Reliance Jio: News

08 Jul 2017

India

How can you order Jio's Rs. 500 mobile phone?

Reliance Jio is launching its 4G VoLTE mobile on 21 July and that too for only Rs. 500.

06 Jul 2017

India

New telecom policy is being made, ministry wants your opinion

The government is planning an overhaul of its telecom policy and it wants your inputs. The focus, this time around, is to make the policy more consumer centric than before.

01 Jul 2017

India

Reliance Jio launches 25,000km-long submarine cable system

Reliance Jio Infocomm has unveiled the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system, comprising telecommunication and internet cables on seabed that carry signals across the oceans.

29 Jun 2017

Bharti Airtel

Indian telecom sector will become a four-operator market, says survey

The Telecom sector is currently going through a big reshuffle. Reliance Jio has majorly disrupted the already financially ailing sector.

23 Jun 2017

Bharti Airtel

Telecom sector will perish if tariff war continues, say firms

The writing is on the wall; the tariff war started by Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance Jio, if left unchecked would leave behind only one or two non-state providers at the very end, according to Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal.

22 Jun 2017

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone, Airtel, Idea unhappy over TRAI's delay on test rules?

Telecom giants Vodafone, Airtel and Idea Cellular criticized the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for its delay in refining network test rules in the sector.

21 Jun 2017

India

How Jio contributed to the growth of mobile games

The huge discounts war triggered by Reliance Jio has led to a massive increase in the number of mobile gamers, and consequently, has benefited both domestic and international mobile game companies.

21 Jun 2017

Delhi

#JioEffect: Vodafone partners with Meru, Mega Cabs for 4G services

The country's largest telecom company, Vodafone India, is set to partner with Mega, Meru and Easy Cabs to help users switch to avail its 4G services.

15 Jun 2017

India

Indian users would consume 11GB data/month by 2022: Report

By 2022, the data traffic for every smartphone user in India will touch 11GB a month.

15 Jun 2017

India

How expensive are Reliance Jio "free" services?

There will be a general consensus if one says that the history of Indian telecom can now be broken down into two very distinct time frames, one that was before Jio and the other after Jio.

10 Jun 2017

Manoj Sinha

BSNL will install 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to bridge digital divide

BSNL has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to have 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural exchanges within the next six months.

06 Jun 2017

India

TRAI launches 3 apps for transparency between customers and operators

The telecom sector is currently in the middle of an upheaval as with the entry of Reliance Jio, all telcos are now trying to beat one another.

30 May 2017

Mukesh Ambani

RCom is hurting and it's not only the debt burden

This could have been the premise of a Bollywood potboiler but it isn't.

30 May 2017

India

Reliance JioFiber to offer 100GB data for Rs. 500

Reliance Jio is reportedly considering the commercial launch of its broadband service JioFiber after Diwali this year.

25 May 2017

Karnataka

Bengaluru Police arrests 4 Pakistani nationals with fake Aadhaar cards

On 24th May, conducting a raid based on a tip-off, the City Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police arrested 4 Pakistani nationals.

17 May 2017

India

Mukesh "Global Game Changer" Ambani, says 2017 Forbes list

2017 is going to be a golden year for Mukesh Ambani

10 May 2017

Bharti Airtel

Airtel's sees a 72% decline in Q4 profits

Bharti Airtel's Q4 profit for the financial year 2016-2017 saw a massive 72% slump compared to profits from the same period in the last year.

02 May 2017

Bharti Airtel

Reliance Jio accuses Airtel of misleading advertisements

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio launched a complain with the telecom regulator TRAI, against its fierce rival Bharti Airtel for violation of tariff rules.

25 Apr 2017

Bharti Airtel

Reliance Q4 results quash estimates and soar high

Dhirubhai once said, "Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation."

19 Apr 2017

India

Reliance Jio responds to TRAI net neutrality queries

Indian Telecom regulator TRAI is currently mulling on what should be the exact status of net neutrality in India.

14 Apr 2017

India

Reliance Jio says telcos are employing deception to retain users

It appears that the tiff between Reliance Jio and rival telcos is only going to get worse with time.

05 Apr 2017

Bharti Airtel

Jio's free services may not end anytime soon

It is evident that Reliance Jio is bearing a loss in revenue to give free service to its users.

31 Mar 2017

Telangana

Hyderabad, India's first 'Giga City', gets 1GBPS internet plan

Hyderabad has become India's first 'Giga City' with the launch of ACT Fibernet's 1 GBPS broadband internet services.

Jio Payments Bank receives RBI nod

Jio Payments Bank (JPB), a joint venture between State Bank of India and Reliance Industries Limited, has received the crucial go-ahead from the RBI.

02 Mar 2017

India

Reliance Jio to offer fixed line digital service

Reliance Jio has partnered with Team F1 to roll out a fixed line digital service via an advanced home gateway solution.

24 Feb 2017

Bharti Airtel

Airtel acquires India operations of Telenor, shares soar

Bharti Airtel shares rose 11% after it confirmed taking over the India operations of Norwegian Telenor.

06 Dec 2016

Mumbai

Mumbai, the city that keeps marching ahead

Thousands of students across Mumbai University colleges will now have free Wi-Fi on campus.

01 Dec 2016

Bharti Airtel

Brookfield targets to obtain 51% stake in Bharti Infratel

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc., submitted the highest bid to acquire 51% stake in the telecom tower service provider Bharti Infratel Ltd.

Telenor and Tikona in discussions to merge

Norwegian company, Telenor is in discussions with Tikona Digital to merge their broadband spectrum business.

05 Sep 2016

Reliance Industries

Reliance Jio's tariff plans: What went overlooked?

Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani had announced attractive tariffs to its Jio users, especially for its data services that were pitched at Rs.50/GB.

07 Aug 2016

Mukesh Ambani

RIL seeks to commission $35 billion worth projects in 2016-17

The Annual Report 2015-16 stated that the company seeks commissioning of projects with investment of $35 billion in 2016-17.