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The offer will begin at 5.01 PM on Friday, the timing that reflects the Rs 501 price tag of the JioPhone Mukesh Ambani-led  Reliance Jio  has advanced by a day to July 20 the launch of its monsoon 'hungama' scheme that would offer its JioPhone to customers for Rs 501, a company source said. Earlier, in the annual general meeting of Reliance Industries, Ambani had announced that the scheme will begin from July 21. The offer will begin at 5.01 PM on Friday, the timing that reflects the Rs 501 price tag of the JioPhone. The registration for new JioPhone is already live on the official website of Relaince Jio. "Jio will start monsoon hungama scheme from 5.01 pm on July 20. Even the timing has been kept to reflect effective price of the phone," the source told PTI. According to the source, Reliance Jio will announce the terms and condition of the scheme on Friday. From August 15 onward, both existing and new, JioPhone users will also get to ac...

In his speech, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani also spelt out the milestones achieved by Jio, which has disrupted the telecom industry and triggered a price war Reliance Industries Limited announced on Thursday the launch of Jio Phone 2, which will have popular social media apps, and high-speed Jio GigaFibre, a broadband service that aims to boost fixed-line connectivity in India. At its 41st Annual General Meeting in Mumbai, the company demonstrated the new features on screen, explaining how YouTube, Facebook and WhatsApp on the upgraded Jio Phone 2, which boasts a horizontal screen display, will respond to a customer's voice. Jio Phone 2, priced at Rs 2,999, will hit the market on August 15. Under a monsoon offer, the company said, feature phones can be exchanged for Jio Phones for Rs 501. RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, also spelt out the milestones achieved by Jio, which has disrupted the telecom industry and triggered a price war. ...

Jio Prime subscriptions, started April 1 last year, expire on 31 March. Now, with the expiry approaching, it is expected that Jio would make a new announcement sometime soon Reliance Jio shook the Indian telecommunication space with the launch of its affordable, data-centric network. After doling out freebies for more than the first six months since the launch, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telecom major introduced Prime membership at Rs 99 with the promise of offering subsidised recharge options and additional benefits for a period of one year. The  Reliance Jio Prime membership , which came into effect on April 1 last year, are valid until 31 March. Now, with the subscription expiry approaching, it is expected that Jio would make an announcement sometime soon. While there is nothing official yet, it is expected that the company might completely do away with the Prime subscription or offer it as a free service. Here is what the company offered in the first iteratio...

Old telcos have sweetened their offerings considerably to take on the Reliance Jio challenge Reliance Jio   made a big announcement on Tuesday following which the road ahead doesn't look smooth for rivals Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, among others. Although the free services provided since its launch, including 1GB data at 4G speeds every day, unlimited voice calls and unlimited text messages will be over after 31 March, the operator has introduced a new plan called Jio Prime which will allow users to avail the facilities for another year at a nominal price. Here are the key points: Membership:   Jio Prime membership is limited to the 100 million existing Reliance Jio users as well as those who join the network before March 31, 2017. Cost:   All Jio members can enroll prime membership for a one time fee of Rs 99 (which is valid for one year). Additionally, to get the free mobile data and other benefits, users will need to pay another Rs. 303 per month for th...

Airtel unveils fresh packs to counter Jio heat Days after Reliance Jio extended its free services, mobile operator Bharti   Airtel   today came out with two prepaid offerings, including a Rs 145 pack, that will offer free unlimited local/STD calls along with 4G data. While Airtel's Rs 145 pack offers 300 MB 4G data along with free unlimited Airtel-to-Airtel local/STD calls, its Rs 345 pack offers unlimited free local/STD calls to any network in India and 1GB 4G data. Both packs have a validity of 28 days and are available for customers across the country. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio -- which garnered 52 million customer base in the first three months of 4G launch -- recently announced extension of free domestic voice calls and data till March 31, 2017. Even after March, the company would offer free calls for life to its 4G customers. Industry watchers are of the view that extension of free services by Reliance Jio will add to the woes of the industry which is al...

