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Reliance to digitise 5 mn Indian kirana stores by 2023
New Delhi: As more and more neighbourhood kirana stores aim to modernise their tech infrastructure, the entry of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) would help expand the current 15,000 digitized store base to over five million stores by 2023, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch research said on Tuesday. One of[Read More…]
“Data is the new oil”, Jio founder Mukesh Ambani’s veiled attack on Facebook, Google
Speaking at Vibrant Gujarat Summit on Friday, Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani raised his concerns on data colonisations by the global companies. Ambani said, “Gandhi ji led India’s movement against political colonisation, today we have to collectively launch a new movement against data colonisation.” “In this data[Read More…]
Jio GigaFiber broadband is here; know rollout date, plans and more
With the arrival of 2019, Jio GigaFiber can be expected to reach almost all big cities in the coming months. Jio which has already launched its Fiber to the home(FTTH) service on 15th August 2018 is about to make a big break in the Indian broadband market with the new[Read More…]
Reliance-backed Unlimit launches GPS system for public transport
New Delhi, Reliance Group-promoted Internet of Things (IoT) service provider Unlimit on Tuesday launched a comprehensive location tracking GPS system for the automotive vendors across the country. The AIS-140 (Automotive Industry Standard) compliant system provides a comprehensive end-to-end solution in terms of deployment and operations of connected vehicles more efficiently,[Read More…]
Reliance Communications settles case, pays Rs 62.4 lakh to SEBI
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Friday said Reliance Communications (RCOM) has settled its case with the regulator by paying Rs 62.40 lakh over alleged non-cooperation with credit rating agencies and debenture trustee. “Reliance Communications Limited filed a suo moto application in terms of the SEBI (Settlement of[Read More…]
No more porn for Jio users!
Reliance Jio has banned hundreds of pornographic websites from its network after Department of telecommunications ordered to block such contents from reaching the users. Reliance Jio announced in its September quarter financial result that the average video consumption of 17.5 hours pulled the usage to this extent. However, Mukesh Ambani’s[Read More…]
Reliance JioPhone finally start supporting WhatsApp
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced it is now available on Reliance JioPhones across India. WhatsApp has built a new version of its private messaging app for JioPhone, running on KaiOS operating system. “Millions of people across India can now use WhatsApp private messaging on the best-in-class JioPhone across India,” said Chris Daniels, Vice[Read More…]
Reliance Jio tops Fortune ‘Change The World’ list
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has been ranked the top company globally in the Fortune’s fourth annual “Change The World” list released on Monday. The list ranked companies as per their profit motive to help the planet and tackle social problems. “If access to the Internet is a basic human right[Read More…]
Who is new RBI director Swaminathan Gurumurthy?
Chartered Accountant and RSS idealogue Swaminathan Gurumurthy has been appointed as the new part-time, non-official directors on the central board of Reserve Bank of India. Gurumurthy, who is the co-convenor of RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch had gained recognition from his views on Swadeshi economics. Apart from CA, he is[Read More…]
JioPhone creates fusion phone segment, leads Indian mobile market
New Delhi: Reliance Retail’s JioPhone emerged as a clear leader in the Indian mobile handset market with 27 per cent share in the second quarter of 2018, a new report said on Thursday. JioPhone has given birth to a new segment in India – the Fusion phones segment. Fusion handsets have[Read More…]
Yet to be set up Reliance’s Jio institute accorded ‘Institutes of Eminence’ status
The HRD Ministry today granted “Institutions of Eminence” status to three public and three private institutes, enabling them to get full autonomy and special incentives to project them as “world class universities”. While the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will grant Rs 1,000 crore funds to the three public institutions in the[Read More…]
Reliance JioPhones likely to get WhatsApp soon
San Francisco: Reliance JioPhones, which run on KaiOS, a Linux-based light mobile Operating System (OS), may soon get WhatsApp. According to Wabetainfo.com, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, as of February 2018 KaiOS Technologies have acquired many new partners, including Facebook that also owns the popular messaging[Read More…]
Official Jio website crashes prior to JioPhone’s bookings
People were anxiously waiting for the booking of the JioPhone on Thursday. The booking was to commence at 5.30 pm on the company’s website, www.jio.com. However, before the booking could take place, the website crashed. The booking could be done both offline and online. There is an option of pre-booking using[Read More…]
Jio effect: Telecom companies lower their call and data rates
Amid aggressive competition in the telecom industry triggered by Reliance Jio’s attractive offers on unlimited calling and data usage, other companies are also offering exclusive pack to their customers. Recently, Vodafone India has announced a special tariff pack to its select student customers, offering discounted tariffs and goodies including a[Read More…]
Mukesh Ambani is now Asia’s second wealthiest person with net worth of 2.2 lakh cr
With a net worth increase of USD 12.1 billion (Rs 77,000 cr) this year, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has become the second-richest man in Asia. India’s richest man, Ambani has overtaken Hong Kong-based Li Ka-Shing who until now was the second-richest person in Asia. According to the Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index,[Read More…]
J for ‘Disruption’
A for Apple, B for Bat, C for Cat, J for disruption. If you are thinking why not D for disruption. Think again. J for Jio and Jio has become the new synonym for disruption. Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio repeated the storm which left other players bereft just like[Read More…]
Jio will cover 99% of India’s population in 12 months: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday said Reliance has grown from small startup to the most admired company in the world. Speaking at the 40th AGM, the RIL chairman, Mukesh Ambani, said the company’s revenue jumped 4700 times to over Rs 3,30,000 crore now from Rs 70 crore in[Read More…]
Patanjali, Flipkart, Reliance among 10 most influential brands, Google tops list
Patanjali Ayurveda, has been listed among the 10 most influential brands in India together with electronics giant Samsung and new entrant Reliance Jio, as per a study by global research firm Ipsos. While Google was ranked at top of the list, followed by Microsoft and Facebook, domestic giant Patanjali and[Read More…]
Data of millions of Jio customers leaked online
In what can be termed as the biggest case of online data breach in the country, Reliance Jio customer data has been leaked online on a website called “Magicapk.” Reliance Jio said prima facie that the data seemed to be unauthentic and it was investigating the “unverified and unsubstantiated claims[Read More…]
Is the Indian telecom industry ready to move out of Jio’s shadow?
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries created a splash in the Indian telecom industry with its entry. The revenues of India’s telecom industry have seen a big fall after the entry of Jio despite the number of telephone subscribers in India rising from[Read More…]
4G speed in India 3 times lower than world average
India is ranked among countries with the lowest internet speed. 4G speed in India is lower than the world average and it even ranks below Pakistan, Sri Lanka. With the advent of Reliance Jio, India was ranked among the top users of 4G LTE. According to a new report by[Read More…]
TRAI orders Jio to withdraw Summer Surprise offer
Reliance Capital sells its stake in Paytm to Alibaba
On March 7, Business giant the Reliance Capital sold about 1% of its stake in digital payment portal Paytm to China’s Alibaba Group. It settled for Rs 275 crore, the cost of the deal, which will be procuring huge gains for the Ambani-led group. The finance arm of the Reliance group[Read More…]