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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

Tharun G December 7th, 2015 8:20 AM 122 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio close to launch, asks BSNL to define IUC for emergency calls

Reliance Jio has requested state-run telco BSNL to define Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) for emergency calls such as 100,101,102, and 108, as the Mukesh Ambani's telecom company prepares to launch commercial services in the country shortly. Reliance Jio will be using BSNL network for provision of Level-I services including Emergency services as per latter's letter to BSNL. The letter sent to all BSNL telecom circles, telecom districts, and maintenance regions... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 6th, 2015 11:32 AM 21 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s deployment of 150,000 small cells is largest in the world: Senior VP of Wireless networks

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the country’s only pan-India license holder of broadband wireless spectrum, is deploying 300 small cells per day and plans to increase it to 1,700 small cells in order to meet its long-term goals, according to the company’s Senior VP of Wireless networks, Tareq Amin. RCR Wireless reported that Jio’s network plans include the deployment of 150,000 small cell, which is largest such deployment in the world. “To... Read More

Chhavi November 2nd, 2015 2:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio SVP-Marketing Nikhil Rungta quits

Nikhil Rungta, the Senior Vice President - Marketing of Reliance Jio, has quit the company to join SoftBank-backed realty portal, Housing.com, as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Rungta’s departure is among the high-profile exits from Mukesh-Ambani-owned Reliance Jio, which is preparing to start commercial operations in the country. Sandeep Das and Sumit Chowdhury are some of the high-profile executives who left Jio earlier this year. Rungta served Jio for over... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 1st, 2015 10:44 AM 51 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to be the leading 4G player by 2019-2020: Report

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm will be leading the country’s 4G LTE market with 40 percent market share by 2019-2020, while the share of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular will reach 60 percent by 2019-20, up from 53 percent in 2016-17, a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch said. The brokerage firm however said that Jio may find it difficult to poach high-end subscribers from Airtel, Idea... Read More

Kaur G October 7th, 2015 10:52 AM 32 COMMENTS

Is It Advantage RJio In Battle For 4G Supremacy?

A few months back the incumbents were believed to be in a strong position to put up a good fight against Reliance Jio, which is planning to launch 4G services in December this year. However some recent developments point to a changing scenario, which is fast turning out to be detrimental to the incumbents, especially the top three, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. A key recent development is... Read More