Reliance Jio recently teamed up with Samsung to offer unlimited data, voice calls and SMS for 90 days for select Samsung smartphones. Even though some of our readers have activated the Jio Preview offer and got a Jio SIM card, some have still doubts regarding the offer. Here is a step-by-step guide that will help you to activate the offer.
Samsung is all set to launch Jio Preview Offer in partnership with Reliance Jio soon. This offer will be available for select Samsung smartphones and will let you enjoy unlimited HD voice & video calls, unlimited SMS, unlimited 4G data and Jio Premium apps for 90 days / 3 months. Continue reading “Samsung phones to get free Jio SIM with 3 months unlimited 4G data, calls”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had launched 4G services for its employees in December last year. It was expected to roll out 4G services commercially by the end of this year, now ET and The Hindu are reporting that the company could roll out 4G as early as next month and the launch date could be August 15th. Continue reading “Reliance Jio could launch 4G services commercially with free voice with data in August”
Reliance Communications (Rcom) has started rolling out its 4G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Maharasthra and Andhra Pradesh circles for the CDMA customers who had upgraded to 4G, reports ET. Rcom is offering 4G for its customers through spectrum sharing agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm. Continue reading “RCom starts rolling out 4G services for CDMA customers”
Motorola has started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Snapdragon 615-powered Moto X Play smartphone in India that adds VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) support for Reliance Jio users. The latest Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones have the VoLTE feature built-in. Continue reading “Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India”
Until recently you required an invite from a Reliance employee to get a Jio SIM card along with the purchase of a Lyf phone to get a 90 day trial with unlimited data, calls and SMS to the soon to be launched Jio 4G LTE network from Reliance. The company has kept the Jio preview offer exclusive to its own Lyf brand of handsets. Initially, these devices were only sold at Reliance Digital stores across the country but few days back we reported that Lyf handsets are being sold at non-Reliance stores in open market, and it was possible to get the Jio SIM card along with the handset purchase for free and no invite was required. In an interesting development today, the company has started sending out invites to users who had signed up on the Jio website which went live last week.
Continue reading “Jio Lyf Preview Offer invites being sent to users who signed up on Jio website”
We have been testing Reliance Jio 4G network though the Jio lyf preview offer for the past few weeks on a Lyf Water 1 device and also the Lyf Flame 1 device. The Jio SIM cards are locked to Lyf devices at this point of time. We even managed to get hold a Jio sim from someone working for Reliance so that we could do some speed tests on the network on high end devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, iPhone 6s Plus, Redmi Note 3, Lenovo Vibe X3 and more.. We managed to test the network in Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. We managed to test the upcoming VoLTE feature of the network too.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G Speed test and VoLTE demo”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had launched 4G services for its employees in December last year. It has now launched the Jio.com website, which is now live for everyone. Previously it was restricted only to its employees internally. Continue reading “Reliance Jio website jio.com now live for everyone, allows you to register interest”
Reliance Jio today announced the launch of 8,100 km cable system, the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG). BBG will provide direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through seamless interconnection with existing cable systems.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches 8100 km BBG cable system”
Reliance Jio will offer free unlimited WiFi service at 6 stadiums during the upcoming T20 WorldCup. Dubbed as Jio Net, the service will be available at Ferozshah Kotla, Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Mumbai’s Wankhede and Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore and stadiums in Mohali and Dharmashala.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio to offer free unlimited WiFi at 6 stadiums for T20 Worldcup”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) yesterday launched its 4G LTE services for its employees at an event in Reliance Corporate Park on the eve of the 83rd Birth Anniversary of the group’s founder Chairman Dhirubhai Ambani. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches 4G LTE services for its employees”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) already said that it plans to launch commercial 4G around December. Now a new report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch says that it expects a small scale launch of Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 4G services by the end of December in select areas, especially in Mumbai, according to ET. It also said that pan-India commercial start could be delayed till Q2 2016. Continue reading “Reliance Jio expected to launch 4G in select areas by Dec 28, pan-India roll out in Q2 2016: report”
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today reported its quarterly financial results that ended 30th September, 2015. Reliance Jio already announced that it plans to launch 4G services by December 2015 and introduce 4G smartphones below Rs. 4000 during that period. Today Reliance Retail said that it has achieved a milestone of 5,000 crore quarterly turnover mark for the first time last quarter announced its plans to launch 4G LTE smartphones under the brand LYF. Continue reading “Reliance Retail to introduce LYF range of 4G smartphones with VoLTE”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) would begin commercial operations around December. This was announced by Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries at its 41st Annual General Meeting today. At the last AGM last June, the company announced that it will start expanded trials in August 2014 across multiple cities, which would continue through the end of 2014 and early 2015. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to launch 4G services by December 2015, 4G smartphones below Rs. 4000”
Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Videocon Telecom have reduced national roaming charges soon after TRAI reduced ceiling tariffs for national roaming calls and SMS last month. This is applicable for pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. Some operators have also introduced special roaming plans. Continue reading “Airtel, Vodafone, RCOM and Videocon Telecom reduce National roaming tariffs”
