Reliance Jio says no benefit from drop in IUC, all benefits passed on to customer via free voice call
7 years, 6 months ago

Reliance Jio says no benefit from drop in IUC, all benefits passed on to customer via free voice call

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Jio said that it is “appalling” that incumbent operators have made baseless allegations against the process for determination of interconnection usage charges and regulator Trai. In a statement, a Jio spokesperson said: “There is no question of any advantage from the new IUC regulation to Jio as it has already passed on all the benefits to customers. “At a time when the world is moving towards IP-based technologies, cost of voice has come down to a fraction of a paisa and the customers should enjoy this advantage,” Jio said. “References to financial stress in the industry or the need for IUC to promote rural coverage again shows the attitude of the incumbent operators wherein IUC is being treated as a subsidy that the Indian customers must pay to sustain these operators financially,” Jio said.

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Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea looses subscriber, BSNL gains in September 2024: Know-how
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4 months ago

Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea looses subscriber, BSNL gains in September 2024: Know-how

India TV News  

Reliance Jio, India’s leading telecom operator has reported significant subscriber losses for the third consecutive month in September 2024, with 7.96 million wireless users leaving its network. As of September 30, 2024, Jio’s wireless subscriber base stood at 463.78 million, Airtel at 383.48 million, Vi at 212.45 million, and BSNL/MTNL combined at 93.8 million. Jio remains the market leader with …

Reliance Jio becomes top telecom service provider of India, followed by Airtel and Vi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Reliance Jio becomes top telecom service provider of India, followed by Airtel and Vi

India TV News  

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released the user data of telecom companies for March 2024 which revealed that Jio has taken a big leap once again in terms of users in the country. As per the report which surfaced in March 2024, TRAI has reportedly released the list of customers joining Jio, Vi, Airtel and BSNL- leaving the companies. …

Jio unhappy with Vodafone Idea new tariffs, writes to TRAI saying new plans do not allow users to port easily
3 years, 3 months ago

Jio unhappy with Vodafone Idea new tariffs, writes to TRAI saying new plans do not allow users to port easily

India Today  

Telecom giant Reliance Jio has written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India noting that Vodafone Idea or Vi’s new prepaid plans do not allow users to port easily. Jio reportedly told the regulator that Vodafone Idea’s new tariff structure restricts entry-level customers to port their mobile number from its network. Jio's complaint highlights that Vodafone idea Limited is providing …

JioPhone 2021 Offer With Unlimited Voice Calling, Internet Announced to Boost 2G-Mukt Bharat Mission
4 years, 1 month ago

JioPhone 2021 Offer With Unlimited Voice Calling, Internet Announced to Boost 2G-Mukt Bharat Mission

News 18  

Reliance Jio has announced offers for new and existing JioPhone users to accelerate its?2G-mukt Bharat? As a part of the new JioPhone 2021 plan, JioPhone users in India can enjoy unlimited voice calling and 2GB high-speed internet data for up to two years at affordable prices. Reliance also notes that the unlimited voice calling benefit that comes bundled with several …

All Jio Voice Calls to Be Completely Free From January 1, 2021 as IUC Charges End
4 years, 2 months ago

All Jio Voice Calls to Be Completely Free From January 1, 2021 as IUC Charges End

News 18  

Reliance Jio has kept its commitment to make all voice calls on the network absolutely free for all of its users by 2021. With this, there will no longer be a free voice call minutes limit for calls to other operators across all of Reliance Jio’s plans. As part of its media statement announcing the update, Reliance Jio reinstated its …

Jio to make all domestic voice calls free from January 1, 2021
4 years, 2 months ago

Jio to make all domestic voice calls free from January 1, 2021

India Today  

Telecom giant Reliance Jio will stop charging its customers for off-net or Jio to non-Jio calls from January 1, 2021, as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has abolished the interconnect usage charges charges. Jio noted that TRAI’s Bill and Keep regime is being implemented in the country from January 1, 2021, thereby ending IUC charges for all domestic voice …

Jio blames Airtel, VI for spreading rumours leading to port out requests, writes to TRAI
4 years, 3 months ago

Jio blames Airtel, VI for spreading rumours leading to port out requests, writes to TRAI

