Reliance jio subscriber base touches 160 Million

The latest entrant into telecom sector Reliance Jio has successfully bagged the 160 million subscriber base within a short span of just over a year. This news was revelaed by Akash Ambani during the 40th anniversary gathering of Reliance Jio in a glamorous and attractive event.

The major success factor of Reliance Jio in achieving such a great height in such a short time is attributed to its extremely aggressive business strategy. Lots of freebies at industry best quality in the initial periods attracted huge number of fans. Inspite of turning freebies into paid plans, majority of the subscriber base has continued to use Jio services which also include several high profile additional applications at free of cost.

As per the October data, Jio had a reach of about 146 million users and just within 2 to 2.5 months, this number has crawled upto 160 million. In an on-stage discussion with the Ambani twins, Akash and Isha, the 52-year-old actor Shah Rukh Khan mentioned that Jio now has 100 million subscribers. Akash corrected him, saying "160 million, SRK!", in turn prompting the 'Badshah of Bollywood' to take a dig at just how good the Ambanis were with numbers.

New Surprise Cashback Offer by Jio

As a new year bonanza, Reliance Jio has launched yet one more exciting offer to all its prime users. In this unbelievable offer, Jio promises various cashbacks up to 3300 INR with just a recharge of Rs 399 and above.

This offer resembles the previous "Triple Cash Back Offer", but promises much more than that. The basic gist of this offer revolves around obtaining various cashback schemes and coupons for users depending upon how they recharge the minimum of Rs399 or above plans.

So, what do we have in this offer?

Jio Prime customers can avail Surprise cashback of up to Rs 3,300 on every Recharge of Rs 399 or above done between 26th December 2017 to 15th January 2018. Well, the cashback is promised in three different categories:

1) Rs 400 Cashback in the form of Recharge Coupons provided immediately by Reliance Jio. As soon as a recharge is successful, Jio will add 8 coupons of Rs 50 denomination immediately into the account of the Jio number. These vouchers can be redeemed one at a time against any future recharges of Rs 309 and above plans, also on Rs 91 or above data add-ons done via Myjio app.

2) Second cashback upto Rs 300 is promised instantly. Note the word "Upto" here which indicates that not all the digital wallets offer full Rs 300 cashback. Below table is reference for knowing the amount of cashback promised against different digital wallets.

3) Third type of cashback is in the form of gift vouchers for various E-commerce players with which jio has made a partnership. On every recharge, Jio will randomly add gift vouchers worth Rs 2600 from any selected 3 e-commerce partners.

The following are the Jio ecommerce partners for the Surprise cashback offer:

a) Zoomcar: 20% OFF on Zoomcar upto ₹1,000

b) Oyo Rooms: 30% discount on OYO Hotel booking and 50% OYO Money cashback up to      ₹1,500

c) Paytm Mall: Cashback up to ₹2,000 on minimum purchase of ₹10,000 in Electronics

d) BigBasket: 20% off on a minimum purchase of ₹600

e) Grofers: Flat ₹300 cashback on order of ₹1500

f)  Yatra: ₹1,000 OFF on roundtrip and ₹500 OFF on one way on Domestic Flights.

It is worth to note that all the a user can have a maximum of 25 recharges on a given jio number at any given point of time including add-ons, top-up, plan recharges, ISD/IR packs. However, the maximum number of recharges of Rs 399 or above plans, during the offer period can be upto 5 recharges only per account.

As of the latest statement, the validity of e-commerce partner coupons is only until 31st March 2018. So, we suggest you plan to use them as soon as you get them.

5-Dream Points of Mukesh Ambani

During the grand celebrations of RIL's 40 year of existence, Mukesh Ambani detailed about the future and dreams for Reliance Industry. Speaking on the occasion, Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani called upon the young workforce to take the Reliance group to new heights.

During the event, he put forward his 5 point dream for RIL that Reliance staffers must achieve

1. To be among the top 20 companies in the world

2. To become a leading provider of clean and affordable energy to and in India.

3. To become a leading global producer of innovative new materials

4. To equip Jio to digitally transform the nation in entertainment, financial services, commerce, manufacturing, agriculture, education and healthcare

5. Reliance and Jio to be even a stronger partner to the nation so that India can become a global super power.

Ambani’s twin children – Akash and Isha participated as anchors with Shahrukh Khan, while the younger son Anant was introduced to the Reliance family. Some 50,000 employees and their families attended the gala event which featured Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan hosting a KBC session with the Ambani children. Shahrukh Khan's performance and Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt dancing to popular tracks. Another 2,00,000 employees and their families joined the celebrations live via video conferencing at more than 1,000 locations across the country including manufacturing sites, retail stores and Jio points, according to company officials.

Mukesh Ambani started the speech by paying tribute to his father Dhirubhai Ambani and other leaders who have contributed to the growth of Reliance. "Reliance is the creation of the vision of one individual - my father, and our founder Dhirubhai Ambani," he said. He credited his father with all the progress that the company has made in the last 40 years.

