India has implemented a new Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) service that allows mobile users to maintain connectivity even in areas with weak network signals. Launched on January 17, the service enables customers of BSNL, Jio, and Airtel to automatically connect to any available network when their primary network is unavailable.

The ICR service operates through mobile towers funded by the Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) program. Under this initiative, telecom providers can share infrastructure, allowing users to switch seamlessly between networks at the same tower location without incurring additional charges.

The government’s program aims to establish approximately 27,000 mobile towers to provide coverage to more than 35,000 villages. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia introduced the service, emphasizing its role in improving education, healthcare, and economic activities in underserved areas.

This marks a significant change from the previous system, where DBN-funded towers were restricted to use by the operators who installed them. The new shared infrastructure approach is expected to reduce the need for additional towers while improving resource utilization for telecom companies.

The service primarily benefits users in rural and remote areas, where network connectivity has traditionally been challenging. By allowing access to any available network at DBN-funded towers, the initiative aims to reduce dropped calls and improve data speeds across regions.

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Reliance Jio has today officially announced that it will soon launch a new AI Magic tool for its customers on Jio Cloud.

Experience AI magic with JioCloud! From auto-organized albums to theme-based photo edits that match your vibe, JioCloud simplifies and personalizes your digital life.
Stay tuned – the magic is launching soon! #JioCloud #WithLoveFromJio #DigitalLife pic.twitter.com/qzCINDe29A

— Reliance Jio (@reliancejio) December 20, 2024

Want to know what this Jio Cloud is? Here are the details

This new artificial intelligence tool will allow users to auto-organize their albums and also to make theme-based photo edits as per the choice of users. This tool will be launched soon and as per the official announcement, all you need to do is open the Jio Cloud app, scroll down, and click on AI magic. Then click or upload the photo that you want to be transformed.

There will be different themes available like Goa vibes, astronaut, snow, cinematic, ninja warrior, robot, baby, and more. Users can also generate professional headshots based on different vibes like corporate, classic, party, sharp, suave, and more. The professional headshots can also be used for your LinkedIn profile.

Jio has also added practical features to the app like an AI scanner, and background remover tool. And here is the best part, all these features will be made available for users completely free to use.  This AI magic tool is currently exclusive to existing and active users and soon this feature will be rolled out to everyone.

Stay tuned with The Tech Outlook for more latest updates.

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Reliance Jio has announced a new prepaid plan priced at Rs 2025 as part of its New Year offerings. The plan provides services for a duration of 200 days and comes with several benefits, including unlimited 5G data access.

Key Features of the Rs 2025 Plan:

• Daily High-Speed Data: 2.5GB per day, followed by unlimited 5G data.
• Voice Calls: Unlimited calls to any network within India.
• SMS: 100 messages per day.
• Partner Coupons: Coupons worth Rs 2150, which include:
  • Rs 500 coupon for AJIO.
  • Rs 150 coupon for Swiggy.
  • Rs 1500 coupon for Easemytrip.

The plan can be activated between December 11, 2024, and January 11, 2025. This limited-time offer is designed to cater to users looking for long-term benefits and additional perks during the holiday season.

Reliance #Jio launches new year welcome plan Rs 2025
-New recharge plan Rs 2025 for Jio mobility users
-200 days of unlimited 5G, voice, SMS and 500 GB 4G data (2.5 GB/day)
-Saving of ₹468 vis-a-vis equivalent monthly plan ₹349
-Partner coupons worth ₹2150 pic.twitter.com/7DboEAmsGj

— Danish (@DanishKh4n) December 11, 2024

Users can check further details or activate the plan through the MyJio app or Jio’s official website.

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For travelers heading to Thailand, Jio has rolled out two new roaming packs. The premium option, priced at ₹2,851, comes with a 30-day validity and includes 150 minutes for both local Thai calls and calls to India, along with another 150 minutes for incoming calls. The plan offers 12GB of high-speed data, after which users can continue browsing at 64 kbps without limits, plus 100 SMS to keep in touch.

For shorter trips, there’s a 14-day plan available at ₹1,551. This pack includes 100 minutes each for local Thai calls and calls to India, plus 100 minutes for incoming calls. Users get 6GB of high-speed data with unlimited usage at 64 kbps afterward, and 50 SMS. Both plans support Wi-Fi calling, though it’s limited to calls back to India, while incoming Wi-Fi calls can be received from any country. For calls to other countries, standard Thai rates will apply.