India TV News  

Jio blames Airtel, VI for spreading rumours leading to port out requests, writes to TRAI Reliance Jio has approached the telecom regulator, saying that its rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India have resorted to "unethical" means and have spread "false" rumours that the Mukesh Ambani-led company will benefit from the recent farm bills. Reliance Jio has approached the telecom regulator, …

Boycott Jio: Reliance alleges Airtel, Vi luring customers to opt out of Jio over farmers' protest, rivals junk charge
4 years, 3 months ago

Boycott Jio: Reliance alleges Airtel, Vi luring customers to opt out of Jio over farmers' protest, rivals junk charge

India Today  

Reliance's telecommunication arm Jio has sought action against competitors Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel. In a letter to the regulator, Reliance Jio accused Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel of resorting to "unethical" ways and spreading "frivolous rumours" that Jio will somehow gain from the Centre's three new farm bills. "A large number of port-out requests, wherein the customers are citing …

Reliance Jio Sets Exemplary Aatmanirbhar Benchmark, Brings India Closer to 5G
4 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio Sets Exemplary Aatmanirbhar Benchmark, Brings India Closer to 5G

News 18  

Earlier today, Reliance Jio and Qualcomm announced a partnership that sees Jio Platforms making use of Qualcomm’s virtualised, scalable radio access network technology to test Jio 5G New Radio services in India. The tests saw Reliance Jio achieving speeds of over 1Gbps, hence achieving a new milestone in India’s mobile internet connectivity saga. With strong use cases at hand, it …

Jio's postpaid play poses no risk to Vodafone, Airtel; signals lowering of competition: Report
4 years, 6 months ago

Jio's postpaid play poses no risk to Vodafone, Airtel; signals lowering of competition: Report

India TV News  

Sector leader Reliance Jio's newly launched postpaid plans indicate a shift to higher earnings and lowering of intensive competition in the telecom space, India Ratings and Research said in a report on Friday. The postpaid plans indicate Jio's continued steps towards improving the industry-level ARPU, India Ratings said. India Ratings said Jio's plans do not threaten the postpaid customer base …

Flush with capital, Jio turns up the heat on Airtel and Vodafone Idea
4 years, 6 months ago

Flush with capital, Jio turns up the heat on Airtel and Vodafone Idea

Live Mint  

Early this month, Bharti Airtel Ltd’s shares traded at about ₹550 apiece. But another is the increased aggression by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, after a massive fund raise by its parent, Reliance Industries Ltd. “Jio’s aggression in the telecom sector seems to be back post RIL’s significant capital raise, perhaps with an endeavour to fill the gaps in the fixed …

COVID-19: Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone offer extra talktime, extend validity to provide relief
4 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19: Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone offer extra talktime, extend validity to provide relief

India Today  

As the nation is under a 21-day lockdown, many low-wage workers are struggling hard to make ends meet. In these trying times, the telecom companies like Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Airtel, and BSNL have come forward to provide relief to their customers. The telecom companies have extended the validity of the prepaid plans to April 17 and also credited Rs 10 …

Free voice calls no excuse for poor service quality, says Trai chief
5 years ago

Free voice calls no excuse for poor service quality, says Trai chief

India TV News  

Telcos are citing free voice calls to duck action on poor quality of service, but that will not pass regulatory muster, Trai Chairman R S Sharma said on Sunday, assuring users that the issue of call drops remains on its agenda. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India head said the watchdog's earlier provision for a penalty on telcom firms for …

How Reliance Jio transformed India’s telecom industry, in five charts
5 years, 2 months ago

How Reliance Jio transformed India’s telecom industry, in five charts

Live Mint  

It’s a little over three years since Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd launched services and changed the face of the industry with large amounts of data and voice usage limits. The number of data subscribers doubled and their share among the total subscriber base increased to 57%, from 32% in June 2016, shows the data collected from Telecom Regulatory Authority of …

Sanity returns to telecom market, but miles to go for incumbents
5 years, 2 months ago

