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  • Jio, Reliance Retail offer freebies with iPhone7, 7+

    Jio, Reliance Retail offer freebies with iPhone7, 7+

    MUMBAI: Even before the iPhone7 became available in retail stores, Apple had announced that the flood of pre-orders had resulted it being sold out in the US. The Cupertino – hqed company is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its debut in India generates as much of good news. And it’s tie ups with the Mukesh Ambai owned Reliance Retail and Jio are steps in that direction.

    Buyers of a new iPhone7 and iPhone7 Plus, are being offered Rs 1,499 worth Jio Digital Life services complimentary for 12 months from 1 January 2017. This includes unlimited local, STD and national roaming voice, unlimited text, 20 GB of 4G Data, 40 GB of WiFi Data and Unlimited Night 4G Data, unlimited subscription to premium Jio Applications. The offer is valid in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru only.

    And it has also been extended to new purchases of older iPhone models such as the 6s, 6s+, 6, 6+, 5SE across all Reliance Digital stores and select Apple Premium Resellers (APR) and Apple Authorized Resellers (AAR).

    Plus of course, they are entitled to the three months of free data, voice and app services until 31 December 2016. Making it a total of 15 months of freebies if they buy one of the above iPhone models now.

    “Today’s announcement brings together India’s best premium 4G network with the incredible iPhone experience,” said Jio president Mathew Oommen. “Jio is India’s 4G-only network, providing high-speed internet across India. The true power of iPhones can now be experienced by all Indian iPhone users on the Jio network.”

    Reliance Retail is offering users the convenience of pre-ordering the iPhone models online and having them delivered, installed and activated with Jio services in their homes.

    “It’s a great initiative by Apple, Jio and Reliance Retail,” says a marketing consultant. “It should lead to volume uptakes. However, With Jio’s calls now getting connected with other mobile telcos easier than before, one will have to wait and watch whether it can provide consistent service in both data speeds and in voice.”

    Jio is currently under challenge from other mobile providers like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea who have also shaved their 4G wireless broadband prices, in line with it playing the volume and price warrior game.

  • Jio, Reliance Retail offer freebies with iPhone7, 7+

    Jio, Reliance Retail offer freebies with iPhone7, 7+

    MUMBAI: Even before the iPhone7 became available in retail stores, Apple had announced that the flood of pre-orders had resulted it being sold out in the US. The Cupertino – hqed company is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its debut in India generates as much of good news. And it’s tie ups with the Mukesh Ambai owned Reliance Retail and Jio are steps in that direction.

    Buyers of a new iPhone7 and iPhone7 Plus, are being offered Rs 1,499 worth Jio Digital Life services complimentary for 12 months from 1 January 2017. This includes unlimited local, STD and national roaming voice, unlimited text, 20 GB of 4G Data, 40 GB of WiFi Data and Unlimited Night 4G Data, unlimited subscription to premium Jio Applications. The offer is valid in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru only.

    And it has also been extended to new purchases of older iPhone models such as the 6s, 6s+, 6, 6+, 5SE across all Reliance Digital stores and select Apple Premium Resellers (APR) and Apple Authorized Resellers (AAR).

    Plus of course, they are entitled to the three months of free data, voice and app services until 31 December 2016. Making it a total of 15 months of freebies if they buy one of the above iPhone models now.

    “Today’s announcement brings together India’s best premium 4G network with the incredible iPhone experience,” said Jio president Mathew Oommen. “Jio is India’s 4G-only network, providing high-speed internet across India. The true power of iPhones can now be experienced by all Indian iPhone users on the Jio network.”

    Reliance Retail is offering users the convenience of pre-ordering the iPhone models online and having them delivered, installed and activated with Jio services in their homes.

    “It’s a great initiative by Apple, Jio and Reliance Retail,” says a marketing consultant. “It should lead to volume uptakes. However, With Jio’s calls now getting connected with other mobile telcos easier than before, one will have to wait and watch whether it can provide consistent service in both data speeds and in voice.”

    Jio is currently under challenge from other mobile providers like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea who have also shaved their 4G wireless broadband prices, in line with it playing the volume and price warrior game.

  • Rs 3 crore up for grabs on Colors Marathi KBC 3 from 3 Oct

    Rs 3 crore up for grabs on Colors Marathi KBC 3 from 3 Oct

    MUMBAI: Inspiration from the US game show “Who wants to be a Millionnaire” in India 16 years ago has worked wonders for the countrymen and television viewers as well as the broadcasters. “Kaun Banega Crorepati” has got the viewers sticky eyeballs and surely showcased some of life’s most inspiring real-life heroes. The television audience immediately felt a connect with the show and got involved and addicted to a programme that was entertaining, knowledge disseminator as well as potentially held some prizes for the actually winners as well as the viewers and participants.