Carry your home network wherever you go. Jio's International Roaming Plans now available in Thailand.https://t.co/GaerpT02nQ#IRP #InternationalRoamingPlan #Thailand #RoamingPlan #RoamWithEasyRoaming pic.twitter.com/NxASWOqtwH

— Reliance Jio (@reliancejio) December 5, 2024

The premium plan, priced at ₹2,851, offers a 30-day package that includes:

• 150 minutes for local calls and calls to India
• 150 minutes of incoming calls
• 12GB high-speed data (unlimited at 64 kbps after quota)
• 100 SMS

For shorter trips, a 14-day plan is available at ₹1,551 with:

• 100 minutes for local calls and calls to India
• 100 minutes of incoming calls
• 6GB high-speed data (unlimited at 64 kbps after quota)
• 50 SMS

Here’s the cool part – both plans support Wi-Fi calling, but keep in mind it only works for calling back to India. You can receive Wi-Fi calls from anywhere, though! Just remember, if you’re calling other countries, you’ll need to pay Thailand’s standard rates.

These plans work exclusively in Thailand, so you can pick the one that best matches your travel plans.

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Spam calls and fake SMS continue to plague millions of mobile users in India, causing frustration and posing risks of fraud. While the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated stricter measures, including mandatory traceability for promotional messages starting 1st December, Reliance Jio has taken an early step by enhancing its MyJio app with a feature to block unwanted calls and messages.

This feature provides Jio users with a straightforward way to avoid promotional spam and fraudulent communications, ensuring a smoother mobile experience.

How the MyJio App Helps

The updated MyJio app offers options to block spam while allowing essential messages like OTPs or important updates to get through. Users can choose to:

• Fully block spam communication: Stop all promotional calls and messages.
• Customise preferences: Select specific categories of communication to block or allow.

To access this feature, users can enable the Do Not Disturb (DND) setting in the app by following these steps:

1. Open the MyJio app and tap on the More menu.
2. Navigate to Service Settings and select Do Not Disturb.
3. Choose either Full Block or a tailored option to filter communications.

The importance of such features is underscored by the increasing sophistication of scams. For instance, a recent case involved a 78-year-old doctor who was nearly duped out of ₹30 lakh after receiving a phishing call. Fortunately, an alert State Bank of India (SBI) employee recognised the scam and intervened, preventing the doctor from transferring the amount.

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Reliance Jio has introduced a special promotional offer for its 5G customers, providing access to their AirFiber fixed-wireless access (FWA) service for 50 days at Rs 1,111. The exclusive offer includes a waiver of the standard Rs 1,000 installation fee, making it an attractive proposition for existing Jio 5G users.

The company, currently India’s largest telecom operator, is directly communicating this offer to eligible customers via text messages. The promotion represents a significant discount from regular pricing and extends beyond the previous Diwali offer, which only waived installation fees for customers choosing 3, 6, or 12-month plans.

Kiran Thomas, president of Jio Platforms Ltd, has outlined ambitious expansion plans for the AirFiber service, targeting the addition of approximately one million homes monthly. The service, now widely available across India, offers plans featuring OTT (over-the-top) benefits and speeds up to 1 Gbps.

This move strengthens Jio’s position in India’s FWA market, where it already maintains the largest user base among operators. The offer, verified by TelecomTalk, is part of Jio’s strategy to expand its fixed-wireless access services by leveraging its existing 5G customer base.

The 50-day promotional period, extending beyond 1.5 months, provides new users an extended trial period to experience Jio’s FWA services. This offer is exclusively available to Jio’s 5G mobile service subscribers, positioning AirFiber as a complementary service to their existing 5G plans.

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Reliance Jio has introduced three new international roaming packs for UAE travelers, combining data benefits with separate allowances for outgoing and incoming calls.

The entry-level pack at ₹898 provides users with 100 minutes shared between local UAE calls and calls to India, plus a separate 100 minutes for incoming calls. The pack includes 1GB high-speed data (unlimited thereafter at 64 kbps), 100 SMS, with a 7-day validity.

For medium-duration stays, Jio’s ₹1,598 pack offers 150 minutes shared between local UAE calls and calls to India, plus a separate 150 minutes for incoming calls. Users get 3GB high-speed data (unlimited thereafter at 64 kbps), 100 SMS, valid for 14 days.

The premium pack, priced at ₹2,998, provides 250 minutes shared between local UAE calls and calls to India, plus a separate 250 minutes for incoming calls. It includes 7GB high-speed data (unlimited thereafter at 64 kbps), 100 SMS, extending over 21 days.