Sanity returns to telecom market, but miles to go for incumbents

Live Mint  

The government’s bid to repair the telecom sector has brought much required reprieve for investors. As tariff hikes take full effect, analysts at JM Financial Institutional Securities Ltd expected revenue growth to accelerate to 25% in FY21. Graphic by Satish Kumar/Mint Ratings agency Crisil said the industry’s average revenue per user may expand one-fourth from around ₹116 in FY19 to …

Relief for Vodafone Idea, Airtel as Trai defers scrapping IUC levy
5 years, 3 months ago

Relief for Vodafone Idea, Airtel as Trai defers scrapping IUC levy

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The telecom regulator on Tuesday deferred by a year a plan to scrap a levy charged by operators for handling incoming calls from rival networks, offering relief to older telcos that generate a part of their revenue from interconnect usage charges. The regulator has changed its stance about two years after it decided to scrap the levy from …

Our average customer unlikely to ever pay for outgoing calls, says Reliance Jio
5 years, 3 months ago

Our average customer unlikely to ever pay for outgoing calls, says Reliance Jio

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Telecom operator Reliance Jio has claimed that it is offering five times more free outgoing calls limit on other networks than an average customer requires and they are unlikely to pay for the calls. Reaction from Reliance Jio came after Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea removed cap on outgoing calls limit outside their network with effect from December …

Average customer unlikely to pay for outgoing calls, says Jio
5 years, 3 months ago

Average customer unlikely to pay for outgoing calls, says Jio

India TV News  

Telecom operator Reliance Jio has claimed that it is offering five times more free outgoing calls limit on other networks than an average customer requires and they are unlikely to pay for the calls. Reaction from Reliance Jio came after Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea removed cap on outgoing calls limit outside their network with effect from December 6, the …

Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea to raise tariffs by up to 47%
5 years, 3 months ago

Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea to raise tariffs by up to 47%

Live Mint  

New Delhi: All three private telecom operators in the country, Vodafone Idea Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, said they will raise prices of their prepaid voice and data services, ending a protracted tariff war that dragged rates to the lowest in the world. While the new tariffs for Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel will be effective …

Reliance Jio to raise mobile services rates by up to 40% from 6 December
5 years, 3 months ago

Reliance Jio to raise mobile services rates by up to 40% from 6 December

Live Mint  

Come 6 December, Reliance Jio will raise mobile services rates by up to 40%. Although, the new plans will be priced upto 40 per cent higher, staying true to its promise of being 'customer-first', Jio customers will get up to 300 per cent more benefits," the company said in a statement. Earlier on Sunday, telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Sunday …

Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges can hurt service affordability: Reliance Jio
5 years, 4 months ago

Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges can hurt service affordability: Reliance Jio

Firstpost  

Jio says delay in implementation of IUC charges beyond January 2020 will hurt the affordability of telecom services. Reliance Jio on Friday said that delaying the implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt the affordability of telecom services in a sector where users have benefited from free voice calls. Nahata said that in case Trai does …

Reliance Jio says delay in implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt service affordability
5 years, 4 months ago

Reliance Jio says delay in implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt service affordability

Firstpost  

Reliance Jio Director Mahendra Nahata said that the ratio of incoming and outgoing call is now at par with each other and and traffic asymmetry can, therefore, no longer be the reason to delay implementation of Bill and Keep regime New Delhi: Reliance Jio on Friday said that delaying the implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will …

Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges to hurt service affordability: Jio
5 years, 4 months ago

Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges to hurt service affordability: Jio

The Hindu  

Reliance Jio on Friday said that delaying the implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt affordability of telecom services in a sector where users have benefited from free voice calls. Speaking at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s open house on IUC issue, Mr. Nahata said Airtel had expanded 4G network and Vodafone Idea too is talking …

Telecom consumer body seeks removal of interconnection usage charge on mobile calls
5 years, 4 months ago

Telecom consumer body seeks removal of interconnection usage charge on mobile calls

Firstpost  

A telecom consumers’ body has sought removal of 6 paise interconnection usage charge from 1 January next year as it deprives weaker sections of the society of new-age services and a better experience New Delhi: A telecom consumers’ body has sought removal of 6 paise interconnection usage charge from 1 January next year as it deprives weaker sections of the …

Reliance Jio writes to telecom minister; says telcos have sufficient capacity to pay dues after SC verdict on AGR
5 years, 4 months ago

