Reliance Jio has just announced a tariff hike. The existing popular plans have been made a little more expensive, and the new plans will come into effect from July 3, 2024. The base Rs 155 plan has been bumped up to Rs 189, which is a hike of 22%. The surprising thing is that this hike has been announced by Jio before Bharti Airtel. The telco has announced tariff hikes... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, spent the least in the 2024 spectrum auction. The telco said that it acquired spectrum in the 1800 MHz band in two circles - Bihar and West Bengal. The 1800 MHz band is used by the telco to offer 4G services. Reliance Jio's spectrum footprint has increased to 26,801 MHz (uplink + downlink) after this auction. The telco spent a total of Rs 973.63... Read More
The Indian government has commenced the spectrum auction today at 10 am to enhance telecommunications services across India, the Ministry of communications said. The Spectrum Auction 2024 will see the participation from three Indian private telecom service providers: Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio Infocomm. The total spectrum being auctioned amounts to 10,522.35 MHz across various bands, valued at Rs 96,238.45 crore at reserve prices. Also Read: India Spectrum... Read More
Reliance Jio's AirFiber or 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) service is now available for customers in many parts of the country. Jio says it is now available in close to 7000 towns and cities. The only issue that many people have felt with the AirFiber connection is the FUP (fair usage policy) data limit of 1TB. While it is still quite a lot, there can be a scenario where a user... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has four prepaid plans on offer that come with 2.5GB of daily data. However, out of these, three plans come with a service validity of 365 days. In the short term, there is a plan for with 30 days validity, and it is quite an interesting offer. This plan costs Rs 349 and is not a new offering. The Rs 349 plan offers you... Read More
Reliance Jio was the lone telecom operator in India which saw its active subscriber base going up in April 2024. The data was shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its monthly performance indicator report. Jio added 3.06 million active users in April 2024. That took Jio's total active user base to 433.42 million. In addition to this, the total subscriber base of Jio stood at 472.42... Read More
Reliance Jio is reportedly experiencing a major service outage across India, with its services down. Jio users nationwide have complained about being unable to use the network, affecting access to key internet applications such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X and Google, among others, across the country. According to data from Downdetector, a significant 57 percent of the complaints are related to issues with JioFiber for internet connectivity. Also Read:... Read More
Reliance Jio and SES joint venture, Orbit Connect has received the crucial landing rights and market access authorisation from IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Center). Orbit Connect is owned 51% by Jio and 49% by SES. According to an ET report, IN-SPACe has granted the necessary approvals to Orbit Connect for offering commercial services to customers in India. Orbit Connect is looking to get the trial spectrum from... Read More
Reliance Jio's 5G FWA (Fixed-Wireless Access) service, branded as Jio AirFiber, is now available in 6,956 towns and cities in India. The telco is working to expand it to every city and town where it is currently offering 5G to users. Jio has confirmed that its AirFiber users can connect up to 120 devices with the Wi-Fi connection that is provided. Since the telco has not mentioned any minimum speed... Read More
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio has listed its new EV charging solution, JioEV Aries, on Amazon. According to the product description on the e-commerce portal, it is a universal Type 2 charging connector compatible with all electric and plug-in hybrid cars. The JioEV Aries Wallbox for electric cars comes with CE and ARAI certifications and has a charging capacity of 7.4 kW, suitable for overnight charging of electric vehicle batteries.... Read More
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has entered India's USD 100 billion market cap club, driven by its mobile business, CLSA said in a report. With this India now has four companies with a market cap of over USD 100 billion. Bharti's strong India mobile growth, backed by management execution, is driving this mega corporation with 562 million subscribers (406 million in India) across 16 countries, CLSA said. Also Read: T20... Read More
Reliance Jio only has one no-daily data limit prepaid plan. While we hope the telco adds more options in this segment, the current one is a great value deal too. We are talking about the Rs 296 plan from Jio. This offering has been in Jio's portfolio for a long time, and the best thing is that it also comes with unlimited 5G data. There are no major OTT (over-the-top)... Read More
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