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries (RIL) said that all   Reliance Jio 's new users will get free voice calls and data from December 4 to 31 March 2017 as part of the company's new year offer. He also said that Jio is the fastest technology in the world. This is his first such appearance outside the company’s annual general meeting. Addressing the company’s stakeholders on Thursday through a live broadcast over the firm’s social media channels, he said, "In the last three months, Reliance Jio has grown faster than Whatsapp, Facebook and Skype". Ambani took this day to congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 'bold' and 'historic' decision to demonetize old currency. "By doing this, our prime minister has given the strongest push to growth of digitally-enabled, optimal-cash economy in India", he said. Mukesh Ambani   said that digitally-enabling transactions will boost economic growth, whi...

Trai nod to Jio free offer till December 3 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday said   Reliance Jio   can offer its free promotional offer till December 3, also clarifying that tariffs offered by the Mukesh Ambani-led firm were not predatory or discriminatory. This means new customers won’t be able to avail the offer after December 3 and Jio subscribers would have to pay as per the tariffs announced by the company. Customers who have subscribed before December 3 will enjoy benefits till December 31. In its quarterly results, Jio said it might extend the period of free services in case its subscribers were unable to get adequate experience of seamless connectivity across the network because of interconnection congestion and the quality of service parameters are not as per the benchmarks desired by the Jio management. Jio had launched the commercial services on September 5 and also announced it would provide all voice and data services free ti...

How to get Jio SIM & 3-month free data offer With free voice calls - for both local and roaming - and cheap data plans,   Reliance Jio   has unleashed a price war in the telecom sector. But how do you go about getting one, how do you install one, what devices are compatible, what is VoLTE... Read on to know all about Jio... Reliance Industries caused a stir in the telecom industry when it made an announcement on September 1, during the company’s annual general meeting in Mumbai, offering free voice calls - both local and roaming - and data at cheap prices of Rs 25-50 per gigabyte (GB) through Reliance Jio Infocomm. On September 5, the fourth-generation mobile phone service was launched for public subscription. The Mukesh Ambani-promoted company promised consumers voice calls on Jio would always be free. It announced 10 data tariff plans, starting at Rs 19 a day for occasional users, to Rs 4,999 a month for heavy data users. The most popular is the Rs 149 a month ...

Reliance Jio to launch on Sept 5: Top 10 things to know The mega telecom disruption is finally here. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman   Mukesh Ambani   announced at the 42nd AGM that Jio will be launched on September 5, offering customers free domestic voice calls and zero roaming charges. "Jio will out an end to voice call charges in India. No   Reliance Jio   customer will ever have to pay for voice calls again," Ambani said during the AGM. Data tariff plans will begin from Rs 149 for 0.3 GB to Rs 4,999 for 75 GB. All data plans, except for the 0.3 GB plan, will also provide unlimited 4G data at night. "These are the simplest and the most attractive tariff plans in the market, with the lowest data rates anywhere in the world," Ambani said.   Read Full Story Read More On: *   Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani says to slash telecom prices *   Jio impact: Bharti Airtel, Idea slip over 9%, Idea nears four-year low * ...

RJio is choking our networks: telcos The war that had so far been brewing silently between incumbent telecom operators and  Reliance Jio   has come out in the open. Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) fired a salvo at Jio on Monday by writing to Telecom Secretary J S Deepak alleging that Jio was masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial, which they said amounted to predatory pricing. The COAI's letter was a response to one sent by Jio to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) claiming that incumbents were not providing enough interconnect bandwidth. In response, the incumbents have alleged that the burgeoning voice traffic emanating from  RJio   is choking their networks, given that 1.5 million subscribers of Jio are calling people who are on the networks of other leading telcos. When a subscriber of one network makes a call to a subscriber of another network, the point at which the two networks connect are known ...

RJio upbeat on trial run, launches website As  Reliance Jio  gears towards upgrading its ongoing trial run of the fourth-generation technology (4G) network into a commercial operation over the next few months, it says it already has at least half a million users. In an investor presentation, the company said, it \"launched full scale service for RIL group employees, partners, vendors and associates on December 28 and over 500,000 users are on board\". The launch is now being expanded to others, it said. Last month, it began a Reliance Jio employee referral program for its 4G service; each staffer could invite up to 10 friends to sign up. Initial feedback on the trial run was \"very encouraging\", it said. In the first month of the trial, average monthly data consumption was 18 GB and average monthly voice usage was a bit over 250 minutes, according to a presentation dated last Thursday. Jio is also testing its digital applications that are to come bund...