India to save the buyers from standing in long queues for getting the SIM card. Under the programme, select customers would be allowed to get the SIM... Read More

Srikapardhi November 19th, 2016 5:05 AM 199 COMMENTS

Jio sees a slowdown in customer addition due to bad customer experience, may miss 100-million target

Slowing data speeds and weakening customer experience has resulted in a slowdown in customer addition for Reliance Jio Infocomm, which now could miss its target of reaching 100 million 4G customers by December-end, according to a note by Motilal Oswal, which estimated the telco’s pan-India customer base at 35-40 million. The brokerage said that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco’s subscriber run rate has also gone down below 50% due to challenges... Read More

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