Reliance Jio writes to telecom minister; says telcos have sufficient capacity to pay dues after SC verdict on AGR

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio on Thursday strongly opposed any bailout to telecom companies at taxpayer’s expense, and asserted that telcos should be mandated to deposit their dues within the court-stipulated timeline of three months, as they have the capacity to comfortably clear their liabilities. In a letter to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday, Jio argued …

Reliance Jio urges govt to reject telcos’ demand for bailout
5 years, 4 months ago

Reliance Jio urges govt to reject telcos’ demand for bailout

Live Mint  

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd on Thursday urged telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad not to grant any relief sought by rival telecom operators, a day after it said the telecom lobby’s call for relief does not reflect the industry view. Without specifically naming Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd, Jio alleged that the operators have enough funds to pay their …

SC verdict on AGR: COAI warns of telecoms sector catastrophe; says Airtel, Vodafone Idea will face 'unprecedented crisis'
5 years, 4 months ago

SC verdict on AGR: COAI warns of telecoms sector catastrophe; says Airtel, Vodafone Idea will face 'unprecedented crisis'

Firstpost  

India’s telecoms sector and leading players Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will face an “unprecedented crisis” if the government refuses to relax its demand for $13 billion in outstanding dues, a lobby group says New Delhi: India’s telecoms sector and leading players Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will face an “unprecedented crisis” if the government refuses to relax its demand …

Jio, Vodafone Idea, Airtel pay Govt over Rs 4500 crore in spectrum dues
5 years, 5 months ago

Jio, Vodafone Idea, Airtel pay Govt over Rs 4500 crore in spectrum dues

India TV News  

Private telecom operators Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have paid the Telecom Department over Rs 4,500 crore in spectrum dues in the last three to four days, according to sources. While Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has paid Rs 1,133 crore to the Department of Telecom, Vodafone Idea has made Rs 2,421 crore payment towards spectrum dues. But with …

All major telcos, except Jio, want Trai to delay scrapping of IUC
5 years, 5 months ago

All major telcos, except Jio, want Trai to delay scrapping of IUC

Live Mint  

More cracks have emerged in the already divided telecom sector with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in favour of scrapping interconnect usage charge from next year, while Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, or BSNL, opposing the move. Airtel and Vodafone Idea, which are currently battling shrinking revenue, thanks to Jio’s cut-throat tariffs, have welcomed Trai’s regulatory rethink. …

Reliance Jio's new 'all-in-one' plans include free IUC minutes
5 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio's new 'all-in-one' plans include free IUC minutes

India TV News  

Reliance Jio on Monday announced new "all-in-one" plans which are marginally cheaper than its existing prepaid plans and also include Interconnect usage charges for 1,000 minutes of outgoing calls. "When compared to Jio's existing 2GB/per day plan, the three-month 2GB per day pack will now cost only Rs 444 instead of Rs 448 with additional 1,000 minutes of offset IUC …

Jio raises monthly tariff plans to pass on interconnect charges to users
5 years, 5 months ago

Jio raises monthly tariff plans to pass on interconnect charges to users

Live Mint  

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd has raised basic monthly tariff plans to account for interconnect usage charges that the telecom operator has to incur for calls made to rival networks. A ₹222 plan introduced on Monday would have the same data benefits, unlimited Jio-to-Jio calls and 1000 minutes of calling for Jio to non-Jio numbers. Reliance Jio also announced a new …

Reliance Jio launches new monthly recharge plans
5 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio launches new monthly recharge plans

Live Mint  

Leading telecom operator Reliance Jio today launched Jio 'All-In-One' plans which gives 2GB data everyday alongwith 1,000 minutes of free talktime to non-Jio mobile numbers. When compared to Jio’s existing 1.5GB/day plan, the new plans offer extra GBs at ₹1/GB and free additional 1,000 minutes of offnet IUC minutes, which would have cost users ₹80 if purchased separately. It also …

How will Jio's '6 paise/min' move play out?
5 years, 5 months ago

How will Jio's '6 paise/min' move play out?

