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Airtel plans co-branded handsets to take on Jio in move to ringfence 2G subscribersBharti Airtel is considering co-branded smartphone deals with handset makers and bundled data and voice offers to bring down the effective ...
JioPhone Next delay: Challenges ahead for Mukesh Ambani to manage component crunch and price, say analystsReliance Jio has officially delayed the launch of its affordable smartphone, JioPhone Next, which was developed in partnership with Google,...
Aggressive Jio ups focus on smartphone bundling to acquire high-end usersThe 4G-only telco has started to roll out ‘Jio exclusive’’ smartphones through partnerships with Vivo, Xiaomi, Samsung, Oppo, HMD Global an...
RIL may need to offer Rs 15,000 crore subsidy to attract users to JioPhone Next: AnalystsCurrently, the cheapest 4G smartphone is priced at around Rs 3,800, while those from popular brands start from around Rs 6,000, market play...
Lockdown, Day 51: Lifeline for labourersRailways has now cancelled all passenger trains till June 30. Special and shramik trains will continue to run.
Aadhaar-based e-KYC to boost user adds for telcos: ExpertsAadhaar, they said, would be a simpler and more foolproof authentication mechanism than the one using QR codes to verify IDs of new users b...
Jio is going to pinch Mukesh Ambani's deep pocket really hardJio may lose nearly $2.1 bn this fiscal when costs such as handset subsidies are included, Bernstein estimates.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio in talks with US handset company Flex for smartphone productionJio is in talks with US manufacturer Flex for locally producing about 100 million mobile phone handsets.
Jio to become India's No 1 telecom operator by 2021: Bernstein reportThe report said an update of long-term forecasts is now being published, which for the first time, shows Jio reaching the number one positi...
Airtel facing the heat from Reliance Industries’ JioPhoneGoldman Sachs attributed the phenomenon to “loss of (Airtel) subscribers to JioPhone” and “rationalisation of customers” gained, postacquis...
Airtel CEO sees end of telecom price war in 6 monthsThe telecom industry has been in the throes due to price war since Jio's entry nearly two years ago.
Smartphones at Rs 500 may cost Indian telcos Rs 26000 croreWhat is the subsidy cost that telcos will have to bear to really deliver the devices at Rs.500? A calculation throws up a whopping number: ...
Smartphones at Rs. 500? Their true cost may be Rs 26,000 crore!What is the subsidy cost that telcos will have to bear to really deliver the devices at Rs.500? A calculation throws up a whopping number: ...
Airtel, Vodafone and Idea find a counter to Ambani's Jio: A Rs 500 smartphoneIndia's big 3 telcos are working with handset companies to make 4G smartphones drastically cheaper than feature phones and offer them with ...
JioPhone launch to expose Idea Cellular's data shortfallsIdea has added less new customers over the past few quarters. Also, Idea's monthly churn rate is also higher – 6.7% versus 3.8% for Airtel.
No Airtel handset sops to counter Jio: Gopal Vittal“We've always treated the devices market as an open-ecosystem, whereas the JioPhone is a SIM-locked device,” Gopal Vittal said on Wednesday.
Handset makers start exploring options including price cuts and carrier-bundlingExperts say that among the players with stakes in the feature phone segment, a large player like Samsung – may be able to reduce prices of ...