October 16th, 2017 2:57 PM 39 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Second Batch of Bookings to Begin After Diwali: Report

Reliance Jio to resume the pre-bookings of the JioPhone right after Diwali according to a new report. Before resuming the pre-bookings, the company will first deliver the JioPhones for six million customers who booked the device in the first phase. To recall, the first phase of booking for JioPhone was conducted by the company in August, and it took more than 45 days for the brand to deliver the JioPhones.... Read More

September 30th, 2017 9:50 PM 64 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Officially Confirmed to Deliver Six Million JioPhones by Diwali

Well, here's the news finally six million users have been waiting for. Reliance Jio's Twitter customer support team today confirmed that JioPhones will be delivered to six million users who have pre-booked the device by Diwali. Earlier this month, Jio said that it will start delivering the JioPhones starting Navratri, and a recent rumour also stated that the company has started shipping the devices. Tweets from Reliance Jio official handle... Read More

September 25th, 2017 10:48 AM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Deliveries Reportedly Started: How to Track Your Order

Reliance JioPhone, the feature phone which is making waves in the Indian market is now reportedly said to be shipping to the pre-booked customers. For the unaware, the Reliance JioPhone was announced at the Reliance Industries AGM meeting in July 2017 with an effective price of Rs. 1,500. A PTI report cites that the delivery of Reliance JioPhone will begin from rural areas and small towns before it reaches urban... Read More

August 22nd, 2017 11:19 AM 15 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Likely to Launch a 4G Smartphone Under Rs. 2,500 Before Diwali: Report

India's leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel is reportedly in advanced talks with handset makers for launching a 4G smartphone priced around Rs. 2,500. Airtel is looking to announce this smartphone around Diwali, with bundled data and voice minutes. This move will put Airtel in competition with the new entrant Reliance Jio's JioPhone. A report from Economic Times says that the device will be co-promoted by Bharti Airtel and the handset... Read More

August 15th, 2017 7:59 PM 64 COMMENTS

“Reliance JioPhone Likely to Cause Further Erosion in Revenue For Existing Operators,” Writes Vodafone to Telecom Commission: Report

Reliance JioPhone is now up for beta testing for Reliance employees and some other people. The feature phone will be up for pre-booking from August 24, and the first sale will take place in the first week of September. Before the pre-booking itself, India' second largest telecom player, Vodafone wrote a letter to telecom commission claiming that the 'effective free phone' will further dent the revenues of telecom operators. "This... Read More

August 3rd, 2017 7:20 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Likely to Counter JioPhone With Own Bundled 4G Feature Phones: JP Morgan

Incumbent telcos like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are likely to counter JioPhone proposition by tying up with handset vendors to bring to the market their versions of the VoLTE feature phone, a JP Morgan report said. The report added that the new product to counter Jio is more likely to hit the market once these telcos have a threshold VoLTE network up and running. Delay in VoLTE launch by... Read More

July 25th, 2017 7:04 AM 18 COMMENTS

JioPhone Not as Disruptive as Feared, Target Base Limited: Analysts

Investment banking firm Jefferies said the pricing of JioPhone and the plan is not as disruptive as feared, but it will still be able to pose a stiff challenge to incumbents to protect their subscriber market share. JioPhone, which was introduced last week, is priced at Rs. 1500 and will be available in September this year. The price for this phone will be collected as a fully refundable deposit, refundable... Read More

July 24th, 2017 4:56 PM 6 COMMENTS

JioPhone to Help Reverse Recent Decline in Industry Revenue: Fitch

Reliance Jio's cheap 4G handset, JioPhone, is set to accelerate internet adoption in India and should help reverse the recent decline in telecoms industry revenue, Fitch Ratings said. The phone will also allow Jio to gain revenue market share as it allows the telco to attract first-time 4G users. Fitch said that Jio's 4G handset is likely to quickly replace 2G handsets in rural areas, where smartphones had previously been... Read More

July 24th, 2017 12:35 PM 18 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Will Spurn Severe Net Neutrality Issues: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) recently announced the JioPhone, a feature phone with 4G LTE & VoLTE support. The company is looking to disrupt the Indian telecom market yet again with the JioPhone because it's priced at Rs. 0 (although Rs. 1,500 security deposit has to be everyone). And today, analysts say that the complete product details are not revealed by RJIL, which has become a worry for feature phone makers... Read More

July 23rd, 2017 5:34 PM 76 COMMENTS

Things You Must Know About the Reliance JioPhone Priced at Rs. 0

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) recently announced the smartest ever feature phone- the JioPhone at an effective price of Rs. 0. Well, every customer has to pay a security deposit amount of Rs. 1,500, which is completely refundable after three years- but there's a catch. There are several things about the JioPhone which the company did not mention at the AGM meeting. Let's check out all the unmentioned things at the... Read More

July 21st, 2017 1:06 PM 183 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Announced at an Effective Price of Rs. 0; Available for Preorder from August 24, But There’s a Catch

At the Reliance Industries 40th Annual General Meeting, Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of the company has announced the world's most powerful feature phone. Dubbed as the JioPhone, this feature phone is aimed to make the 2G feature phone obsolete. That said, Mukesh Ambani is also calling the JioPhone as 'India ka Intelligent SmartPhone.' So, the mystery is now unfolded, and Jio has officially announced the much awaited 4G VoLTE supported... Read More

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