India TV News  

As Reliance Jio recently announced its decision to do away with the free voice facility for inter-operator calls, both analysts and the subscribers are eager to witness the changes this move would lead to in the telecom tariffs across operators. "It remains to be seen whether Bharti and VIL follow Jio in introducing similar charges for off net calls, although …

Reliance Jio says other telcos levying hidden charges on customers
5 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio says other telcos levying hidden charges on customers

Live Mint  

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on Tuesday defended its move to charge customers 6 paise per minute for interconnect usage charges and alleged that other telecom operators are levying the same in a hidden manner. Telecom regulator Trai in 2017 had slashed the so-called interconnect usage charge to 6 paise per minute from 14 paise and had said this regime would …

TRAI's review of IUC will harm subscribers and reward defaulters says Reliance Jio
5 years, 5 months ago

TRAI's review of IUC will harm subscribers and reward defaulters says Reliance Jio

Firstpost  

Jio has also pointed to gaps in the 4G accessibility data cited in the TRAI’s discussion paper. Terming TRAI’s review of call connect charges “retrograde”, Reliance Jio has said the regulator’s consultation paper is neither warranted nor sustainable and that retention of such charges will harm subscribers and punish efficient operators. Jio accused other private operators of not moving to …

Concept of interconnect usage charge is outdated: Jio
5 years, 5 months ago

Concept of interconnect usage charge is outdated: Jio

Live Mint  

Interconnect usage charge is an obsolete concept which relates to 2G networks, and telecom operators must invest in 4G networks given the rising digital connectivity, Mathew Oommen, President-Networks, Reliance Jio, said on Tuesday. Jio last week said it “had been compelled most reluctantly and unavoidably” to do this following the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to review …

Reliance Jio’s new recharge plans for voice calls: What you need to know
5 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio’s new recharge plans for voice calls: What you need to know

Live Mint  

As announced by the telecom operator this week, Reliance Jio mobile phone customers need to buy IUC top-up vouchers to make outgoing voice calls to any non-Jio mobile number like that of Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Unlike before, Jio has now started charging users for making voice calls to any non-Jio mobile number. Both prepaid and postpaid customers of Jio …

All Jio users have to pay 6 paise per minute for outgoing calls: Here are all 4 plans with every data benefit
5 years, 5 months ago

All Jio users have to pay 6 paise per minute for outgoing calls: Here are all 4 plans with every data benefit

India Today  

Voice calls on Jio won't be free anymore as the carrier has decided to charge its subscribers for outgoing calls to other networks following an ongoing debate with other operators and the TRAI. Jio IUC minutes Top-up voucher plans As stated, Jio has four IUC recharge plans for its subscribers and here are all the extra benefits that they offer. …

Jio now charging users for outgoing calls, Airtel, Vodafone Idea tell users their calls still free
5 years, 5 months ago

Jio now charging users for outgoing calls, Airtel, Vodafone Idea tell users their calls still free

India Today  

The matter related to the Interconnect Usage Charge has escalated quickly over the last few weeks and it reached its ultimate moment when Jio announced that it's going to charge for outgoing calls to other networks in a bid to cover the IUC charges it has to pay to other operators. Vodafone Idea was the first to announce that it …

Attention Jio Users! Your calls to rival networks will be free if recharged before this date
5 years, 5 months ago

Attention Jio Users! Your calls to rival networks will be free if recharged before this date

India TV News  

A day after Reliance Jio's announcement of 6 paisa/minute charge on voice calls to rival networks, the company came out with an important update on the decision. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's company Reliance Jio had on Wednesday announced that it will charge its users for voice calls made to rival networks like Vodafone-Idea, Airtel. Also, the company said in its statement …

Jio, Vodafone and Airtel fight again, Jio users will have to pay 6 paisa per min for outgoing calls
5 years, 5 months ago

Jio, Vodafone and Airtel fight again, Jio users will have to pay 6 paisa per min for outgoing calls

India Today  

There has been a long going debate on the Interconnect Usage Charge between telecom operators, and all of them have responded differently. A few weeks ago, Jio decided to reduce the ring time for outgoing calls in a bid to battle the high IUC charges it has been incurring for a long time. The reduction or removal of the IUC …

