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 […]
Reliance LYF — the handset brand from the Reliance Retail — has started advertising online, indicating that the launch of 4G services from its communication arm Jio is inching closer. The telecom operator was supposed to have started opening up its trials to the public last month, but the company seems to have decided to open up […]
Tata Motors saw sales growth of 9.9% in April 2016 at 39,763 vehicles compared to total commercial and passenger vehicles sales of 36,190 units in April 2015. The company’s domestic sales of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for April 2016 were 35,978 nos, a growth of 11% over 32,404 vehicles, sold in April 2015. Full-year […]
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 188.0 in March, 2016, which was 6.4 % higher compared to the index of March, 2015. With this, the cumulative growth in core sector IIP comes to 2.7% for the full year. The Eight Core Industries comprise nearly 38 % of the weight of items included […]
The government of India today said that Tube Investments, a part of the Murugappa Group, withdrew its proposal seeking approval for the sale of the 14% equity it held in Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co to Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd. CORRECTION UDPATE: Murugappa Group has clarified that it has withdrawn the application after […]
Reliance Communications is offering 10 GB of 4G data for those who upgrade their CDMA connections to 4G, but the company continues to maintain silence on what its eventual tariffs will be. According to a photo shared user volcano619 on photosharing website imgur, users in 2G-only circles will get 10 GB of 4G data for […]
Indraprastha Gas Limited said it opened 72 outlets of compressed natural gas in the national capital region in the last four months and another 18 will be opened this month. These have been opened at the fuel outlets of Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL. “While 51 out of these 72 CNG fuelling facilities are located […]
Even as its Reliance Mobile Stores began handing out 4G SIM cards to CDMA users, Reliance Communications has tweaked its prepaid and postpaid GSM tariff plans across the country in anticipation of the 4G upgrade. While earlier, Reliance GSM used to have postpaid plans with unlimited data in non-3G circles, now the data benefits have […]
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications has started giving 4G upgrade SIMs in many circles over the weekend, but in some circles, the availability of SIM has been delayed by at least a week. According to initial indications, all circles were supposed to get 4G upgrade SIMs by 25 April, and the actual activations were supposed to […]
Idea Cellular today told investors that it withdrew from a spectrum trading deal with Videocon — allowing Bharti Airtel to buy the airwaves — after it became clear that spectrum in the same band was coming up for auction next month. “TRAI announced total quantum of spectrum that was available and prices. We realized that […]
After several quarters of spectacular growth in its wireless data business, Idea Cellular seems to have hit a wall in the January-March quarter, with data growth falling to a disappointing 1.5% from 15-17% seen recently. In comparison, Bharti Airtel reported a data volume growth of 9.6% during the same three months, indicating that much of […]
After remaining offline for three days, Reliance Communications’ official e-store shop.rcom.co.in, is back online after a big makeover. On a day when the company also launched a webpage for upgrading its USB data dongle customers to 4G, RCom has thrown open its new official ecommerce website with spanking new 4G handsets and devices. All the […]
The government has replied to some of the criticisms about its handling of Agusta Westland probe, and said that the inquiry is taking time because the key accused are outside the country. The defence ministry also rejected AK Antony’s statement that it was the Congress government that blacklisted the companies involved in this alleged scandal […]
Reliance Communications has opened a specific webpage for upgrading its CDMA dongle users to 4G technology. The web page requires you to enter your data card phone number, followed by the SIM number of the 4G card you got from your nearest Reliance Mobile Store and certain other details. The SIM number is written on the SIM […]
Reliance Jio, the upcoming 4G operator, is still busy conducting tests using customer acquisition forms or CAFs across the country in an effort to ensure a flawless activation process when it opens up the trial phase to non-staff subscribers in the coming days. The so-called second phase soft launch was supposed to happen this month, […]
Jet Airways has announced special summer holiday packages starting at Rs 15,620 for 4 days and 3 nights in Goa. The packs go all the way up to Rs 1.04 lakh for a five-day package to Paris. The holiday packages include a Jet Airways return economy airfare (inclusive of all taxes), airport transfers, three star […]
As expected, telecom companies have rightly sought to exploit a loophole left open by the regulator and the government when they issued the famous ‘net neutrality’ guidelines earlier in the year. The TRAI and the government had, in February, banned any discriminatory charging for digital content flowing over their networks, and said that all bits should […]
According to the latest numbers released by Reliance Industries as part of its quarterly update, its telecom arm Reliance Jio has comfortably overtaken all other telecom companies in India in terms of the length of its fiber backhaul. Fiber backhaul is crucial to the operations of any telecom company as it helps it deliver high-speed […]
Under its Reliance 4G upgrade offer, PayTM is offering Intex Aqua Super 16 GB phone for just Rs 5,909 under a cash back scheme along with a free 4G SIM from Reliance Communications. The Intex phone is currently selling on Snapdeal for Rs 7,500 and on Amazon for Rs 8,300 and was launched late last year […]
