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Investors Seek Clarity on Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G LTE

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Telecom Invetsors Meet IndiaInvestors in the Indian Telecom Space focused on two important issues – Indian Currency and the 4G-LTE Space.

Foreign Investors Wary of Indian Government Flip Flop Policies – We believe that, despite the government’s decision to allow 100% FDI and a depreciating rupee, the experience of some of the players – such as Telenor, Etisalat (licence cancellations), and Vodafone (tax dispute) – has not been encouraging. Separately, the last set of new players giving up their pan-India dreams and shutting down circles suggests that it is hard to make a case for a foreign player to take the new-entrant

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Reliance Jio Infocomm’s Voice Service – BUY WholeSale Minutes or More Spectrum ?

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Reliance Jio Infocomm thinks big like the Ambani DNA. As the Economic Progress in India came to an halt, affordability of 4G got pushed back by few more years. In this backdrop, 2G Voice continues to be the Cash Ringing Register for Telcos.

The State of Voice over LTE
With challenges in commercial VoLTE deployments, circuit switched fallback (CSFB) has been the more popular form of providing voice and data services globally. CSFB allows the subscriber to use data services over 4G networks but switches back to the traditional 2G/3G networks when using voice. Globally, only MetroPCS and Korean operators have launched VoLTE services and the technology is still

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What is Reliance Jio Infocomm’s Game Plan for 4G LTE ?

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For markets like India and Africa, the data growth story is linked to low cost smart-phones. With LTE deployments taking place simultaneously in India and the globe, Indian operators face a big challenge in terms of driving LTE economics. India would lag the US in LTE affordability by 11 years based on a 20% yearly rate of decline in technology costs and by 5 years based on a 40% yearly rate of decline in technology costs.

All BWA operators in India will launch the TD version of LTE and their fate is somewhat dependant on the progress made by China Mobile. China Mobile will not be entirely dependant on low-cost smartphones to drive traction on LTE. Indian operators, on the other hand, may have to wait for the LTE ecosystem to align

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Reliance Jio SmartPhone Tablets to be Launched with 4G Broadband

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Reliance Jio Infocomm’s Tarun Jhunjhunwala, Business Head East Indian Operations has said, We have plans to provide 4G services at affordable rates. Talks are on with device manufacturers for dongles, tablets and smartphones Reliance Jio is planning akin to something in the US market where the Hardware is Subsidized upon subscription to Data / Voice … Read more

Reliance Jio Advances Launch of 4G LTE With Airtel Deal

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Reliance Jio Infocomm has entered into an agreement with Bharti Airtel under which the latter will provide a dedicated capacity to RIL’s telecom arm on its i2i submarine cable linking India and Singapore. This deal along with the infra-sharing deal with RCom announced earlier this month provides RIL with access to significant infrastructure, both at … Read more

WhiteBox Mobile Manufacturers Focus on Quality & Sub $200 Models

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WhiteBox SmartPhone ManufacturersMany are still under the impression that whitebox market smartphone are of low quality and are barely usable. The business have started to change their mentality and focus more on quality. During our multiple trips to China in the past 6 months, we’ve witnessed a huge improvement in whitebox smartphone quality. With better economy of scale, prices also have come down very rapidly.

Most consumers are willing to pay a premium for branded products over Chinese brand / whitebox smartphone, especially in the mid to high end segment. However, we believe that in the sub US $200 segment, whitebox makers can offer similar form factor design but much better hardware specifications at lower prices. As such, it’s extremely difficult for branded players to compete with whitebox makers.

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Reliance Jio Infocomm Tower Sharing with RCom – Positive for RCom

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Reliance Communications has acknowledged that it is in talks with Reliance Jio Infocomm to rent or lease towers from RCOM for the latter’s rollout of its 4G TD-LTE network. RCOM has a portfolio of around 55,000 towers with no external tenancy. It will be an impossible task for Reliance Jio Infocomm to rollout a Nationwide … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S IV 4 to Support Reliance JIo 4G LTE + Airtel 4G LTE

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The newly Launched Samsung Galaxy S 4 will support Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G LTE as well as Airtel 4G LTE. Galaxy S4 carries a 5” FHD OLED screen at 441 ppi and weights 130g with 7.9 mm thickness. Its cameras have 13MP on the back with 2MP for front, and both AP and mDRAM are … Read more

Reliance Jio 4G LTE SmartPhone from Samsung

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Reliance Jio Infocomm which is going to launch 4G LTE Services Shortly in Mumbai and Delhi has tied up with Samsung, Global Leader for Android SmartPhones. The TD-LTE 4G SmartPhones are expected to be Priced starting at $100. On its part Reliance Jio 4G Plans will be made available starting as low Rs 100 for … Read more