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Rudradeep Biswas January 22nd, 2016 6:28 PM 95 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio pan-India launch likely in April, to generate $1.7 bn revenue by 2016-17-end: Brokerage firm

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio’s pan-India launch of 4G services will happen by April this year, even as the telco seems set to acquire 23% share of India's non-voice market by the end of its fourth year of commercial operations, according to Morgan Stanley. The brokerage said, in a note to clients, that Reliance Jio, which last month launched 4G services for its group employees, will generate $1.7 billion of revenue by... Read More

Kaur G January 20th, 2016 1:00 PM 17 COMMENTS

Here are the bumps in the road that Reliance Jio might face

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has recently launched 4G LTE services for more than 1,00,000 Reliance Group employees, and is likely to launch for consumers very soon. The company is also bringing its own devices under the brand name of Lyf, and they are likely to be available in the market by the end of the month. As the company gets ready for the commercial launch after more than five years... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 19th, 2016 6:15 PM 8 COMMENTS

RIL says Jio has substantially optimized its network

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited said that over 100,000 of its group employees and their families are helping Reliance Jio in creating the best experience for all its future customers, even as Jio has substantially optimized its network, and is currently testing services offerings across the country. The company said that the extensive feedback from trials shall be used to create a compelling service proposition for end customers and optimise... Read More

Chethan S January 19th, 2016 3:03 AM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is planning to raise Rs 15,000 crore through rights issue, the company informed the National Stock Exchange on Monday. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company, in a notice, said that the issue will be open to all existing shareholders. Jio's board has already given a nod for the issuance of equity shares of Rs 10 each aggregating to Rs 15,000 crore to... Read More

Tharun G January 1st, 2016 6:01 PM 70 COMMENTS

Missed Reliance Jio’s launch? Here are all the highlights from the event

After five long years, Reliance has launched its much awaited 'Jio' 4G service, but it's limited to the company's employees for now. The commercial launch has been postponed to March-April 2016. A lot of information about this new company was been revealed at the launch event, which took place at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai. An Introduction To The Reliance Empire The company's Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, started his speech by explaining how Reliance group of companies has changed the life... Read More

Kaur G January 1st, 2016 11:35 AM 7 COMMENTS

Here are the key telecom trends to watch out for in 2016

Here’s wishing all TT readers a very happy and prosperous 2016. As the year 2015 comes to an end, we at Telecom Talk compiled trends for the coming year. Key trends that dominated 2015 were anticipation around launch of Reliance Jio’s launch; Call drops imbroglio; growing ecosystem of 4G; increasing affordability of smartphones besides regulatory guidelines for spectrum sharing and trading. Many of these trends are likely to continue in... Read More

Esmail December 23rd, 2015 3:24 AM 7 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio locks horns with COAI on suggestions for revision of spectrum caps to TRAI

Reliance Jio the ambitious telecom comeback of billionaire Mukesh Ambani seems to have different views on the matter of imposition of spectrum holding caps by telecom operators in a service area. The current norms do not allow an operator to hold more than 25% of the total cumulative spectrum in all bands in a given service area and not more than 50% of the cumulative spectrum available within a particular... Read More

Esmail December 19th, 2015 6:56 PM 28 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio launches high-speed Wi-Fi service ‘Jionet’ in 55 locations across Indore

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), today launched high-speed ‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi service at 55 locations across the Indore city. The service was inaugurated by Honourable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Brilliant Convention Centre, near Vijay Nagar. Visitors will be able to access the Internet through ‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi network. Currently, Jio is providing this service as complimentarily so that customers can experience high-speed internet for free. Reliance ‘Jionet’ Locations In... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 17th, 2015 6:50 PM 31 COMMENTS

Shake-out imminent, but winning the race would be no cake-walk for Reliance Jio

Amid speculations that Reliance Jio’s (RJio) entry will disrupt the whole telecom ecosystem, a school of thought, however, says that entering the market and conquering it would be no cake-walk for the company as it has to face multiple challenges moving ahead. During the Monsoon Hungama offer of Reliance a decade ago, when it took the industry by storm, a large number of people did not have any connection or... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 16th, 2015 12:14 PM 121 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to launch 4G in select areas on December 28: Report

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to launch 4G services by the end of December in some select areas, including Mumbai, according to a note by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoFA-ML). The firm however added that a pan-India commercial start could be delayed till April-June 2016, which would be a relief to incumbent telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular. “In a scenario Jio launches by... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 15th, 2015 11:48 AM 43 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio procuring smartphones from ZTE for Lyf handset brand: Credit Suisse

Chinese handset maker ZTE is currently making VoLTE-ready 4G smartphones for Reliance Jio’s Lyf handset brand, a report by Credit Suisse revealed. The report also said that all the ZTE devices made for Jio’s Lyf brand are powered by Qualcomm chipsets. Currently, only Qualcomm chipsets support VoLTE functionality. Reliance Jio Infocomm is the only pan-Indian 4G operator, and it has recently started beta-testing 4G network by issuing connections to employees... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 9th, 2015 5:05 PM 109 COMMENTS

5 reasons why RJio fear looms large over incumbents

Remember the Reliance group’s ‘Monsoon Hungama’ of 2003, when the new offering took the telecom industry by storm as it offered multimedia mobile phones for a down payment of Rs 500, with three monthly plan options— Budget 149, Budget 249 and Dhirubhai Ambani Pioneer Offer. The offering led to a revolution in the telecom sector and as a result, millions were added to the country’s subscriber base. Now, once again... Read More