    KBC, launched amid much frenzy and fanfare, changed the course of destiny for the celebrated host Amitabh Bachchan too. Since he was not at the peak of his career, the show brought him closer to his fans and masses. KBC also made fortunes of laymen as their own intelligence and knowledge gained them instant recognition and big fat money.

    On 3 July in 2000, KBC was launched in India. Star Plus brought in the format and gave a marquee show to Indian television. It was hosted by the megastar in his inimitable style. The Indian adaptation of the US show immediately caught the viewers’ imagination.

    Rights of telecasting the popular were, over the years, acquired by regional channels too. In the Marathi television genre, Colors Marathi has planned bring the show for audience again. Popular Marathi actor Swapnil Joshi plays the younger avataar of Amitabh Bachchan on the show.

    Combined with an enhanced jackpot of Rs 3 crore and a unique “group chat” lifeline being pioneered by India, Colors is confident of a freshened new season of “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati.”

    Produced by Big Synergy, “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati”, the magnum opus is set to again usher in happy times with a high decibel Season 3, a season that promises another chance at bringing alive their dreams, aspirations and ambitions with an unmatched winning opportunity of a whopping Rs 3 crore.

    The show will be aired from 3 October 2016, on Monday to Wednesday in the 9.00 pm time band.

    Rin is the presenting sponsor of the show. Jio, Kesari Travels and Saraswat Bank are the associate sponsors.

    Speaking about “Kon Hoeel Marathi crorepati”s reach and impact, Colors Marathi head Anuj Poddar said, “In its first two years, “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati” had transformed lives – both in terms of the prize money and as a format adapted for the Marathi-speaking audience. So, this year, we decided to set new standards – that is, the largest-ever prize money in the history of Marathi television.”

    “Also,” he said, “for the first time in the world, a chat lifeline has been incorporated in the format. The Marathi audience today is brimming with an infectious energy, is contemporary while being culturally disposed and is raring to embrace every opportunity at success and happiness. This year, with KHMC3, we are providing a platform for all our Marathi viewers to embrace this new identity,” Podar said.

    The channel has introduced some new elements in the show such as the music therapy where participants can seek music therapy to distress them. Another factor the show has brouhgt in is the live chat box.

    Talking about the “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati”s popularity and host, Big Synergy’s Siddhartha Basu said, “This year, with a youthful new host, who is a versatile and much loved star of the big and small screen, the show is skewing younger and is broadening its appeal.” “The host of the show Swapnil”, he said, “is witty, spontaneous, charming and is able to build an electric connect with the contestants and the viewers alike.

  • Rs 3 crore up for grabs on Colors Marathi KBC 3 from 3 Oct

    Rs 3 crore up for grabs on Colors Marathi KBC 3 from 3 Oct

    MUMBAI: Inspiration from the US game show “Who wants to be a Millionnaire” in India 16 years ago has worked wonders for the countrymen and television viewers as well as the broadcasters. “Kaun Banega Crorepati” has got the viewers sticky eyeballs and surely showcased some of life’s most inspiring real-life heroes. The television audience immediately felt a connect with the show and got involved and addicted to a programme that was entertaining, knowledge disseminator as well as potentially held some prizes for the actually winners as well as the viewers and participants.

    KBC, launched amid much frenzy and fanfare, changed the course of destiny for the celebrated host Amitabh Bachchan too. Since he was not at the peak of his career, the show brought him closer to his fans and masses. KBC also made fortunes of laymen as their own intelligence and knowledge gained them instant recognition and big fat money.

    On 3 July in 2000, KBC was launched in India. Star Plus brought in the format and gave a marquee show to Indian television. It was hosted by the megastar in his inimitable style. The Indian adaptation of the US show immediately caught the viewers’ imagination.

    Rights of telecasting the popular were, over the years, acquired by regional channels too. In the Marathi television genre, Colors Marathi has planned bring the show for audience again. Popular Marathi actor Swapnil Joshi plays the younger avataar of Amitabh Bachchan on the show.

    Combined with an enhanced jackpot of Rs 3 crore and a unique “group chat” lifeline being pioneered by India, Colors is confident of a freshened new season of “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati.”

