Minutes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a relief package for the poor section of India, a social media post attributing Reliance Jio claimed that the telecom company is offering free recharge of Rs 498 as India reels under tough time. Before you fall for it, the social media post and claim are both fake and do not have any official confirmation attached to it.

Google on Monday announced that they are shutting down their free WiFi service at the Indian Railway stations, claiming that it has become hard to sustain the business model with better and affordable mobile internet packs.

Reliance Jio has launched its brand new accessory – JioTV Camera – to allow JioFiber users make video calls directly from their TV. The JioTV Camera is an accessory that can be attached to your TV set to make those video calls possible.

In a press release released on Sunday, Airtel announced that Airtel Wi-Fi Calling has already crossed one million users. The first amongst equals (like Reliance Jio and Vodafone) to introduce voice calls over Wi-Fi, Airtel has rolled its service out to all parts of the country now and the service can be accessed by Airtel mobile customers over any Home or Public Wi-Fi network, making indoor service experience seamless.

Telecom companies were scratching their heads to figure out a way on how to continue their operations in India amid heavy spectrum charges due on them. Giving a big relief to them, the government has approved the plan to defer spectrum payment - to the tune of Rs. 1.47 lakh crore - till 2022.

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Limited announced that it will change its tariffs from December 1, most likely in upward direction. A day after Reliance Jio has also revealed that it is planning to increase call and data tariffs in coming weeks.

Months after Reliance Jio started charging its customers for calls to different operators, it has been learned that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) will also be hiking their tariffs from December 1.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd said that there is no move by the government to provide financial relief to rival telecom operators, claiming that they have adequate resource to funds.

Reliance Jio Fiber is all set for its commercial launch on September 5 and it is less likely to create a wave it had created three years back during the launch of Reliance Jio in the telecom sector on the same date.

Reliance first announced its Jio GigaFiber service in 2018 AGM and came up with Jio GigaFiber preview offer in the select cities with a security deposit of Rs 2500. These customers will be eligible for the first two month free service offer.