While the official 5G launch in India has happened, the country’s largest telco, Reliance Jio, is still working on launching its 5G in the coming days. We have already seen the power of Jio’s 5G networks in the last few days at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022. If you want to see Jio’s 5G network speed test, click here. Mukesh Ambani, CMD, Reliance Industries Limited, had said that Jio would launch 5G by Diwali in four cities of the nation - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata....

Reliance Jio, the leading telecom operator in the country, has awarded Ericsson, a major telecom gear vendor, a contract to help with rolling out the 5G SA (standalone) network in India. This is the first time Jio has partnered with Ericsson. For its 4G rollout, Jio had taken help from Samsung. But with 5G, Jio has expanded its horizon and will be working with Ericsson. Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio, said, “We are delighted to partner with Ericsson for Jio’s 5G SA rollout....

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, has discontinued its Re 1 prepaid plan completely. The plan is not available to recharge on the mobile app of the company or its desktop website. This is a little disappointing after all the hype that Re 1 plan had created. The telco had initially announced that it was offering 100MB of data for 30 days. This had made a lot of people happy as here was the loophole to get 1GB of data for a very affordable price as compared to Jio’s Rs 15 4G data voucher offering 1GB of data as well....

How to Start with Jio GroupTalk? Jio subscribers who want to try out Reliance Jio GroupTalk should note that the app requires a phone with VoLTE to run and it won’t function on the phone with Wi-Fi only. You will be required to have a Jio SIM inside the device with the VoLTE turned on for the app to work properly. Download the application on your device, sign in using the login credentials and allow necessary permissions....

Jio 4G Data Vouchers vs IUC Top-Ups: Differences Detailed Starting with the basic vouchers first, the Rs 10 IUC Top-Up from Reliance Jio offers Rs 7.47 talk time or 124 non-Jio minutes and 1GB of data voucher. The 1GB data voucher has to be activated manually by the user inside ‘My Vouchers’ section in MyJio app. The validity of this voucher is 90 days from the date of credit. As for the Rs 11 4G Data Voucher, it now comes with 800MB data and Jio to non-Jio minutes of 75....

Reliance Jio launched 5G in 10 more cities in India on Monday. The telco has covered cities in multiple states, including Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra. The ten cities in these states which will now get 5G from Jio are - Kanpur, Agra, Meerut, Prayagraj, Nellore, Tirupati, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Ahmednagar and Nagpur. Customers of Jio in these cities will be able to get 5G services from the telco with unlimited data and 1 Gbps+ speed....

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator in terms of wireless subscribers and revenue market share, has launched 5G network services in two new cities - Hyderabad and Bengaluru. TelecomTalk reported about users getting Jio Welcome Offer in Bengaluru a couple of days back. Now, Jio has officially confirmed that the network service has been launched in the two new cities, which include Bengaluru or Bangalore. It is worth noting that Airtel has also launched its 5G network in these two cities....

Customer Engagement Sees Positive Growth Reliance Jio highlighted in its release for the quarterly earnings report that it showed strong subscriber report with a net addition of 24 million during the quarter and 103 million during the previous twelve months. The monthly churn rate for Reliance Jio also reduced sequentially and remained below the industry average of 0.74%. Customer engagement also increased on the Reliance Jio network with the average data usage being 11....

Reliance Jio has a number of prepaid plans that include daily data limits in addition to unlimited calling privileges. The telecommunications provider offers plans of 1GB, 2GB, and 3GB of data each day. A unique feature of these plans is that they also include OTT and unlimited calling benefits. Let’s quickly review the list of Jio plans that provide 3GB of data benefits every single day. The following plans offer 3GB daily data: Rs 419, Rs 601, Rs 1199, and Rs 4199....

Reliance Jio is no longer offering the complimentary data benefit with its talk time plans. Similarly, Jio’s 4G Data Vouchers are no longer offering voice calling benefit. In early 2020, Jio started providing free data vouchers up to 100GB data with its talk time plans, whereas the telco’s 4G Data Vouchers came with up to 1,000 minutes of Jio to non-Jio voice calls. The Mukesh Ambani-led telco introduced the data vouchers as a complimentary benefit to the users on off-net calls....

