The first image of a VoLTE feature phone from Jio surfaced earlier this year. Now a new LYF branded Jio VoLTE feature phone has surfaced in images. We still don’t know the final name of the phone, but TechPP that got hold of the images of the phone says that the phone runs KAI OS, a forked version of HTML5-based Firefox OS that was killed by Mozilla last year. Continue reading “Reliance Jio Lyf 4G VoLTE feature phone surfaces in live images”
Just yesterday, Maharashtra cyber police detained a man who was suspected to be involved in the recent Jio data user leak. The accused has been identified by his nickname ‘Imran Chippa’ and was arrested from Churu district in Rajasthan.
Continue reading “Jio hacker arrested from Rajasthan; will face charges in Mumbai”
FoneArena first reported about the massive data leak of over 120 million users of Reliance Jio users on Sunday. Now, a latest report from Reuters states that police have detained a suspect in western Indian state of Rajasthan. The man is suspected to be involved in leaking personal data of over 120 million Jio users to a website named “Magicapk.com”.
Continue reading “Police detain a suspect involved in Jio data leak”
Reliance Jio started testing JioFiber last year. When it reported earnings back in April, it said that it started roll-out of its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) business by offering beta trials in a few locations. It also said that it will expand the scope of the beta trials over the next few months. In May it even confirmed that beta trials are being rolled out in select areas of Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat and Vadodara. It also said that JioFiber services are also available for RIL employees in Jamnagar. Continue reading “JioFiber 100Mbps 100GB preview offer for 9 cities revealed on official site”
Reliance Jio launched Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer back in April after the Summer Surprise Offer was withdrawn as per TRAI’s recommendation. As the 84-day Dhan Dhana Dhan offer ends this month for those activated it back in April, it has launched new plans for the Prime members. It has also revised Rs. 309 Dhan Dhana Dhan pack that offered 84 days validity to 56 days validity and has launched the same 84-day validity plan for Rs. 399 with 1GB data per day. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches new Rs. 399 plan with 84 days validity, revises old plans”
In an interesting development , Jio customer data has been leaked on an independent website named magicapk. Several sensitive details including first name, last name ,mobile number, email-id,circle, SIM Activation Date and even Aadhaar Number have been exposed. To my disbelief I found my own details in the database and also couple of my colleagues are affected too.
Update: 10:39PM IST with quote from Jio spokesperson.
After Xiaomi, ASUS has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Reliance Jio to offer up to 10GB data per month for up to 10 recharges or up to 100GB for 10 months. The ‘Additional Data Offer’ is available for Jio Prime members who have purchased any of these eligible ASUS devices from 16th June, 2017 either from online or offline channel. Customer will get an additional data voucher with every Recharge of Rs. 309 or above, limited to 10 recharges till 31st March, 2018.
Last year there was a report that said that Reliance Jio will launch feature phones with VoLTE support soon. We even saw an image of a Rs. 1299 feature phone earlier this year with shortcut keys for MyJio, Jio Live TV, Jio video and Jio Music. Even though we did not see the phone, there were reports that said that we might see an affordable VoLTE feature phone for under Rs. 1000. Now a new ET report says that Reliance Jio will disrupt the market with VoLTE feature phones for under Rs. 500. Continue reading “Reliance Jio could launch 4G VoLTE feature phone for Rs. 500 this month”
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched MySpeed app to measure and upload internet speeds and also launched Analytics Portal to show users in detail about network coverage, data speed in their area and Quality of Service (QoS) of their telecom operators last year. The latest data on the portal shows that Reliance Jio’s 4G data speed is the fastest among top operators in the country. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G speed fastest in June: TRAI”
Reliance Jio has launched Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system, the longest 100Gbps technology based submarine system that will stretch over 25,000 km from Marseille, France to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe. “This large scale project is the combined work of leading telecom service providers from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia,” said the company. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches 25000Km Asia-Africa-Europe 100Gbps submarine cable system”
Xiaomi has partnered with Reliance Jio to offer up to 30GB free 4G data on select smartphones. The offer is eligible to Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi Note 4G, Redmi Note 4G Prime, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 2, Mi 5, Mi Max, Mi Max Prime, Redmi 3s, Redmi 3s plus, Redmi 3s Prime, Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4A and Redmi 4 smartphone users. Continue reading “Xiaomi teams up with Reliance Jio to offer up to 30GB additional 4G data for select phones”
Gionee has partnered with Paytm and Reliance Jio to offer deals on its smartphones. Customers who bought select Gionee smartphones after June 16 will get up to 60GB of free Reliance Jio data under the ‘Jio-Gionee Additional Data’ offer.
Last year Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched MySpeed app to measure and upload internet speeds and also launched Analytics Portal to show users in detail about network coverage, data speed in their area and Quality of Service (QoS) of their telecom operators. The latest data on the portal shows that Reliance Jio’s 4G data speed is the fastest among top operators in the country. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G speed fastest in April shows TRAI data”
Last year Reliance Jio started testing JioFiber. When it reported earnings last month, it said that it started roll-out of its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) business by offering beta trials in a few locations. It also said that it will expand the scope of the beta trials over the next few months. There were some reports recently that said Jio has started JioFiber trials in Chennai, Mumbai and other cities. Continue reading “Reliance Jio rolling out JioFiber preview in Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad and more cities”
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) today reported its financial performance for the quarter / year ended 31st March, 2017. Reliance Jio posted a net loss of Rs 22.50 crore for the six months period of October, 2016 till March 2017, up from Rs. 7.46 crore in the previous financial year. Its income dropped 76% to Rs 54 lakh, compared to Rs 2.25 crore in the same period last year. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 22.5 crore net loss for H2 FY17”
