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Jio’s Plan to Charge an Undue Haste, says Voda Idea
INDIA

Jio’s Plan to Charge an Undue Haste, says Voda Idea

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea termed Reliance Jio's plan to start charging 6 paise per minute for outgoing calls to rival network as "an act of undue haste" and an attempt to distract attention from the need for urgent action to address financial stress in the sector. Without naming Jio directly in the statement, Vodafone Idea said that a new announcement from the Mukesh Ambani led firm comes closely to the action taken recently to potentially hurt revenues of other operators with its recent unilateral action of reducing ringing time. "The announcement by one of the telecom service providers today to charge for calls made to other service providers to cover the termination charge of IUC is not only an action of undue haste but it also does not bring out the fact that interconnect i...
150 Rs War- Idea And Airtel Launched New Plans To Counter Reliance Jio and BSNL
BUSINESS

150 Rs War- Idea And Airtel Launched New Plans To Counter Reliance Jio and BSNL

Incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular today made an attempt to match free 4G service of Reliance Jio by launching two identical schemes offering free calls and limited mobile internet use priced at around Rs 150 and Rs 350 with 28 days validity. To match Jio unlimited calling plan, Airtel and Idea today announced scheme priced at Rs 345 and Rs 348 respectively that will allow their customers to make unlimited calls to any network in the country. Both the companies will provide 1GB of 4G data to customers with 4G mobile phone and 50 MB for non-4G mobile handset users under the plan. At lower amount of Rs 149 and Rs 148 respectively, Airtel and Idea has started offering free calls within their network. Both the companies will provide 300 MB of 4G data to customers...
India Gets $8 Billion Worth Telecoms Spectrum Bids on Auction’s First Day
INDIA

India Gets $8 Billion Worth Telecoms Spectrum Bids on Auction’s First Day

India started its biggest ever telecoms airwaves auction on Saturday, receiving 535.31 billion rupees ($8.04 billion) worth of bids on the first day of the sale, a senior government official said. Market leaders Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone's local unit and Idea Cellular Ltd are pitted against new entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in the battle for airwaves to boost their high-speed data services in what is the world's second-biggest market by mobile phone subscriptions. The total value of the airwaves put on the block is estimated to be worth $84 billion based on the auction reserve price set by the government, although industry executives and analysts expect only part of it to be sold. Data released by the government's Department of Telecom (DoT) at the end of five rounds of bidd...
How Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Fooled us in the Name of Cheaper Data
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How Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Fooled us in the Name of Cheaper Data

Disclaimer:  We got this brilliant analytical piece about newly launched Reliance Jio scheme (of almost free data) from WhatsApp. We are publishing it because it shows the other side – which is obviously not so good - of the so called revolutionary idea, to promote awareness.  In the name of fulfilling PM Modi’s dream for Digital India, Reliance used his image in its full page advertisement but the question remains unanswered. How will it help India to be more Digital ? Did Reliance Jio make false promises to make profit? Is Reliance Making the hay while sun is shining? We would like to know the name of the author. If any one can send us, that will be a great help.  I must admit that I was euphoric over the Reliance Jio launch. Also, thanks to the media hype, I initial...
Airtel Too Offers More Interconnect Points to Reliance Jio
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Airtel Too Offers More Interconnect Points to Reliance Jio

After Idea, Bharti Airtel today also agreed to provide additional interconnect points to Reliance Jio, saying these ports will be sufficient to support 15 million customers of the new operator. "Airtel has been providing PoIs to Jio, well ahead of the commencement of its commercial operations. With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs will become 3 times the present number of PoIs," Airtel said in a statement. Reliance Jio -- which commercially launched its services on September 5 -- has accused incumbent players of not releasing sufficient inter-connection ports and had sought legal action against them. RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, on September 1, alleged that Jio network had suffered 5 crore call failures in the preceding week due to inter-connectivity issues. The mov...
This is How Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Will Make Money
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This is How Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Will Make Money

16th July 2016: The Indian Telecom Market - Basic Facts There are 100 crores of mobile users in India (1 billion). This means 80% of India is connected to mobile phones (voice calling) However, only 34% of India’s population is connected to the internet. Among those using mobile phones, only 10% use 3G data or above. If you were a telecom company, you would realize that there isn’t going to be a lot of movement in voice now. This is because almost all people have mobile phones. The next big challenge is the internet. Future lies in using data on your mobile phones. Hence, the smartest move now is to invest in building your infrastructure for the future. Here is why nothing else matters - When you have data, you don’t care about messaging. Who really uses SMS after the ...
Telecom War – Reliance Jio Announces Free Voice Calls, Cheaper Data Tariffs
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Telecom War – Reliance Jio Announces Free Voice Calls, Cheaper Data Tariffs

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today announced free voice calling, zero roaming charges and cheaper data tariffs for Jio customers. The company also announced "super-affordable" handsets under the LYF brand starting Rs 2999. Shares of Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel plunged up to 9 per cent today after RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced free voice calling and cheaper data tariffs for Jio customers. Idea Cellular tanked 9 per cent to Rs 85, its 52-week low on BSE. Shares of Bharti Airtel dropped 8.99 per cent to Rs 302. Ambani further announced that no Jio customer will ever pay for voice calls to any network in India and there will be zero roaming charges. Taking ahead the agenda of enabling a ‘Digital Life for Digital India’, Ambani said that the company w...