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"Use Zoom, Google Meet": Mumbai Civic Body On Bihar Officer's Isolation

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Rejecting Bihar's demand to release the Indian Police Service officer Vinay Tiwari - who arrived in Mumbai last week to probe actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death - from forced quarantine, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, in a letter on Tuesday, said the officer has the option to connect with his Maharashtra counterparts via internet plat...

Jio Revises Rs. 501 ISD Recharge Option, Rs. 1,101 and Rs. 1,201 IR Packs Now Come With Reduced Benefits

Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Jio has revised its international subscriber dialling (ISD) and international roaming (IR) prepaid recharge vouchers with reduced benefits. The latest revision, which apparently took place just a few days back, has impacted Jio’s Rs. 501 ISD recharge voucher as well as the Rs. 1,101 and Rs. 1,201 IR packs.

Jio Platforms Added 99 Lakh New Customers in First Quarter of FY 2020-21

Vineet Washington | Friday July 31, 2020

Jio Platforms said it has added almost 1 crore new users in the quarter ending June 30 2020, taking the overall subscriber base to 39.8 crore. Jio released its quarterly data wherein it reported 182.8 percent growth in net profits over the same quarter last year.

Opinion: Reliance Makeover Is Being Carefully Watched

Business | Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday July 31, 2020

From entertainment, education and healthcare to 5G for self-driving cars, Jio hopes to collect tiny sums from roughly 400 million subscribers of its core wireless service.

Reliance Jio June Quarter Profit Nearly Triples To Rs 2,520 Crore

Business | Edited by Sandeep Singh | Thursday July 30, 2020

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries' telecom arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm, on Thursday said its standalone net profit was at Rs 2,520 crore in the quarter ended June 30. That marked a nearly three-fold jump compared to its net profit of Rs 891 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. Reliance Jio's revenue from operations came in a...

Reliance Industries Trading Firm Ahead of June Quarter Earnings

Business | Edited by Peter Noronha | Thursday July 30, 2020

Meanwhile, at its 43rd annual general meeting (AGM) held on July 15, Reliance Industries had announced a slew of deals, including an investment of Rs 33,737 crore in its digital serves arm, Jio Platforms, by Alphabet Inc's Google.

Jio’s Forever Promise to ‘First Day First Show’: Here Are Major Jio Claims That Fell Through

Shubham Raheja | Tuesday July 28, 2020

Be it bringing down call and data rates or unveiling futuristic products like Jio Glass, Jio has been at the forefront of India’s digitisation. But there were a few things that didn’t quite work out for them. Here’s a list.

BSNL Again Extends Six Paisa Cashback Offer For Broadband and FTTH Customers to August 31

Tasneem Akolawala | Tuesday July 28, 2020

BSNL had recently extended the deadline till July 31, but that has now further been moved to August 31. This ‘5 pe 6’ offer was launched last year to take a jibe at Reliance Jio, but since then, it has seen multiple extensions.

Airtel Offering 1GB Free Data for 3 Days to Select Users: Report

Tasneem Akolawala | Monday July 27, 2020

Airtel is reportedly offering 1GB of high-speed data to select users for free of cost. This free data has been doled out on recharge of special plan, wherein users are getting more data than promised.

Airtel Discontinues Rs. 2,398 Recharge Plan, Brings ‘Free Data Coupons’ Offer

Jagmeet Singh | Thursday July 23, 2020

Airtel seems to have discontinued its Rs. 2,398 prepaid recharge plan that offered a validity of 365 days, along with 1.5GB daily high-speed data and unlimited voice calling benefits. Airtel is also separately found to take on Reliance Jio by bringing its free data coupons to offer up to 6GB of high-speed data access to its prepaid users.

Jio Phone, Other KaiOS Users in India Get Google Lens Support via Google Assistant

Tasneem Akolawala | Tuesday July 21, 2020

Google has announced that Google Assistant users on KaiOS devices in India can translate real-world text from their phones. There is a new camera icon in Google Assistant, and clicking on it will open the Google Lens camera. Users simply have to point their phone at real-world text and have it read back in their preferred language, translated, or d...

JioMart App for Android and iOS Launched: Here's How It Works

Abhik Sengupta | Tuesday July 21, 2020

JioMart, the online grocery service operated by Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, has launched its mobile app for Android and iOS. The development comes days after Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani announced new plans for its JioMart platform at the company's Annual General Meeting.

US Lists Reliance Jio Among ''Clean Telcos''

India News | ANI | Tuesday July 21, 2020

The United States has listed Reliance Jio among the companies that are becoming "Clean Telcos", saying they are rejecting doing business with "tools of the Chinese Communist Party' surveillance state, like Huawei".

Reliance-Google Smartphone Deal in India Threatens Chinese Firms

Reuters | Monday July 20, 2020

A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet's Google will collaborate with India's Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world's second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say.

Reliance to Take on Amazon, Walmart, More US Giants Following $20 Billion Fund Raising Spree

Reuters | Thursday July 16, 2020

eliance is expected to emerge as a digital giant following its $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1.5 lakh crores) fund raising spree. Its ambitious digital expansion plan may offer a tough competition to leading US brands such as Amazon, Walmart and Zoom in India.