Explained: Why has Jio decided to charge users 6 paisa/minute on voice calls
5 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Why has Jio decided to charge users 6 paisa/minute on voice calls

India TV News  

Reliance Jio has announced it would charge 6 paise per minute on voice calls made by its users to mobile phone networks of rivals like Airtel and Vodafone-Idea. Why has Jio decided to charge users on voice calls: First, Reliance Jio will charge its users for voice calls made to rival networks only. Third, Jio has said that the charge …

Reliance Jio IUC regime change explainer: Here’s everything you need to know
5 years, 5 months ago

Reliance Jio IUC regime change explainer: Here’s everything you need to know

Firstpost  

Jio had to bear the Rs 13,500 crore payment made to rivals such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Reliance Jio announced that going forward, it will charge Jio users 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to any rival network company. In a statement, Jio said the 6 paisa charge will remain in place till the time telecom …

Govt change on IUC regime forces Jio users to pay 6 paisa per minute for rival network voice calls
5 years, 5 months ago

Govt change on IUC regime forces Jio users to pay 6 paisa per minute for rival network voice calls

Firstpost  

These charges are not applicable to calls made by Jio users to other Jio phones and to landline phones. Forced by regulatory uncertainty over a review of sunset clause for call termination charges, Reliance Jio on Wednesday announced it will charge customers 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to rival phone networks but will compensate them by giving …

Jio to charge 6 paise per minute for outgoing calls to Airtel, Vodafone: Here are all new plans
5 years, 5 months ago

Jio to charge 6 paise per minute for outgoing calls to Airtel, Vodafone: Here are all new plans

India Today  

The has been an ongoing debate on the IUC in the telecom industry for a while and the last we talked about it, both Airtel and Jio had reduced the ring time for outgoing calls to 20 seconds. The IUC charge set by TRAI is currently at 6 paise per minute and Jio will pass this expense to its customers …

Jio Fiber: free TVs with new internet plans by India billionaire Mukesh Ambani
5 years, 6 months ago

Jio Fiber: free TVs with new internet plans by India billionaire Mukesh Ambani

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — India’s richest man is making a new push to dominate the country’s fast-growing internet user base — this time by offering high-definition TVs to new broadband customers. Reliance Jio, the mobile network owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, will give away free 4K televisions with some of its new plans. Jio burst onto India’s telecom scene …

Reliance mobile operator Jio to focus on subscriber numbers not tariffs
5 years, 8 months ago

Reliance mobile operator Jio to focus on subscriber numbers not tariffs

Live Mint  

India's Reliance Industries plans to remain focused on subscriber additions rather than chase higher tariffs for its Jio telecoms business, a top company executive said. "We have been telling you from the beginning, the priority for us today is customers," Jio's head of strategy, Anshuman Thakur, said in a news briefing late on Friday after quarterly results. Since its launch …

Predatory pricing win turns out to be double-edged sword for telecom operators
5 years, 9 months ago

Predatory pricing win turns out to be double-edged sword for telecom operators

Live Mint  

A lot can change in a year, especially in the hyper-competitive telecom industry, which has witnessed severe disruption and has seen operators publicly spar against each other and with the sector regulator, since Reliance Jio’s entry in September 2016. In yet another cruel twist of fate, incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, which had managed to secure a favourable …

Reliance Jio effect has Airtel, Vodafone packing benefits into its Rs 169 data plan
6 years ago

Reliance Jio effect has Airtel, Vodafone packing benefits into its Rs 169 data plan

Firstpost  

Users of the Rs 169 plan with 1GB of data for 28 days can now max out 1GB of data every day of the month. Things got intense after Jio released free voice calling among other benefits, that left Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and other competitors with no room to top its new, worthy competitor in Jio. Also part of the …

Has Reliance Jio become the largest telecom company in India yet?
6 years, 2 months ago

Has Reliance Jio become the largest telecom company in India yet?

Live Mint  

The Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd juggernaut continues to gather steam. The market leader reported wireless revenue of around ₹11,300 crore in the September quarter, and it’s unlikely the revenue would have fallen over 8% sequentially in the December quarter. Jio had a revenue market share of around 31.4% in the September quarter using this measure, marginally short of Vodafone Idea’s …

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