    Produced by Big Synergy, “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati”, the magnum opus is set to again usher in happy times with a high decibel Season 3, a season that promises another chance at bringing alive their dreams, aspirations and ambitions with an unmatched winning opportunity of a whopping Rs 3 crore.

    The show will be aired from 3 October 2016, on Monday to Wednesday in the 9.00 pm time band.

    Rin is the presenting sponsor of the show. Jio, Kesari Travels and Saraswat Bank are the associate sponsors.

    Speaking about “Kon Hoeel Marathi crorepati”s reach and impact, Colors Marathi head Anuj Poddar said, “In its first two years, “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati” had transformed lives – both in terms of the prize money and as a format adapted for the Marathi-speaking audience. So, this year, we decided to set new standards – that is, the largest-ever prize money in the history of Marathi television.”

    “Also,” he said, “for the first time in the world, a chat lifeline has been incorporated in the format. The Marathi audience today is brimming with an infectious energy, is contemporary while being culturally disposed and is raring to embrace every opportunity at success and happiness. This year, with KHMC3, we are providing a platform for all our Marathi viewers to embrace this new identity,” Podar said.

    The channel has introduced some new elements in the show such as the music therapy where participants can seek music therapy to distress them. Another factor the show has brouhgt in is the live chat box.

    Talking about the “Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati”s popularity and host, Big Synergy’s Siddhartha Basu said, “This year, with a youthful new host, who is a versatile and much loved star of the big and small screen, the show is skewing younger and is broadening its appeal.” “The host of the show Swapnil”, he said, “is witty, spontaneous, charming and is able to build an electric connect with the contestants and the viewers alike.

  • BSNL offers cheaper data, free calls; Rs 1250 crore subsidy approved

    BSNL offers cheaper data, free calls; Rs 1250 crore subsidy approved

    NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) soon plans to reportedly bring a plan which will give neck and neck competition to Reliance Jio. BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava said that the was closely observing Jio’s performance and the market.

    Plans being considered by BSNL are — lifetime free-voice-tariff plans from January 2017 at Rs 2-4 cheaper than Jio’s offering. (Jio’s entry price is Rs 149) Free voice calls to all BSNL users including 3G and 2G. Mobile customers with broadband can also avail this offer. BSNL users can use home broadband to route outgoing mobile calls through the landline network.

    BSNL subsidy

    Meantime, the Indian cabinet has approved a compensation of Rs.1,250 crore for the deficit incurred in operating rural landline connections installed before April 1, 2002. The subsidy support to BSNL will be paid from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). The USOF, since inception in 2002, has provided subsidy to BSNL for the rural wireline connections installed prior to April 2002. A total of Rs.8,692 crore has been extended as USOF subsidy support till date.

  • BSNL offers cheaper data, free calls; Rs 1250 crore subsidy approved

    BSNL offers cheaper data, free calls; Rs 1250 crore subsidy approved

    NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) soon plans to reportedly bring a plan which will give neck and neck competition to Reliance Jio. BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava said that the was closely observing Jio’s performance and the market.

    Plans being considered by BSNL are — lifetime free-voice-tariff plans from January 2017 at Rs 2-4 cheaper than Jio’s offering. (Jio’s entry price is Rs 149) Free voice calls to all BSNL users including 3G and 2G. Mobile customers with broadband can also avail this offer. BSNL users can use home broadband to route outgoing mobile calls through the landline network.

    BSNL subsidy

    Meantime, the Indian cabinet has approved a compensation of Rs.1,250 crore for the deficit incurred in operating rural landline connections installed before April 1, 2002. The subsidy support to BSNL will be paid from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). The USOF, since inception in 2002, has provided subsidy to BSNL for the rural wireline connections installed prior to April 2002. A total of Rs.8,692 crore has been extended as USOF subsidy support till date.

  • Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    MUMBAI: It’s the charge of the telco brigade. First Airtel and Reliance Jio hared into the content space by announcing their Wynk, Wynk Video and Wynk Games and JioGames, JioCinema, JioTV, JioPlay, JioOnDemand services offering an array of video, music, game chat apps. Now it’s the turn of another telco major – the Aditya Birla group owned Idea Cellular – to do the same. In an investor presentation, the company says it is planning its own range of mobile digital services right from live television to videos to music to games to music to news/magazines to chat and even money transfers.

    First off the blocks will be Idea Game Spark (Q3 FY 2017), Idea Videos and Idea Music before the last quarter of FY 2017 (January-March 2017). Idea TV, Idea News/magazines, Idea storage and Idea chat will follow in FY 2018 (April 2017 onwards).