Two New Prepaid plans from Jio

Reliance Jio has introduced two new prepaid plans recently which have been famously known as "Happy New Year 2018 Plans". Both plans have a validity of 28 days only and have a daily cap on the usage.

Rs 199 Plan:

This plan comes with a validity of 28 days and offers a total of 33.6 GB. But, has a daily cap of 1.2 GB per day upon the completion of which the speed will be reduced to 64kbps. There is no limit on SMS and voice calls.

Rs 299 Plan:

This plan comes with a validity of 28 days and offers a total of 56 GB. But a daily cap of 2GB per day is imposed. After exhausting the daily high speed limit, the speed will be reduced to 64 kbps. This offer also offers unlimited SMS and voice calls for free.

New Jiofi in Market - Details of Jiofi4 and Jiofi5

Reliance Jio has quietly launched new versions of its Jiofi device in two new variants called as JIOFI-4 and JIOFI-5. Let us look at the features and new looks of these new variants.

Details of Jiofi-4:

1) The device comes in a rectangular packing box ( similar to that of Jiofi-2). Earlier, Jiofi-3 was launched in round box.

2) The new Jiofi-4 comes in a nearly circular shape with both power and WPS button located on the front.

3) The device has a matte finish in dark color.

4) The body dimensions are bigger in comparison with its predecessors. This device has a dimension of 85mm (Length) X 55mm (Breadth) X 16mm (Thickness).

5) New Jiofi-4 weighs approximately 222g.

6) This device has OLED indicators for signal, power and wifi status.

7) Jiofi-4 has a battery capacity of 2600 mAh and has a micro SIM slot similar to that of Jiofi3.

8) It also has a USB tethering and uses a wifi module Wifi 802.11 b/g/n.

9) Currently, This device is available in Amazon at 1249 Rs ( See below).

                                                      


Details of Jiofi-5:

1) Jiofi-5 is the latest of variants in the family of Reliance Jiofi.

2) Most of the specifications of this device matches with that of Jiofi-2 ( You read it right, matches Jiofi2). Surprisingly, Jio has decided to limit the battery capacity of this device to 2300 mAh which is less than its immediate two predecessors. But an inside report says that this move is implemented to ensure a possibility to reduce prices in future, but the software logic is adjusted to enhance the battery life to almost similar to that of 2600mAh.

3) Only new thing in this device its perfect square shaped design with a hook bar on the right top corner.

4) This device also comes in a rectangular packing box ( similar to that of Jiofi-2). Earlier, Jiofi-3 was launched in round box.

5) The power and WPS button are located towards left side and power slot is on the top side.

6) The OLED indicators are located at the top right corner just beside the hook bar.

7) The front side has a glossy finish, where as the back side has a matte finish. It has a note on the bottom left corner for the users to download Jio4GVoice for free calls using Jiofi.

8) This device weighs around 210g which is 12g less than Jiofi4.

9) Currently, This device is available at a price of 1599 Rs.

                                                       

JIO ACQUIRES 43% MARKET SHARE IN BROADBAND - TOPS THE LIST

As of 31st October 2017, Reliance Jio has acquired about 43% of total share market for wireless broadband connections. As per the recent statistics from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI), Jio has able to attract 146 million customers to its basket. This makes Jio the market leader in this sector.

The next contestant in line is Airtel which has a market share of about 19.7% with a total of 64.8 million customers. However, it is worth to note that airtel also stands second in line to BSNL in terms of wired broadband connections with about 2.13 million customers. Jio has not yet started its wired network, but trials are underway for the same in few selected cities in the name of "Jio Fibre".

The other major contestants in wireless broadband are vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications with a subscriber base of 48.41 million, 31 million, 8.98 million respectively.

In case of wired broadband sector, BSNL tops the table with 9.48 million subscribers followed by Airtel, Atria Convergence Technologies, MTNL and Hathway with a subscriber bases of 2.13 million, 1.26million, 0.94million, 0.68million respectively.

Jio tops again in monthly subscriber additions

Jio has once again topped the chart in terms of adding highest subscribers to its wireless networks among all the telecom industries for the month of October 2017. Reliance Jio has succeeded in adding a total of 7.34 million active wireless subscribers to extend its market to 12.39%.

Courtesy: TRAI

Second in the list is Bharti Airtel with a net addition of 3.14 million customers, inspite of this it has retained top spot in the total market share with a share of 24.21%. Vodafone and Idea follow with net additions of 0.8 million and 0.7 million subscribers respectively and have maintained a market share of 17.68% and 16.20% respectively.

One of the public sector undertaking (PSU) service providers BSNL has added only 0.6 million subscribers, another PSU MTNL has lost 11520 subscribers. Both of these PSU have a combined market share of only 9.34% against private telcos market share of 90.66%.

