FULL TEXT: Mukesh Ambani’s speech on Reliance Jio launch and features

The following is the full text of RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s speech delivered today at Reliance Industries’ annual general meeting in Mumbai. Dear Shareholders, I start with the newest and youngest member of the Reliance family – Jio. Let me begin my words with a dedication. In the journey of time, there comes a few […]

GUESS WHAT | Airtel is still cheaper than Reliance Jio for heavy, professional data users

Reliance Jio today did an impressive job of sweeping most people in the country off their feet with ultra-low tariffs, including an offer for unlimited voice calling at Rs 149 and unlimited 4G downloading at night for Rs 499 per month. But there’s one group of customers who are less than happy, perhaps even feeling […]

RELIANCE JIO’S NEW PLANS: Unlimited Voice at 149, unlimited data at 499

Reliance Jio, India’s news telecom operator, today announced a new plan under which users can enjoy unlimited voice calls and 4G night data for just Rs 499, making it the cheapest telecom offering in the country. At present, no other telecom operator offers unlimited, full-speed 4G. In addition, users also get 4 GB of day-time […]

Mukesh Ambani calls on rivals to compete fairly

As expected, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries called on rivals like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea to compete fairly with the company and provide voice interconnection points. Ambani said Jio customers have suffered 5 cr call failures in the last one week due to the lack of interconnection points. Interconnection points are the ‘joints’ […]

Reliance Jio MNP starts on Sept 5, tariffs unveiled

Mukesh Ambani today said Jio Digital, India’s latest telecom service, will start full commercial operations from September 5, implying that you will be able to port your number using MNP to Jio’s network starting from next Monday. However, the company has been facing huge issues in processing customer application forms in recent days, slowing down new […]

LIVE UPDATES – Mukesh Ambani launches Reliance Jio at RIL AGM

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, is speaking to shareholders at the 42nd annual general meeting of the company today. The following are the key points of his speech. This is a live updated feed of the most important parts of his speech as regards the commercial launch of Reliance Jio. Please refresh this page […]

WATCH LIVE: Mukesh Ambani at Reliance Industries AGM to unveil Jio plans and tariff details

Taking a cue from other consumer-facing brands, Reliance Industries has decided to provide live streaming of Mukesh Ambani’s much expected speech at the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday. NOTE:THIS IS FROM SEPTEMBER. GO TO THIS PAGE FOR TODAY’S SPEECH The live transmission of the speech “will go LIVE tomorrow as soon as RIL’s CMD Shri Mukesh […]

Airtel merges 4G spectrum in Mumbai to increase download speed

Bharti Airtel has brought advanced 4G technology that conjoins the different blocks of spectrum it has in Mumbai circle, about six months after it introduced the technology to Kerala. With this, Mumbai has become the second circle where the company has introduced ‘carrier aggregation’ technology, a part of LTE Advanced standard. “The deployment will result […]

Reliance Jio extends preview offer to corporate employees

Reliance Jio, the start-up telecom operator led by Mukesh Ambani, has now started giving SIM cards with its three-month preview offer to corporate employees, according to people who have received such connections. “It is three month unlimited and all employees got it,” said a person working in a Mumbai-based financial services company. This marks an […]

Reliance Jio preview offer runs into activation delays as outlets swamped with CAFs

While long lines of people queuing up outside Reliance Digital outlets for preview SIM cards may be good news for Jio, it has also meant long delays in activation of these cards. At least some Reliance Digital outlets are unable to cope with the huge demand and are struggling to process and scan the documents […]

Why Airtel, Idea and Vodafone desperately want Reliance Jio to reveal its tariff

If you believe the current fight between incumbent operators like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone on the one hand and Reliance Jio on the other is about everyone paying the same taxes, think again. While the Cellular Operators’ Association of India, which is batting for the big three operators, has focused its attack on […]

Vodafone launches 4G in Haryana; UP-East, Gujarat and West Bengal to follow

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication services providers, launched its 4G service in Haryana, starting with Karnal and Panipat. The service will be rolled out across Haryana over the next few months, the company said. As part of the promotions, customers buying greater than 1GB packs will get twice the data allowance and unlimited […]

FREE SIMS for EVERYONE: How Reliance Jio totally sandbagged Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular via its preview offer

Today, Reliance Digital stores across the country are seeing long queues of customers waiting to get free SIMs with three months of unlimited data and voice calls. “We are taking about half an hour to complete the process for each person,” said an employee at a Digital store in Kerala. “There are customers waiting. Please be […]

INTERCONNECT: How Incumbents are taking one last stand against Reliance Jio

As any trial user of Reliance Jio’s new 4G network knows, calling phones on rival networks is currently a hit and miss affair with a high chance of being greeted with the ‘all routes are currently busy’ message. It’s the oldest trick in the book that incumbents have traditionally used to thwart new entrants — […]