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Coronavirus: Reliance Jio comes up with new prepaid plans at Rs 251 for work from home users, check deets
The new plan gives data of 2 GB at a high speed of 4G and is available for a period of 51 days. After consuming your data, the speed will get reduced to 64kbps. The pack does not include free voice calls or SMS.
Reliance Jio, BSNL raise coronavirus awareness through pre-call messages
In a recent, telecom vendor Reliance Jio has started with an awareness spree for their customers by changing the default caller tune.
Jio tops 4G download speed in July, Vodafone leads upload speed
Reliance Jio continued to lead the average 4G download speeds last month. Jio achieved 21.0 Mbps average download speed in July, witnessing an improvement from 17.6 Mbps in June.
Reliance Jio acquiring AI platform Haptik for Rs 200 crore: Report
New Delhi: Reliance Jio is reportedly acquiring Haptik — one of the world’s largest conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms — for over Rs 200 crore. A report in Inc42.com late Thursday claimed that the transaction is expected to be completed this week. Citing a company document, the report claimed that[Read More…]
No money to feed: Single mother in viral video cries after BSNL fails to pay salary to employees
For the first time, state-owned telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) defaulted in payment of its monthly salaries. The firm has failed to pay the February salaries to around 1.76 lakh employees due to its financial crisis. The fully government-owned corporation is undergoing a major cash crunch due to[Read More…]
After Jio, Mukesh Ambani bets big on Internet, video streaming market
New Delhi, Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani who has disrupted the mobile telephony market with Reliance Jio, is set to take on Internet and video streaming giants like Google, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify. According to an article in the winter 2019 issue of Foreign Policy magazine,[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…]
Mobiistar refreshes its budget line-up in India
New Delhi: Vietnam-based smartphone maker Mobiistar on Thursday launched its budget smartphone named C1 Shine in India for Rs 6,100. “We have already established ourselves sufficiently for people to recognise and trust us and we want to build on that trust and give our users a great experience,” Carl Ngo,[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…]
Neither PMO nor HRD willing to own up Institutes of Eminence tag fiasco
The Reliance Jio Institute’s selection for the list of India’s Institution of Eminence has outburst a controversy among opposition against government’s decision of including an institute which does not even exist. The government is being criticized for lending favour to Reliance Jio Institute. Though, the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has[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…]
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…]
Jio to invest Rs 10,000 crore in 3 years in UP: Mukesh Ambani
Lucknow: Reliance Jio will invest another Rs 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh over the next three years, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani said here on Wednesday. “Today I am happy to inform this audience that Jio is one of the largest investors in Uttar Pradesh with investments of over Rs[Read More…]
No “WhatsApp” on Reliance Jio Phone
The zero-rupee Jio phone which was recently launched offering lifelong free voice calls bundled with 4G data streaming will not have popular chatting application Whatsapp on it. The company is preparing to launch it in the second half of August. However, there is sad news as the Jio phone will[Read More…]
After free data, Jio to provide free 4G smartphones!
After inducing a revolution in the sector of data connectivity by offering free unlimited data, Mukesh Ambani‘s Jio will now provide free smartphones to its customers. Speaking at the 40th AGM, the RIL chairman, Mukesh Ambani, said that JioPhone will be available at an effective price of Rs 0. At[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…]
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…]
Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes list of Global Game Changers
Just when Reliance was enjoying Jio’s popularity and success over making 4G Internet incredibly accessible to Indians, Mukesh Ambani, 60, comes at the top of the list for his game-changing efforts to bring the internet to India’s masses. “Anything and everything that can go digital is going digital. India cannot[Read More…]
Jio, Paytm apologise for using PM’s picture in ads
Airtel offers 28GB 4G data, free calls at Rs 345
Aiming to counter Reliance Jio’s prime plans, now Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest telecom operator, has come up with a new revamped plan to offer 1 GB 4G data per day along with free local and STD calls. Airtel’s Rs 345 plan offers 1GB of 4G data per day along[Read More…]
Jio collaborate with Samsung to improve 4G service
Jio merges with Uber for pay from wallet option
Reliance Jio crosses 100 million users in under 6 months
Reliance Jio has managed to cross 100-million in subscribers in less than six months of its launch. According to a Times of India report, Mukesh Ambani is expected to make an announcement regarding the future growth plans for the company on Tuesday. In September, Ambani had publicly announced his desire to[Read More…]