A few months back, Reliance Jio silently launched JioFi 3 in the Indian market just to replace its predecessor with some minor changes. We recently unboxed the device. The JioFi 3 now retails at Rs. 1,999 on official aJio website and is also available from Reliance Digital Xpress, Digital Xpress mini and other stores. Continue reading “Reliance JioFi 3 vs JioFi 2”
Reliance Jio introduced JioFi 3 hotspot, successor of the JioFi 2 back in September. This features an OLED display and also comes with a new packing that is cylindrical. We recently got one, check out the unboxing.
Continue reading “JioFi 3 4G Wireless Hotspot for Reliance Jio Unboxing”
Reliance Jio is gearing up to make LYF phones in India. The company has asked Chinese and Taiwanese device makers along with Foxconn to manufacture LYF VoLTE smartphones, smart set-top boxes, home automation and automobile telematics devices in the country, according to latest report from the Economic Times. Continue reading “Reliance Jio asks Foxconn to make LYF smartphones, other products in India”
We all know that Reliance Jio is all set to launch feature phones with VoLTE support soon. We managed to get hold of the first image of the feature phone that is launching soon for Rs. 1299. As you can see from the image, the phone has shortcut keys for MyJio, Jio Live TV, Jio video and Jio Music below the display. Continue reading “Exclusive: First look at Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE feature phone priced at Rs. 1299”
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has questioned Reliance Jio to explain why extension of its free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing regulations requiring promotional offers to be limited to 90 days. Reliance Jio has sought additional time till December 29 to respond to TRAI’s query.
Reliance Retail has been selling LYF phones and accessories through Retail Digital website for the past few months. Now Reliance Jio has launched a separate store on its Jio.com website to sell smartphones and accessories. You can access this by clicking the devices tab on Jio.com. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches online store to sell smartphones and accessories”
Reliance Jio today announced new “Happy New Year” for those who are signing up from 4th December 2016 and also said that old customers who are under Welcome offer and new customers will be upgraded to the new offer from 1st January 2017, and will continue to enjoy free Data, Voice, Video and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content till March 31st 2017. Continue reading “Reliance Jio Happy New Year Offer has 1GB FUP limit per day, new 1GB and 6GB vouchers introduced”
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries at the company’s special event today announced a new “Happy New Year” offer that would offer new users signing up from 4th December 2016 enjoy free Data, Voice, Video and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content till March 31st 2017. All the existing users who are under Jio Welcome offer will also be migrated to Jio Happy New Year offer from 1st January. All these benefits will be available to all subscribers signing up for Jio services up to 3 March 2017. Continue reading “Reliance Jio officially extends free Data, Voice, Video and Jio apps till March 31 2017”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has signed record 50 million subscribers in 83 days of its commercial operations, according to sources. The company has added 1,000 customers per minute and 6 lakh per day. Last month the company officially announced that it added record 16 million new subscribers in 26 days of launch. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reportedly signs record 50 million subscribers in 83 days of launch”
Last month Reliance Jio announced that it had signed record 16 million new subscribers in 26 days of its commercial operations, which must have increased by several folds now. The company already said that it is aiming to reach 100 million subscribers by the year end, before the Jio Welcome offer ends. Even though Jio SIM cards are now widely available in several cities, now it has started a new pilot program to deliver SIM cards to your doorstep, as rumored earlier. This service is being rolled out in a phased manner. Continue reading “Reliance Jio starts testing doorstep SIM card delivery through pilot program”
Recently I was invited to Reliance Jio headquarters in Mumbai.I have been following the technology scene in India for the past 12 years and I genuinely got excited when I started to hear about the plans Reliance Jio has for the India market. It is not only about the High Speed 4G network being deployed but also the fact that 4G smartphones have become so affordable unlike few years back when 4G was restricted to expensive smartphones. When Reliance announced the Jio Preview offer earlier this year in May along with the purchase of a Lyf device, I decided to buy one without any hesitation. It was a ticket to test drive the Reliance Jio 4G network for the very first time for users outside the company. Continue reading “Jio Experience Center Tour – JioFiber, SmartCar, SmartHome and more”
Reliance Jio had filed several complaints with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) against incumbent operators who failed to provide sufficient POIs to Jio. Yesterday TRAI in separate letters to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary, has recommended a total penalty of Rs. 3050 core on Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular in circles where the point of interconnect (PoI) congestion exceeded the permissible limit of 0.5%. Continue reading “TRAI recommends Rs. 3050 crore penalty on Airtel, Vodafone and Idea for denial of interconnection to Reliance Jio”
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently launched MySpeed app to measure and upload internet speeds. It 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 data on the portal shows that Reliance Jio’s 4G data speed is the slowest among top operators in the country. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G speed slowest shows TRAI data, Jio says tests performed after FUP”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had launched 4G services for its employees in December last year and it officially launched for all on September 5th. Today the company has announced that it has signed record 16 million new subscribers in 26 days of its commercial operations. “Jio has achieved this growth faster than any other telecom operator or start up in the world including the likes of Facebook, WhatsApp and Skype,” said the company. Continue reading “Reliance Jio signs record 16 million new subscribers in 26 days of launch”
Reliance Jio today announced that all Jio customers purchasing a new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus or iPhone SE will get 12 months of complimentary Jio Digital Services worth over Rs 18,000. This is available for new iPhone purchases across all Reliance Digital stores and select Apple Premium Resellers (APR) and Apple Authorized Resellers (AAR). Continue reading “Reliance Jio offers 1 year free Jio Digital Services worth over Rs. 18000 with new iPhone”