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=> New record by Reliance Jio in network speed

NEW RECORD IN JIO NETWORK SPEED

Jio has set a new record by reaching a top download speed of 21.9 mbps in October, that too by breaking its own previous record of 19.12 mbps as per the recent reports from TRAI. It is surprising to see that the next telecom operator in line is Vodafone which has recorded a top speed of just 8.7 mbps which is low by a staggering 60% difference.

            During the tenure of nationwide free service, Jio had problems with speed at some places of the country, but it seems that Jio has learned and fixed all the loopholes and plugged them as it turns out almost like a monopoly in the internet download speeds. Followed by Jio and Vodafone, the speeds recorded by other telcos are like Idea - 8.6 mbps, Airtel - 7.5 mbps. One more interesting factor is except for Jio, the speeds of all other Telcos in fact has decreased by a bit compared to previous month data.

When it comes to upload speed, it's a different scenario. Idea topped the chart with 6.4 mpbs upload speed, with Vodafone, Jio, Airtel achieving a speed of 5.9, 4.1 and 3.5 mbps respectively.

What is JioID and how to create one through Jio.com

Reliance Jio is offering 4G data at the lowest rates in the market and in addition it is providing unlimited national and roaming calls absolutely free. A wide array of its mindblowing applications are also available for free. But to access these facilities, Jio asks for a JioID while logging in.

Creating a Jio ID is one time job and the same ID can be used to access almost all its services. In fact, a Jio ID can be created in 2 different modes, either through MyJio app or through the official website jio.com.

In this post, we will show you how to create a new Jio ID through jio.com. First you need to have a active email ID, which shouldn't have got used earlier for JioID purpose.

Step-1: Open the official Jio website www.jio.com and click on the 'Sign In' button on the top right corner as shown in below picture.

Step-2: Click on the "Sign Up" button on the bottom ( Beside New to Jio text).

Step-3: Enter your Jio number for which you want to create a new Jio ID and click 'Generate OTP' button. Please note that if the SIM is in Jiofi, the message will go to the alternate number registered. Read our previous post "How to change alternate number" if you are new to this.

Step-4: In the new screen opened, enter the OTP, new active email ID and password as per the guidelines shown at bottom. Now click 'Sign Up' button.

Step-5: A confirmatory message will be shown in which you will have to verify the email id by clicking on the link sent to the email provided by you. Please note that this link will be valid only for 24 hours from the time of this message displayed. Once you complete the verification, you can access any Jio application using the newly generated credentials.

Best Jio Prepaid plan for 1GB daily Data

As of Dec 2nd, Jio has 4 prepaid plans which offer 1GB highspeed 4G data per day. But, have you ever wondered which plan gives cheapest 4G data among the four. The prepaid plans which offer 1GB data per day are as below:

1) Rs 309 plan valid for 49 days gives total 49GB.
2) Rs 399 plan valid for 70 days gives total 70GB.
3) Rs 459 plan valid for 84 days gives total 84GB.
4) Rs 499 plan valid for 91 days gives total 91GB.

There is no argument about each plan having its own validity period, but if you keep this factor aside for sometime, you can easily figure out which plan is most economical.

We have tried below to provide you with the cost-wise breakdown for each plan:

1) Rs 309 plan provides 1GB data at an effective price of 6.30 Rupees.
2) Rs 399 plan provides 1GB data at an effective price of 5.70 Rupees.
3) Rs 459 plan provides 1GB data at an effective price of 5.46 Rupees.
4) Rs 499 plan provides 1GB data at an effective price of 5.48 Rupees

Based on above analysis, one can easily determine Rs 459 plan as most economical followed by Rs 499 plan. But as we mentioned in the beginning, each plan is different when you include the factor of validity period. Hence, we leave the final decision upto the wise users.

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⚑ New changes in Jio Pre-paid plans (On 19-Oct-2017).

JioPhone Bookings To Resume Shortly

The Reliance Jio team has started preparations for the second wave of Reliance Jio Bookings. This time to avoid uncontrollable rush to the website, Jio has started online verifications for previous interests recorded. Several users have received messages from Reliance Jio to verify and confirm if they still are sure with their previously registered interest and are told they will be informed as soon as pre-booking resumes on priority basis.

One of our team member has received a message which reads " Thank you for your interest in JioPhone. To confirm your interest, click http://jio.com/r/******** or call 18008898889. On availability of JioPhone, we will inform you in advance. Team Jio. "

Once you click on the link sent through the message, you can find a confirmatory message as shown below:

All these developments indicate that Jio has learned from its previous mistakes and determined to handle the second wave of Jiophone prebookings in a much effective manner. Stay tuned for more news related to JioPhone prebookings.

Read our previous posts for more information:

⚑ Why JioPhone Pre-booking was suspended?

⚑ How to register interest for JioPhone?

⚑ Procedure to Pre-book a Jiophone.