r over two months now Reliance Jio has remained in news for both, good and bad reasons. On one hand Reliance Jio’s plans are exciting and free, till Dec 31, on the other hand people are still facing problems getting a SIM. Many, those who managed to get a SIM, have reported issues with SIM’s activation. But there may be Read More

A fresh row has broken out between the Big Three telecom operators and Reliance Jio over number portability. Jio has written to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that the three leading telcos – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea – are preventing consumers from shifting to Jio. In a letter to Trai chairman R S Sharma, dated September 14, Jio said: Read More

On Friday morning, readers of several news dailies woke up to a full front page advertisement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in a blue jacket, staring at them from under the words “Jio: Digital Life”. On Thursday, Reliance launched its 4G plan — Reliance Jio — and dedicated it to prime minister’s Digital India Campaign. “Our Prime Minister Narendra Read More

India just received what can be considered a “best of both the worlds” in the form of Mukesh Ambani’s announcement of free calls and texts over the JIO network and the elimination of any roaming fee. This model has been prevalent in the United States and has worked beautifully for its consumers, the only downside being the exorbitant rentals. Reliance Read More

New entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm has accused existing operators of releasing lesser number of interconnection ports for the ongoing test run of its 4G services. “Based on industry practice, 12,500 E1 ports are required for 22 million subscribers, which details have been provided to the COAI member operators. As against this, the top 3 operators have released only 1,400 ports so far,” a Reliance Jio Spokesperson said Read More