All that we know about JioPhone2 so far

The launch of JioPhone2 was officially announced during the last Annual General Meet of Reliance Industries. The previous version of JioPhone was a huge hit as the company was offering the phone at almost zero price. Earlier the company had announced that the bookings for JioPhone2 will be starting August 15, but in a recent update the time has been shifted by few hours to 16th August at 12PM.

This new version of advanced 4G phone offers several interesting features including a physical keyboard in the format of QWERTY. It will also have the support of most used social media sites like facebook, YouTube, Whatsapp. The price of Reliance Jio’s second avatar of JioPhone is Rs 2,999/-. The JioPhone announced in 2017 was priced at Rs 1,500. Reliance Jio had said that this amount will be refunded to the customers after a gap of three years when they return the phone to it.

The JioPhone2 comes with a qwerty keypad- much like old Nokia Asha and Blackberry phones. It has four-way navigation keys and a mono speaker. The screen size is the same as of the JioPhone i.e 2.4-inch QVGA. The JioPhone2 is powered by Spreadtrum 9820 dual-core SoC. In term of specs, the Jio Phone and JioPhone2 are the same. Like the Jio Phone, JioPhone2 also runs on KAI operating system. The phone comes with 4GB of internal storage which can be further expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card and 512MB RAM. Beside all these, it supports Bluetooth, FM radio, VoLTE, VoWiFi, NFC, GPS, LTE Cat4 DL: 150Mbps/UL: 50Mbps, and LTE Band 2,5,40, 2G Band 900/1800. The phone is backed by 2000mAh battery.

The registration of JioPhone2 will begin in the next couple of days on August 15. The JioPhone2 has succeeded last years’ JioPhone1. Apart from JioPhone2, the registration process for JioFiber with FTTH technology will also begin on the same date. Jio’s first feature phone – JioPhone1, which was launched last year was a huge success. Reliance has sold around 25 million units of JioPhone1 so far. Now, with JioPhone2, the telecom giant is aiming for more. The leading telecom giant has quickly made it to the top spot in the Indian feature phone market, highlighting the significance of 4G feature phones.

The JioPhone2 is powered by KaiOS. It is a web-based platform that uses open standards such as HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. It made its India foray with JioPhone in July 2017 and gained a 15% of the mobile OS market beating Apple iOS as the second widely used in India, as per DeviceAtlas’ latest Mobile Web Intelligence Report.

Stay tuned at www.jioduniya.com for more updates about the new JioPhone2 in coming days.

Path To Success - Reliance Jio Business Updates

1. Jio has built a next generation all-IP data network with latest 4G LTE technology. It is the only network built as a Mobile Video Network and for providing Voice over LTE technology. It has built a future ready network which can easily deploy 5G and beyond technology in the last leg. Jio has created an eco-system comprising network, devices, applications and content, service experience and affordable tariffs for everyone to live the Jio Digital Life.

2. Jio has created a strong data network with infrastructure and backhaul for offering wireless services, wire line services, FTTH, Enterprise offering, IOT services and other digital services. These will lead to sustained growth in data consumption on the network.

3. Jio continues to be the most popular wireless broadband service provider in the country with its subscriber base increasing from 186.6 million as of 31-March-2018 to 215.3 million as of 30-June-2018. Net subscriber addition for the Company during the past twelve months has been 92 million, which was the highest in the industry by a substantial margin. Jio continues to have India’s largest wireless data subscriber base, with the gap widening from the other operators. The growth in subscriber base is getting further accelerated with JioPhone and attractive post-paid offerings.

4. The engagement metrics of the Jio subscribers is also the highest in the industry in India and among the highest globally as well. Average data consumption at 10.6 GB per user per month, average voice consumption at 744 minutes per user per month and average video consumption at 15.4 hours per user per month make Jio the leader in the industry across all of these service offerings. Average data consumption has grown substantially in this quarter, primarily driven by video consumption.

5. The company announced its JioGigaFiber services for Homes and Enterprise at the 41st AGM (post IPO) of RIL held on 5th July 2018. These services are being offered across 1,100 cities using Jio’s strong fibre backbone across the country integrated with nextgen network and platforms. Customers can register their interests starting 15th August 2018 upon which homes would be connected based on the requests received from the neighborhood. During the ongoing beta trials, thousands of homes have been connected to ensure gold standard service post launch.

6. Jio also launched the ‘Monsoon Hungama’ offer for JioPhone with upfront security deposit of only ₹ 501 for a new JioPhone (offered by Reliance Retail), effective 21st July 2018. The offer works in conjunction with return of an old feature phone. Also, JioPhone 2, which offers a larger screen and full QWERTY keyboard for a price of ₹ 2,999 has also been announced. JioPhone 2 would be available starting 15th August 2018. Most used social media applications like YouTube, Facebook and Whatsapp would also be available for Jio Phone users starting 15th August 2018.

