Days after Reliance Communications unveiled a plan that offers unlimited calls at Rs 150 per month, India’s biggest telecom operator has come up with something very similar to take on both RCom, Reliance Jio and an upcoming plan from BSNL. Bharti Airtel has announced two new plans — one that offers unlimited Airtel to Airtel […]
In what can only be called a highly disruptive move, Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications has made all voice calls in India free for those who recharge with a coupon of Rs 149 per month. The impact of the move will be greater than that of Reliance Jio’s similar tariff, as this tariff is valid on […]
Reliance Jio’s free Welcome Offer will not be extended beyond Dec 31, despite widespread media reports saying that it will be. “There is practically zero chance of it getting extended,” said a marketing official working for the company in Kerala. “If there were to be any such thing, we would have got to know by […]
Reliance Communications, which will merge its wireless operations with Aircel in the coming months, has released its international calling app Reliance Global Call in India. Somewhat similar to the Jio4G Voice app, the app helps you make international calls using RCom’s network using your data connection. Call rates are as low as Rs 1.4 per […]
Aircel, which will merge with Reliance Communications in about six months, announced new recharge coupons that will cut outoing call rates for its Mumbai customers. The Rs 78 coupon will cut call rates to other Aircel users to 10 paise, including STD calls. Calls to non-Aircel users will cost 25 paise per minute. However, the […]
The interconnection dispute between Reliance Jio and incumbent operators like Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel has been “largely resolved,” an official with one of the incumbent operators said. “We have provided enough points to avoid any congestion-related problems in the foreseeable future,” said an official with one of the three incumbents. According to the […]
Whenever companies in a protected market become complacent, disruption is not far off in the form of a revolutionary newcomer. India’s telecom biggies — lulled into complacency with copy-cat products and tariffs — are now undergoing a mega disruption in the form of Reliance Jio’s entry. While Bharti Airtel has responded by cutting its data price […]
The entry of Reliance Jio, part of Reliance Industries, into the Indian telecoms market will be credit negative for the incumbents – especially smaller telcos – and could fundamentally change how telecom services are sold in India, said Fitch Ratings. “Jio’s tariff plans may gradually push the market toward “data-only plans”, under which customers are […]
Reliance Jio unveiled tariffs today that seem targeted one key aim — disrupt the businesses of its rivals. To this end, the company has made voice calling — the bread and butter of its rivals — totally free to anyone who buys a data pack of at least 300 MB per month (Rs 149). Not […]
With only three more days to go before Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani makes his once-in-a-year speech to his shareholders, there is strong expectations that Reliance Jio — the group’s telecom arm — will make its commercial launch date and other details public on the day. Ambani typically uses Reliance Industries’ annual general meeting (AGM) […]
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India removing termination charges for calls from landlines, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has announced that its landline users can make unlimited calls to any network in India from 9 pm till 7 am. This is, by far, the cheapest such scheme available in India. Usually, companies charge around […]
Aircel Cellular unveiled a new scheme under which users can make STD calls for just 10 paise per minute to other Aircel customers. For this, they have to recharge with Rs 71 for a validity of 28 days. Recently, the company launched roaming and local calls @ 10p/min. The pack will be called Uniting India […]
Reliance Jio is potentially a formidable competitor in India’s telecom sector, credit rating agency Moody’s said, saying the ratings of all telecom companies will be impacted negatively due to the launch of services by Reliance Jio next year. “It will enter the Indian telecom space as a well-capitalized entity, supported by the financial muscle of […]
After its spectacular success in porting in high-spending customers using its unlimited voice, data and SMS offer at an effective cost of around Rs 500 per month, Reliance Communications has decided to forge ahead aggressively with an cheap 40-paise-per-minute offer for all India customers. Under the new scheme, roaming charges will not apply. This is […]
Uninor, the Indian unit of Norway’s Telenor, reported a 67.3% year-on-year jump in operating profits (EBITDA) for the three months ended December 2013. The company also said revenue from its six operating states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Goa rose by 35.8% during the three months. They increased 15% in Norwegian […]
It was much speculated whether the increase in mobile call tariffs over the last nine months would be beneficial or harmful for the telecom industry. The version that the telecom industry sold us was that it would be beneficial, as there was very little ‘elasticity’ in demand. Low elasticity means that even if the price […]
