Tech, Media & Telecom

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are offering additional benefits such as subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Netflix along with regular benefits of unlimited calling and data to attract customers.

US stocks opened lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.73 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 1.22 per cent. Technology stocks led a selloff across Asian, European and US shares after Apple cut its revenue forecast, its first downgrade in nearly 12 years, blaming weaker iPhone sales in China.

Reliance Jio 'Happy New Year' offer: This is a limited period offer and is valid only till January 31, 2019. The offer provides cashback in form of AJio coupon which can be redeemed over and above the existing AJiooffers, Jio said.

In December, Bloomberg News reported the company was facing a "fire drill" to boost iPhone sales, which led the company to aggressively market the product at lower than actual prices.

Vodafone Idea shares hit their lowest in three weeks, dropping as much as 5.2 per cent, while shares in Bharti Airtel fell 1.5 per cent. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd added 10.5 million subscribers to its network, making it the third biggest in the country.

Apple's warning on Wednesday about weak iPhone demand in the holiday quarter due to slower sales in China sent its stock down 7.5 per cent during after-hours trading. Class B shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc traded down 2 per cent in the same session on Wall Street.

Reliance Jio's Happy New Year Offer: The offer is available on recharges done via every channel- jio retailers and online.

Jio recharge: Reliance Jio has 12 recharge packs in its prepaid portfolio under which it offers high-speed data ranging from 1.5 GBs to 5 GBs per day, among other benefits. Reliance Jio offers a total high-speed data benefit ranging from 42 GBs to 547.5 GBs under these prepaid plans, over a validity period ranging from 28 days to 365 days. These 12 Jio recharge plans are available to the prepaid subscribers in a price range of Rs 149-1,699.

Reliance Jio - the provider of telecom services under brand Jio - offers a validity period of 28 days each to its prepaid subscribers in the three JioPhone prepaid plans (Rs 49, Rs 99 and Rs 153).

BSNL's offer is available on postpaid mobile plans of Rs 399 and above, and landline plans of Rs 745 and above, according to the telecom company's website - bsnl.co.in. US-based e-commerce major Amazon's Prime, or Amazon Prime, is a paid service that includes benefits such as faster delivery options and on-demand streaming of videos.

Under the Rs 199 prepaid plan, both the telecom companies, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, are now offering 42 GBs of data for a period of 28 days.

Reliance Jio provides high speed data to the tune of 60-750 GBs, among other benefits, over a validity period ranging from 90 days to 360 days to its prepaid customers in the four recharge plans, according to the telecom company. These recharge plans are priced at Rs 999, Rs 1,999, Rs 4,999 and Rs 9,999.

Eligible candidates are required to apply online for the 150 management trainee (external) positions, and the online registration process will open from December 26, 2018 for a period of one month, according to BSNL.

The deal entails seven products in areas including security, marketing and collaboration solutions, and represents a total addressable market of more than $50 billion, HCL Tech said.

It is critical therefore for states across the country to leverage it to ensure greater direct and spill-over benefits, said Department of Telecommunications Secretary Aruna Sundararajan.