7. Jio’s end-to-end all IP network is the most differentiated network with functionalities

such as SDN and NFV. It has been consistently rated as the fastest network in India by TRAI’s MySpeed application over the last 18 months with an average download speed of 18.6 Mbps during June 2018, which was almost twice the network speed available on any other network. Jio has also been consistently rated to have the widest LTE coverage in the country.

8. During the quarter, Jio launched the Zero-Touch Post-paid plan at ₹ 199/ month offering  a) unlimited voice and SMS, b) 25GB 4G data, c) pre-activated ISD calling starting at 50p/min, and d) one-click activation of international roaming at attractive rates (starting from ₹ 2/ min for voice, ₹ 2/ MB for data, ₹ 2/ SMS) without any upfront security deposit.

9. Jio’s simplified and innovative tariff plans enable its prepaid customers to have unrestricted access of Jio Digital Life. During the last quarter, Jio offered various schemes to its prepaid customers including Jio Cricket Gold Pass, Double Dhamaka for limited period, attractive cash backs on digital recharges, etc.

10. During the quarter, RIL announced a strategic transaction for acquiring Radisys, a global leader in providing open telecom solutions to service providers and telecom equipment vendors worldwide, for US$1.72 per share in cash. This acquisition would further accelerate Jio’s global innovation and technology leadership in the areas of 5G, IOT and open source architecture adoption.

HIGHLIGHTS OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Q1-2018)

• Standalone revenue from operations of ₹8,109 crore (13.8% QoQ growth)
• Standalone EBITDA of ₹3,147 crore (16.8% QoQ growth) and EBITDA margin of 38.8%
• Standalone Net Profit of ₹612 crore
• Subscriber base as on 30th June-18 of 215.3 million
• Lowest churn in the industry at 0.30% per month
• ARPU during the quarter of ₹134.5/ subscriber per month
• Total wireless data traffic during the quarter of 642 crore GB
• Total voice traffic during the quarter of 44,871 crore minutes

 Note: All this information has been sourced from press releases of Reliance Jio Company.

Magic Formula Revealed - Reliance Jio Success

Do you want to know the secret behind Reliance Jio Success. Read this article to know how Jio beat even the expectations of eminent market analysts to establish itself at a profitable company in just few years of its launch.

A) Strong Customer Engagement

1) Jio has continued its strong subscriber growth trend with net addition during the quarter of 28.7 million (as against 26.5 million in the previous quarter), highest in any quarter since the launch of commercial services

2) Gross adds at 30.5 million and churn of only 1.8 million implying the lowest industry

churn rate at 0.30% per month

3) Customer activity grew substantially in the quarter with average data consumption per user per month of 10.6 GB and average voice consumption of 744 minutes per user per month

4) Video consumption drove most of the usage, increasing to 340 crore hours per month

on the network; average video consumption of 15.4 hours per subscriber per month

5) Jio post-paid plan with attractive international calling tariffs and roaming plans has seen good customer traction

6) Jioprepaid tariff plans continue to offer highest value to customers; revised JioPhone

offer (by Reliance Retail) with exchange policy and lower upfront commitment to

accelerate customer uptake

B) Superior and Next-Gen Network

1) Continued expansion of 4G network coverage and further deepening in existing areas to achieve 99% population coverage during 2018

2) Only network to deploy pan-India 4G across the 800MHz/ 1800MHz/ 2300MHz bands

World’s largest mobile data consumption network

3) World’s largest VOLTE network

4) Ranked fastest network over last 18 months by TRAI’s MySpeed Analytics app (average download speed of 18.6 Mbps during June 2018, as per TRAI)

5) Lowest call drop rate at 0.13%; 100% network availability

6) Strategic acquisition of Radisys by Reliance Industries Limited (‘RIL’) to accelerate

technology leadership in the areas of 5G and IoT

C) FTTH and Enterprise Services

1) JioGigaFiber services for Home broadband, Entertainment, Smart Home Solutions,

Wireline and Enterprise was announced during 41st AGM (post IPO) of RIL held on 5th

July 2018

2) Customers across 1,100 cities can register for services starting 15th August 2018 and homes to be connected on priority based on number of requests received in the area.

D) Largest Distribution and Service Network

1) Pan-India distribution channel with over 1 million retailers

2) Rapidly growing base of Reliance Retail digital outlets and Jio Points

3) Continuous enablement of distribution channel through latest platforms and services

4) First in industry initiatives such as real time pay-outs, auto replenishment of wallet, etc.

5) MyJio is the most popular self-care app with over 200 million downloads and substantial additional features

E) Suite of Differentiated Digital Offerings

1) All of the digital applications and services offered to customers are leaders in their

respective categories

2) JioTV is the best rated live and catch-up TV app; JioCinema is the most popular video-on- demand app; combination of JioMusic and Saavn has created a music powerhouse; JioMags and JioNews are other highly popular customer offerings.

3) Jio EverywhereConnect was introduced for Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular)

users, which allows Jio users to use the same Jio number on both their iPhone and

Apple Watch Series 3 at no additional cost

4) JioInteract, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) based brand-engagement video

platform, was used across different programs.

Note: All this information has been sourced from press releases of Reliance Jio Company.