International financial services firm Morgan Stanley said it expects the formation of bad loans to decline 40% this financial year, based on industry feedback. “Our view is that new NPL (non-performing loans) formation will decline by ~40% YoY in F17. It will still be high, but given the surge in F16, it should decline meaningfully […]
Intel’s upcoming Apollo Lake low-end tablet and PC processor could trail ARM-based chips by a big margin if a benchmarking result from a product using similar technology is any indication. Goldmont, the core inside Apollo Lake is to be the first major update to Intel’s Silvermont architecture and was supposed to take on ARM chips. When first […]
International broking and financial services firm Credit Suisse said Reliance Jio’s unlimited 4G preview offer is now available without any invites. Under the pre-launch offer, the company gives unlimited calls, data, app subscription and SMS for a period of 90 days for anyone buying a LYF branded handset. “… our checks showed that in at […]
With the initial invite-only trail going smoothly, Reliance Jio, India’s largest 4G operator by network, has opened its website to the public. However, the only thing you can do on the new website, www.jio.com, is to request an invite to join the operator’s beta launch. No tariff plans or hardware details are available. As you may […]
Reliance Communications said it will switch off CDMA in most of its circles in June, and in some of the circles, as early as today. Except for four circles — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka — RCom has set the ball in motion to migrate its CDMA subscribers on to its GSM network. The company […]
The results of latest round of FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey puts across a median GDP growth forecast of 7.7% for the fiscal year 2016-17. The growth in 2016-17 is expected to be supported by an improvement in the agricultural and industrial sector performance. Prediction of a good monsoon after two consecutive years of sub-optimal rainfall […]
Reliance Communications may be promising great speeds and better quality voice quality with its 4G services, but the migration from CDMA to LTE is not without its fair share of birthing pain. According to social media posts, many users are reporting that they are not able to get any signal, and many of those that […]
Nearly three weeks after it started promising customers a 4G-upgrade along with new SIMs, Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications has finally managed to get its 4G service up and running in many circles such as Mumbai and Delhi. This marks the end of an agonizing wait for many customers who were promised easy and quick upgrade […]
Lumax Industries, one of the most prominent automotive lights makers in India, opened a design centre in Taiwan to strengthen its in-house design capabilities and facilitate its expansion in South East Asia. “The opening of the Design Centre is seen as a strategic step towards Company’s self-reliance initiatives and making designing- cost competitive. The new […]
Over the weekend, Reliance Jio has doubled the free, unlimited data and voice offer given on its LYF branded smartphones to six months from three months. UPDATED: The change has been rolled back, and the MyJio app now shows a validity of only till August 2016. You will not get six months of free data. […]
Anil Ambani group’s Reliance Communications and Aircel Cellular, a unit of Maxis of Malaysia, have again extended talks for merging the wireless operations of the latter with the former by 30 days. The companies noted that ‘substantial progress’ has been made in the matter. “Based on the substantial further progress made, RCOM, MCB and Sindya […]
Reliance Communications, the telecom firm from Anil Ambani Group, has extended the sale of its 4G SIM cards to all circles except the three southern states and Rajasthan. The states which are not getting a 4G upgrade immediately — including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala — are among the most lucrative data markets in India. It […]
If you are desperate to get hold of Reliance Jio’s 4G Preview offer, it might do you some good to physically go to your nearby Reliance Digital stores. According to our checks, some stores have started offering 4G preview invites this week. “Our SM (store manager) got ten invites yesterday,” said a store employee, adding that […]
AirAsia is offering big discounts on airfare as part of its summer sale this week, including an offer of Rs 3,333 for a ticket from Kochi to Bangkok. SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFERS The Rs 3,333 offer for a Thailand ticket is, without doubt, the cheapest such offer in India in recent times, or perhaps ever. […]
Cab aggregator Ola has partnered with a finance company to provide education loans for the children of its driver partners, the company said. The loan comes with easier interest rates and is applicable for children pursuing education from Std 1 to Std 12. “This first of its kind initiative allows loan options for driver-partners to […]
Reliance Communications started offering 4G SIMs to its CDMA customers to migrate them to its combined LTE network with Reliance Jio, but even after a week, these SIMs are yet to be activated. Many users are complaining that even though they’ve completed the migration formalities, including purchase of a new SIM, doing the migration recharge […]
Reliance Communications, the telecom operator from the Anil Ambani group, is offering a whopping 72% discount on its 4G dongle to those upgrading from CDMA data cards. The 4G data dongle has an MRP of Rs 3,199, but those who are upgrading from their existing CDMA card will get the new model for just Rs 899. […]
As we pointed out two days ago, Reliance has started advertising its LYF handset brand online and urging people to register if they are interested in buying the phone. With the company now unveiling an invite system, chances are that people who have registered to buy the handset from LYF website could turn lucky and […]
Reliance Jio, the 4G operator from the RIL stable, has started expanding its trial services to the public, but through an invite-only system. With this, you can go and get a trial SIM and a LYF phone, but you need to get the special invite — a bit like buying a OnePlus phone. To buy a OnePlus […]
Reliance Communications’ 4G upgrade has so far been rolled out in nine circles, and will reach the other states by around the 10th or 15th of this month. The nine circles where the upgrade offer is in effect are Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa, UP East, UP West, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and […]
