Reliance Jio chairman Mukesh Ambani announced the JioPhone, which aims to bring smartphone features to the candybar form factor. The phone will be given to anyone if they deposit Rs 1500 with the company. The user will get the Rs 1500 back when the device is returned after 36 months. “Net net, you pay nothing […]
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio will make a ‘significant announcement’ about the 4G wireless service provider’s offerings at 11 AM on Friday while delivering his annual speech at its parent’s annual general meeting. A live webcast of Mukesh Ambani’s speech at the AGM, at which he is expected to announce the launch of ultra-cheap […]
Faced with a slowdown due to the emergence of the pan-India competitor Reliance Jio, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has halved the price of its unlimited 2 Mbps DSL broadband plan to 599 per month. The player was earlier offering unlimited 2 Mbps for Rs 1,199. Though cheap by the company’s standards, the earlier offer […]
Netflix, the world’s biggest distributor of movies, ranked Mumbai-based 7 Star cable network and Spectranet, which offers fiber broadband in several cities, as the fastest networks for prime time usage. The average speed available to Netflix was 2.77 Mbps on 7 Star cable and 2.69 Mbps on Spectranet in June, the movie streaming company’s ratings […]
With Reliance Jio raising the price of its 1GB-per-day pack from Rs 309 to Rs 399, Idea Cellular has managed to beat the new operator in this segment, though not by much. Idea Cellular offers 1GB/day for 84 days at Rs 397, making it cheaper by 2 rupees. Though Idea’s scheme is not listed on […]
Most Reliance Jio 4G users have to recharge their phones by Friday, July 14 to continue uninterrupted service. This because the current offer — Summer Surprise or Dhan Dhana Dhan — came into effect on April 16, and will complete 90 days by Friday. The Summer Surprise plan had a validity of 90 days and […]
Today marks the last day of telecom operator Reliance Jio’s Dhan Dhana Dhan promotional offer that triples the validity of 4G recharges on its platform. The offer was unveiled as a promotional scheme on April 11, and according to the law, promotional schemes can be valid only for a period of 90 days, which expires […]
Telecom operator Reliance Communications said companies in the sector are facing cash flow issues due to what it called a ‘go slow’ approach taken by banks in disbursing loans. In an update on its ‘standstill agreement’ with its lenders, which provides it a window of seven months to complete a merger with local units of […]
Reliance Communications launched a virtual private network service over its 4G service for the use of businesses. VPNs use software to create a virtual tunnel between two or more end points on the Internet. Since these are not a real private networks — which would require dedicated connection between different end points — they offer […]
Users of the JioFi, the personal hotspot device from Reliance Jio, will be able to get a new plan that takes the free data offered per day to 5 GB. At present, the highest amount of free data that any user on the 4G service can get is 2 GB, for a payment of around […]
The cloud-based VPS, or virtual private server market in India has seen the entry of several new players in recent months, driving down prices. VPSes are used for various functions, including web hosting, software development and testing. Till about a year ago, prices for VPSes in India were quite high, at around Rs 1,800 per […]
Reliance Jio users are a happier lot than customers of other services, but call drops and network availability remain key concerns, according to a survey conducted by a market research firm Velocity MR. The firm conducted a study among more than 2000 smartphone users across the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad […]
Taking a leaf from new entrant Reliance Jio’s playbook, Vodafone India has announced a ‘truly unlimited’ five-hour data pack for Rs 29. The pack, called Vodafone SuperNight, will work between 1 AM and 6 AM and is open for prepaid customers only. It will work on both 3G and 4G connections and be available for […]
Shares of Reliance Industries rose 3.5% today — an extraordinary move for such a large company — after it emerged that not only did the company not lose subscribers when it made the transition from free to paid services in April, it actually added a few million. The result was that the new entrant had […]
Reliance Jio, the 4G operator is now offering 20% extra data to those who are using its services using a LYF branded handset. In other words, if you are eligible to get 1 GB of data per day, you will get 1.2 GB per day on a LYF device, and those who are on the […]
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications said it disagrees with the decision of agencies Moody’s and Fitch to downgrade the company’s credit rating based on its ‘standstill agreement’ with its lenders. Shares of RCom fell 4% to Rs 19.30 on the National Stock Exchange today as a result of the ratings action yesterday. “We respectfully disagree with […]
Sun Direct, the DTH arm of Sun TV, could end up benefiting from the financial troubles faced by Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications. Speaking to media yesterday, Reliance Communications top honchos said the company was looking at various ways to reduce debt, including a sale of its DTH business. However, DTH services are notoriously difficult […]
Tamil Nadu-based Adpay Mobile Payment will formally launch its mobile services on Tuesday in a tie-up with state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. The company, which will operate on the MVNO model, has sent out press invites for the inauguration function to be held on Tuesday. Under the MVNO or mobile virtual network operator model, a […]
Bharti Airtel said it received the approval of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, BSE and National Stock Exchange of India for its proposed merger with Telenor India. Bharti Airtel further stated that Telenor India and Airtel have today filed the joint company application before the New Delhi Bench of the National Company Law […]
Anil Ambani Group’s telecom arm Reliance Communications said it has ‘formally’ communicated to its lenders that it will pay an amount of Rs 25,000 cr to them on or before Sept 30. The latest statement from the telecom operator comes as a way of reassuring investors and lenders that it is serious about paying back […]
