Mukesh Ambani announced that Reliance is establishing a "national AI infrastructure" aligned with Jio's vision of "AI Everywhere For Everyone
After the bonus shares announcement, Reliance Industries share price surged up to 2.63 at Rs 3,074.80 a piece intraday on Thursday
Reliance stated that it is developing a suite of AI-powered services collectively called JioAI. Among the first services to roll out will be JioPhone Call AI
Bharti Airtel's energy costs per tower reduced at a faster pace in FY24 bringing it closer to Jio's
Sunil Mittal's OneWeb had earlier insisted that spectrum allocation for satellite operators be done administratively as outlined in the Act - setting up a direct confrontation with Jio
In February this year, RIL and Disney agreed to merge Star and Viacom18, forming an $8.5 billion media giant with over 100 channels and two streaming platforms
On February 28, RIL and Disney finalised a deal to merge Star India and Viacom18, resulting in a new entity valued at Rs 70,352 crore, which includes a Rs 11,500 crore capital infusion from RIL
ARPU stays put at Rs 181.7 for the fourth-straight quarter
The current minority investors in Jio may prefer the spin off route and RIL could also consider buyout of current institutional stakeholders in Jio after the spin off if it wanted to shore up stake
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala questioned the Centre's intent, asking how the companies were unilaterally allowed to increase the rates without any oversight and regulation
According to Downdetector, the outage has affected over 54 per cent of users who are experiencing issues with mobile internet
Key features of the application include instant digital account opening and streamlined bank management with the "Jio Payments Bank Account" feature
Operators said such a moratorium is needed on spectrum bought in auctions from next year due to significant capital expenditure incurred in deploying 5G services
Under the proposed deal, the JFS unit called Jio Leasing Services will buy telecom equipment and devices that usually include routers and cell phones
Currently, 5G service users encounter various challenges including poor call quality, call drops, inability to connect to 5G despite activating phone settings, and negligible disparity in speeds
The company's growth has largely come at the expense of Vodafone Idea (Vi), which has been experiencing significant customer attrition for the past 23 months
Jio Financial Services on Thursday said its subsidiary Jio Leasing Services and its nominees have made an initial investment of Rs 2.50 crore in newly-incorporated Reliance International Leasing IFSC Ltd (RILIL). Incorporated on February 1, RILIL is a 50:50 joint venture between Jio Leasing and Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Ltd, an arm of Reliance Industries. "Jio Leasing Services Ltd (JLSL)... along with its nominees invested an amount of Rs 2.50 crore towards the initial subscription of 25 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each of RILIL, for cash at par," Jio Financial Services said in a BSE filing. JLSL is a subsidiary of Jio Financial. RILIL will be engaged in the business of operating lease of ships, vessels and voyage charters in International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) located at International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Gujarat. Shares of Jio Financial Services were trading Rs 355.70, up 1.50 per cent from previous close on the BSE.
Reliance's JioCinema is largely free and doesn't disclose user numbers, having started a premium paid offering just last year
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India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio added 31.59 lakh mobile users while rival Bharti Airtel's subscriber gain came in at 3.52 lakh in October 2023, as per monthly subscriber data by TRAI. There was no relief for the troubled telco Vodafone Idea on subscriber front, as it lost 20.44 lakh wireless subscribers in October. With the addition of 31.59 lakh users, Jio's total wireless subscriber count climbed to 45.23 crore in October from 44.92 crore in September. Sunil Mittal-led Airtel's wireless subscriber gain of 3.52 lakh pushed up the telco's user tally to 37.81 crore in October. The subscriber losses of Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) dragged its wireless user base to 22.54 crore in October, the data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed. Cash-strapped VIL has been battling fundraising woes and subscriber losses.