    In the presentation, Idea says it expects mobile data usage to sky rocket just like voice over mobile did in the growth phase of wireless telephony. About 1.1 billion Indians will get access to wireless broadband by 2019-2020 (250-300 million in March 2015), and the subscriber base of 3G/4G services is expected to rapidly swell from 130 million in March 2016 to 540 million by 2021. Idea expects data consumption per user to more than treble from the current 475 MB per month in the same period.

    In March 2016, it had 22.8 million wireless broadband subs each of whom consumed 642 MB of data per month. Idea explains that its broadband services today are available to 400 million Indians; it is targeting to expand that 500 million by March 2017. It’s on course to have nearly 100,000 data sites active in 17 circles by the end of FY-2017.

    With the launch of its digital content and other apps, mobile subscribers are likely to be spoiled for choice and competition is expected to hot up between Jio, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. For television channels and content creators, however, it’s going to open up new worlds of opportunity.

  • Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    MUMBAI: It’s the charge of the telco brigade. First Airtel and Reliance Jio hared into the content space by announcing their Wynk, Wynk Video and Wynk Games and JioGames, JioCinema, JioTV, JioPlay, JioOnDemand services offering an array of video, music, game chat apps. Now it’s the turn of another telco major – the Aditya Birla group owned Idea Cellular – to do the same. In an investor presentation, the company says it is planning its own range of mobile digital services right from live television to videos to music to games to music to news/magazines to chat and even money transfers.

    First off the blocks will be Idea Game Spark (Q3 FY 2017), Idea Videos and Idea Music before the last quarter of FY 2017 (January-March 2017). Idea TV, Idea News/magazines, Idea storage and Idea chat will follow in FY 2018 (April 2017 onwards).

    In the presentation, Idea says it expects mobile data usage to sky rocket just like voice over mobile did in the growth phase of wireless telephony. About 1.1 billion Indians will get access to wireless broadband by 2019-2020 (250-300 million in March 2015), and the subscriber base of 3G/4G services is expected to rapidly swell from 130 million in March 2016 to 540 million by 2021. Idea expects data consumption per user to more than treble from the current 475 MB per month in the same period.

    In March 2016, it had 22.8 million wireless broadband subs each of whom consumed 642 MB of data per month. Idea explains that its broadband services today are available to 400 million Indians; it is targeting to expand that 500 million by March 2017. It’s on course to have nearly 100,000 data sites active in 17 circles by the end of FY-2017.

    With the launch of its digital content and other apps, mobile subscribers are likely to be spoiled for choice and competition is expected to hot up between Jio, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. For television channels and content creators, however, it’s going to open up new worlds of opportunity.

  • Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Vodafone telecom service provider is committed to continue playing its responsible role in further developing the Indian telecom sector and in creating value for the consumer.

    Vodafone India has always provided Points of Interconnect (PoI) to other operators for all their fair, reasonable and legitimate requirements and will continue to do so.

    Following guidance from Trai and clarifications from Jio regarding its commercial launch, Vodafone India has decided to increase the Points of Interconnect (POIs) between the two operators by three times.
    Accordingly, it will increase the capacity to connect.

    Vodafone is hopeful that all issues that it has raised with Trai and Jio will be duly considered and resolved at the earliest.

    To create a truly connected, inclusive and Digital India, it is vital to have a level playing field between providers offering the same service, encourage innovations and judiciously use a portfolio of technologies – 2G, 3G & 4G to service the evolving needs of consumers across the country.

    Vodafone is one of India’s leading telecom service providers, a co-creator of the telecom ecosystem, and a catalyst of the telecom revolution in India.

  • Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Vodafone telecom service provider is committed to continue playing its responsible role in further developing the Indian telecom sector and in creating value for the consumer.

    Vodafone India has always provided Points of Interconnect (PoI) to other operators for all their fair, reasonable and legitimate requirements and will continue to do so.

    Following guidance from Trai and clarifications from Jio regarding its commercial launch, Vodafone India has decided to increase the Points of Interconnect (POIs) between the two operators by three times.
    Accordingly, it will increase the capacity to connect.

    Vodafone is hopeful that all issues that it has raised with Trai and Jio will be duly considered and resolved at the earliest.

    To create a truly connected, inclusive and Digital India, it is vital to have a level playing field between providers offering the same service, encourage innovations and judiciously use a portfolio of technologies – 2G, 3G & 4G to service the evolving needs of consumers across the country.

    Vodafone is one of India’s leading telecom service providers, a co-creator of the telecom ecosystem, and a catalyst of the telecom revolution in India.