Reliance Group on Tuesday launched its Internet-of-Things offering Unlimit. IoT is jargon for a connected world in which appliances and equipment are connected to the Internet and managed remotely. Reliance Communications had announced an IoT partnership Jasper Technologies, later taken over by Cisco Systems Inc, last year. Separately, the company said it will soon add […]
Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications is all set to make a ‘major announcement’ in Mumbai tomorrow, the company said in an invite for journalists. Though the exact nature of the announcement was not revealed, it is being suggested that the company is likely to unveil something related to its ongoing merger with Aircel Cellular, even though the invite sounds […]
Hit by competition from Reliance Jio’s 4G services, Tata DoCoMo has halved the price of its 1 GB 3G pack to just Rs 98 from Rs 195 earlier. The new pack is being offered under the ‘My Best Offer’ service that users can activate by pressing *123# on their mobile phones. The company has 3G […]
Even as the average speed of Bharti Airtel remain high, the total number of people who conducted 4G speed tests from Airtel’s network is only 3% of total number of people who were conducting similar tests from Jio. In fact, Jio users accounted for 91% of the total 4G speedtests conducted using TRAI’s ‘My Speed’ […]
In an attempt to gather more information about actual Internet speeds experienced by its customers, Reliance Jio has placed 14 servers on Ookla’s bandwidth testing service. With this, Jio users can test their speed using either the Ookla app, or speedtest.net website. The move has come in the wake of criticism that many of its […]
Hit by competition from Reliance Jio, rivals Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are exploring the possibility of making voice calls ‘totally free’ under their upcoming VoLTE service, according to industry sources. VoLTE calls can only be made by phones that support 4G voice facility, and an estimated 99% of existing telecom subscribers do not […]
Idea Cellular has started offering ultra-low call rates in its biggest market, Kerala, for those who generate a unique porting code under mobile number portability. While companies typically do make calls to find out the reason why a subscriber is porting out, it is rare for Idea — which has close to 43% revenue market […]
Fitch Ratings said Reliance Industries’ unit Jio will be able to take advantage of the strong growth expected in India’s telecom sector in the future. Jio is India’s biggest 4G operator and at present carries an estimated 5-10 times the data of all other wireless operators combined. “We expect RIL to be able to take […]
Vodafone said it will extend its 4G network to 1,000 towns in India by end of the year. The company, which launched its 4G service in Rewari in Haryana today, said the initial roll-out consists of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, Gujarat, UP (E) and West Bengal circles. The nine circles contribute to just […]
Despite media reports claiming that Reliance Jio has extended its free Welcome Offer to March, company sources indicate that such a decision has not been taken. The offer, which includes free voice and data usage, was unveiled on Sept 5 by Mukesh Ambani at Reliance Industries annual general meeting. At the time, Ambani had said […]
Bharti Airtel said it was expanding its 10-GB-for-Rs-259 offer to all new 4G handsets on its network irrespective of make and brand. The company was earlier giving the offer to select models and customers. ‘New 4G handset’ usually means any 4G handset that has never been used on Airtel’s network. In other words, if you […]
Though Vodafone has not revealed exactly which bands it has bought spectrum in, some analysts have already published charts which purportedly show the company’s spectrum purchases. According to the chart, out of the Rs 20,000 or so that Vodafone spent, about 9,221 cr has been on 2.5 GHz band, about 7,315 cr on 2.1 GHz […]
Though Vodafone has not revealed exactly which bands it has bought spectrum in, some analysts have already published charts which purportedly show the company’s spectrum purchases. According to the chart, out of the Rs 20,000 or so that Vodafone spent, about 9,221 cr has been on 2.5 GHz band, about 7,315 cr on 2.1 GHz […]
Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G offering in Gujarat, taking the fight to Reliance Jio and Vodafone in one of India’s richest states. Customers in Gujarat can now enjoy 10 GB 4G data for just Rs 249 with any new 4G handset they purchase. With Rs 249 recharge, 1 GB data will be instantly credited […]
When Mukesh Ambani announced that he wanted 100 mln (10 cr) subscribers on his new Reliance Jio network, most people in the industry saw it as an aspirational number. Jio would be lucky to have 50 mln, they said. If the company were to cross the 50 mln mark within the first year, it would be a […]
Even as the telecom industry finds itself in a tariff war with entry of a major player, an ASSOCHAM-KPMG paper has pointed towards the operators grappling with a huge debt burden of Rs 3.80 lakh crore, reinforcing a case for rationalisation of taxes and other levies along with spectrum charges. The telecom operators have an […]
Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Communications, said his company has “virtually merged” with Reliance Jio, promoted by his brother Mukesh Ambani, and said the two brothers are working together. “Our spectrum is shared, our network is shared, our fiber is shared, our towers are shared, our voice is shared.. every effort to be capital light has […]
Days after Bharti Airtel slashed its data price to Rs 51 per GB under a special scheme to compete against Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular has chosen to imitate its larger peer. It has started informing users of a special scheme under which users can get 6 GB of 3G or 4G data for just Rs […]
Days after elder brother Mukesh Ambani caused an earthquake in India’s telecom space with his speech at his company’s annual general meeting, younger brother Anil is all set to address his shareholders in a few moments. Reliance Communications is holding its annual shareholder meeting in Mumbai today. Ambani’s speech is to be preceded by an […]
Days after Bharti Airtel announced ‘free 4G data’ for 90 days, main rival Vodafone India has come up with a similar offer. The second biggest telecom operator in India by revenue is offering to provide free 9 GB of 3G or 4G data to anyone who buys a 1 GB pack for a new 4G […]