IUC Talk Time Plans vs Data Vouchers When you open the Reliance Jio prepaid portfolio, you will find IUC talk time recharges and the standard data top-ups. Now the thing to note here is that the data recharges start at Rs 11 for 400MB, but the starting price of the IUC talk time voucher is Rs 10. On a first look, it might seem as if the IUC talk time voucher simply ships what it is named for, and that is talk time....

Reliance Jio Rs 444 All-in-One Recharge is a Perfect Choice Right Now Since the start of 2018, Reliance Jio has been leading the prepaid segment with its aggressive set of tariff plans. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telco introduced a plethora of new plans right before the Republic Day 2018 which took the industry by storm. Since then, Jio did not modify its prepaid plans which itself shows how it’s winning the race over other telcos....

One of India’s top telcos, Reliance Jio, with the intention of enhancing subscriber experience in the state of Odisha revealed on Friday that it had successfully completed deployment of an additional 20 MHz spectrum which had been acquired in the recent spectrum auctions. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd or RJIL announced back in March that it had successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in the 22 circles across India in between the recently concluded spectrum auctions that had been conducted by the Department of Telecommunications or DoT....

Jio Wi-Fi Mesh The Jio Wi-Fi Mesh is something that will strengthen the signal of the JioFiber Wi-Fi at the homes of the subscribers. It is quite possible that you are already familiar with the mesh technology which signal repeaters use to extend the signal of a Wi-Fi to a further parameter. JioFiber will be offering this very functionality under the Jio Wi-Fi Mesh feature. Using this, the subscribers of JioFiber will be able to access high-quality Wi-Fi signal at the corner of their house to ensure interruption-free streaming and high-speed gaming....

Bella Cherkesova, Russia’s deputy minister for digital development, communications, and mass media, has indicated interest in expanding her country’s cooperation with India in the areas of telecom technology, security, and the creation of 5G use cases, according to a report by PTI. On the fringes of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting that began on September 24 in Romania, she had a chance encounter with Devusinh Chauhan, India’s Minister of State for Communications....

“Tablets are now being used more for browsing, shopping and entertainment experiences. The three new tablets that we are launching with bigger screens and top-of-the-line features will take those experiences to a brand new level,” Babbar added. The company is set to launch Galaxy Tab S5e in the Rs 35,000-Rs 40,000 price range, Galaxy Tab A10.1 in the Rs 15,000-Rs 20,000 range and Galaxy Tab A8 around Rs 10,000 early next week....

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G is the South Korean smartphone company’s affordable 5G smartphone till date. Powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 720 chipset, the Galaxy A32 5G will retail at a price of €279 in Spain. Samsung did not reveal any plans of launching the A32 5G in other countries including India. Key specifications of the Galaxy A32 5G include 5000mAh battery, 48MP quad-camera setup and runs Android 11 out of the box....

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G: Specifications and Features The Galaxy A51 5G flaunts a 6.5-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. It is an Infinity-O style display and has an in-display fingerprint scanner as well. Samsung has made use of its Exynos 980 chipset to power the A51 5G. The processor works in tandem with Mali-G76 MP5 GPU, 6GB/8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage....

Samsung has just launched the Galaxy F23 5G for the Indian market. The smartphone looks impressive from afar but just might not be worth it. There is so much competition in delivering a good budget 5G smartphone today. The Galaxy F23 5G looks like an average smartphone from its design. It does have a big display and fast-charging support, but in comparison with what’s available from the Chinese companies in the same price range, the Galaxy F23 5G looks like a fairly bad choice to go with....

Prior to the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 10, Samsung announced that pre-orders for the “Next Galaxy smartphones,” which are rumoured to be the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4, have begun in India. The event is being held by the South Korean firm worldwide, and it will begin streaming live in India at 6:30 IST. Samsung may unveil its Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatch and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro TWS headphones in addition to the widely rumoured foldable smartphones....