Reliance Jio introduced the JioFi 3 back in 2016, which we unboxed in early 2017. Last year the company seems to have silently introduced JioFi 4 (JMR1140) and JioFi 5 (JMR814). Now the company has started selling JioFi JMR815, which should be JioFi 6. This measures 74 x 74 x 20mm and weighs just 95g with a 3000mAh, which is bigger than the previous JioFi models. Continue reading “New JioFi 4G Wireless Hotspot goes on sale for Rs. 999”
Samsung launched the Galaxy S9+ in India last week and the phone went on sale in the country from today. As it had announced at the launch event, the 256GB version of the S9+ is exclusively Reliance Digital stores and Jio Stores in addition to Samsung exclusive stores and Samsung Shop. It also said that those who do a cumulative recharge of minimum Rs. 2500 within 12 months from any of the available Jio plans, they would be eligible for 70% of the MRP as buyback amount on return of the device after a year when the S9+ 256GB version is purchased at Reliance Digital Stores, Jio Stores or Jio.com.
Reliance Jio recently acquired the exclusive India digital for the T20 cricket series Nidahas Trophy – a tri-nation T20 competition played at Colombo from March 6 to 18, 2018 between host Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India. It also offers commentary in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Now it has announced that it has introduced India’s first interactive sports experience for consumers watching the tri-nation Nidahas trophy. Continue reading “JioTV introduces interactive sports experience with different camera angle, mic selection and more”
Reliance Jio a few days back started offering 10GB free data for users that is automatically added in their account. This data is mentioned as Add-on pack and is shown under your plan. It also says that the pack is worth Rs. 301, which is old rate for the pack. The 10GB data is valid for 28 days, so the 10GB data will expire by the end of March. Continue reading “Reliance Jio offers 10GB free data add-on pack for users of Jio TV app”
Back in February last year at the MWC, Samsung and Jio announced I&G (Infill & Growth) Project for Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in India for LTE services upgrade across India by expanding both the current network capacity as well as network coverage. Today the companies have extended the relationship to further boost LTE network coverage and capacity, and deploy a next-generation cellular IoT network. Continue reading “Reliance Jio extends partnership with Samsung to deploy cellular IoT network across India”
Reliance Jio has launched Jio Football offer that offers Rs. 2,200 instant cashback for all new smartphones getting added on to Jio’s network. When a new smartphone user does a Rs. 198 or Rs. 299 recharge for the first time, starting today until 31st March 2018, the 44 vouchers of Rs. 50 will be credited to the customers MyJio account. These vouchers can be redeemed instantly against subsequent recharges of Rs 198 or Rs. 299 on MyJio.
Xiaomi today launched the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones in India at an event in Delhi. At the launch the company announced that it has partnered with Reliance Jio to give the Biggest Jio offer ever to the Note 5 and Note 5 Pro users to its customers. The company had first partnered with Jio for Redmi 5A last year that offered Rs. 1000 cashback to the buyers.
Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July and started pre-bookings in August. It comes pre-loaded with JioTV, JioMusic and few other apps and recently got support for Google Assistant. Today the company has announced that Facebook app will be available for the phone through the app store starting from tomorrow, February 14th. Continue reading “JioPhone users finally get Facebook app”
After reports of Reliance Jio launching Jio Coin soon, several fake apps with the name JioCoin started cropping up on the Google Play Store and in recent weeks soliciting investments in crypto currencies from people. Reliance Jio today confirmed that it has not launched any JioCoin App and said that any such apps using the JioCoin name are fake.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio denies launch of Jio Coin app, warns people against fake apps”
Back in October last year, a report said that Reliance Jio will stop the JioPhone production to focus on Android smartphone, but it resumed the sale of the phone later. Today at an event TL Lee, Head of Mobiles at MediaTek said that the company will partner with Reliance Jio to launch a new Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone in India this year under the LYF brand. He also said that the phone will be powered by MT6739 SoC. JioPhone uses Spreadtrum SP9820A and Qualcomm 205 SoCs.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio, MediaTek to partner for Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone”
Last week Reliance Jio launched the most affordable Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls, 28 days validity for JioPhone users. At that time it introduced affordable data add-ons at Rs. 11, Rs. 21, Rs. 51 and Rs. 101. Now the company has launched these packs and has also revealed data benefits that come with these packs. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches data add-on packs starting at Rs. 11, 6GB data at Rs. 101”
Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July last year and started pre-bookings for the phone in August. It launched Rs. 153 plan exclusively for JioPhone users offering free voice calls and 500MB data per day with 28 days validity offering 14GB data. Earlier this month the company increased the data to 1GB per day offering 28GB data. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls, 28 days validity for JioPhone users”
Reliance Jio is said to be in talks with Xiaomi for exclusive rights to sell smartphones and TVs in India similar to what it has with Apple. If everything works out, Jio will exclusively sell Xiaomi phones and TVs through the Jio retail network and the Reliance Digital chain of stores, according to a new report from ET. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reportedly in talks with Xiaomi to sell Mi TVs and smartphones on its retail platform”
Reliance Jio revised its packs earlier this month offering more data and Rs.50 cheaper rates, soon after it introduced Happy New Year 2018 plans. Now the company has revised its plans again ahead of Republic Day 2018. It has introduced a new pack for Rs. 98 that offers unlimited calling and 2GB data with 28 days validity. All existing 1GB per day packs are enhanced to 1.5GB per day; 1.5GB per day packs are enhanced to 2GB per day. Continue reading “Reliance Jio plans revised again for Republic Day – 28-day pack at Rs. 98, more data on other packs”
Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 6879.42 crore revenue, up 12.7% QoQ and a net profit of 504.38 crore for its second quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 31st December, 2017. This comes after the company reported a net loss of 270.59 crore in the previous quarter. Jio’s rival Airtel earlier this week reported over 39% decline in profits for Q3 2018. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 504 crore profit in Q3, has over 160 million customers”
