Whatsapp's new version will work on JioPhone’s KaiOS operating system and will allow customers to send photos and videos

JioPhone held a huge lead at the top of the featurephone market with 35.8% share, followed by Samsung with 9.8% share, and Itel, Nokia and ...

Jio and these new vendors are targeting a bulk of the roughly 500 million basic phone users who have not upgraded to smartphones for reason...

In quarter to December, JioPhone had a 27 pe cent market share followed by Samsung with 17 per cent and Micromax at third spot, says Counte...

The brand has a big focus on the feature phone segment, and it plans to 10 new feature phones in India, aiming to capture around 5% share i...

With all operators offering similar voice and data tariffs, expanding the market by converting voice customers to data customers has become...

“The feature phone market increased 18 per cent on-quarter in April-June quarter, contributing to almost 54 per cent of the total market," ...

“We will complete delivery of 6 million JioPhones by end of October,” said Anshuman Thakur, head of strategy and planning at Reliance Jio.

If we see a viable business proposition, we will definitely consider it and participate,” said Ajey Mehta, India VP for HMD Global.

The offer will be available for consumers buying the models, online or offline, from October 2 till October 22.

JioPhone’s entry has brought some of the focus back to feature phones. The Reliance phone comes effectively free of cost to the consumer.

The operator will offer talk time worth Rs 50 free for 18 months for consumers who buy one of 17 models priced between Rs 800 and Rs 1,600.

Lava has already launched a 4G feature phone using Spreadtrum chipset. Another mobile phone firm Intex has plans to launch a 4G feature pho...

CARE said Jio’s network coverage in remote areas would be critical for the company to sustain subscriber additions triggered by the introdu...

Experts say that among the players with stakes in the feature phone segment, a large player like Samsung – may be able to reduce prices of ...

Most of the handset makers, according to experts, may now form more partnerships with telecom service providers to take on Jio.

Industry watchers and handset makers expect a 20-30% fall in smartphone sales in the March quarter, compared to sales that typically happen.