All three packs feature Wi-Fi calling, which is limited to calls back to India, though incoming Wi-Fi calls can be received from any country. The packs are exclusively valid in UAE, with standard rates applying for calls to other countries.

The ₹898 pack offers:

• 100 minutes combined for local UAE calls and calls to India
• Additional 100 minutes for incoming calls
• 1GB high-speed data (unlimited at 64 kbps after limit)
• 100 SMS
• 7-day validity

The ₹1,598 pack includes:

• 150 minutes combined for local UAE calls and calls to India
• Additional 150 minutes for incoming calls
• 3GB high-speed data (unlimited at 64 kbps after limit)
• 100 SMS
• 14-day validity

The ₹2,998 pack provides:

• 250 minutes combined for local UAE calls and calls to India
• Additional 250 minutes for incoming calls
• 7GB high-speed data (unlimited at 64 kbps after limit)
• 100 SMS
• 21-day validity

Common features across all packs:

• Valid only in UAE
• Wi-Fi calling available only for calls to India
• Incoming Wi-Fi calls can be received from any country
• Standard rates apply for calls to other countries (ROW calls)

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This year’s Diwali season has started and consumer brands have been announcing their festive offers as part of the celebrations. Jio has also come forward with its ‘Diwali Dhamaka Offers’ for users recharging with two of its plans. Added benefits of up to INR 3,000 are part of this deal.

Excited to know more? Read more about it below

Jio – Diwali Dhamaka Offers

The Diwali Dhamaka Offers of Jio is available on its INR 899 quarterly recharge plan and the INR 3,599 annual recharge plan. When recharging with the mentioned two plans, Jio 5G users will be receiving three additional benefits which include INR 3,000 EasyMyTrip off on flight or hotel booking, INR 200 AJIO off on clothes, and INR 150 Swiggy off on food orders. Offer vouchers can be availed on the MyJio app.

These additional benefits are only available for a short period of time, from the 25th of October 2024 to the 5th of November 2024. Yes, you heard it right! The offers are now live and interested users can recharge with either the INR 899 quarterly plan or the INR 3,599 annual plan to avail the festive benefits.

For those of you who don’t know, the INR 899 quarterly plan offers 2GB data per day with additional 20GB of data for a 90 days validity period. The INR 3,599 plan on the other hand will offer users with 2.5GB of per day data for a 365 day validity period. Unlimited voice calls, 100 SMS a day, and access to JioTV, JioCinema, and JioCloud are some of the existing recharge benefits of the two plans.

Just to add, an app developer from Delhi has purchased the JioHotstar domain in an attempt to receive funding for his higher studies. Check out the full news report here.

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Following the reports concerning the merge of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar, it has been revealed that a Delhi-based app developer has actually purchased the JioHotstar domain believing that the future platform may be re-branded as such. In his letter to Reliance Industries Executives, he offers to sell the domain in exchange for the funding for his higher studies.

Here’s more about it.

JioHotstar Domain Acquired by ‘A dreamer’ to Fund his Higher Studies

A person whose identity still remains unknown and who has revealed himself as ‘A dreamer’, cleverly predicting the merge between Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema after coming across a news piece back in early 2023 regarding Disney+ Hotstar losing the IPL streaming license and thereby starting to lose its active users, and its decision to merge with one of its Indian competitors. As he understood that Sony and Zee won’t likely become the mergers, and that Reliance Industries owned Viacom 18 is the only other company with the resources, the possible result or outcome of this would be the merge of Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema. Considering the previous case of Saavn being re-branded as JioSaavn after being brought under Jio, the new platform was possibly expected to be re-branded as JioHotstar, in his opinion.

Well, it turns out he was in fact right with his prediction and a few days back, it was reported that Reliance Industries did acquire the ownership of Disney+ Hotstar and is planning on making the Disney+ Hotstar its primary streaming platform, integrating JioCinema, as it possess more superior technology infrastructure. While the official announcement about the re-branding has not yet been shared, it could become JioHotstar itself.

In the letter to Reliance Industries Executives, the person who acquired the JioHotstar domain and who is also an app developer based in Delhi, mentions of his desire to pursue a degree program in entrepreneurship from Cambridge. His decision of acquiring the JioHotstar domain was with respect to this after thinking that he might be able to receive the proper funding for his higher education from Reliance Industries in exchange for the domain.

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Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) has released an updated version of its JioFinance App. The app is now available on the Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and MyJio, offering a range of financial products and services.

The release follows a beta phase that began on May 30, 2024, during which six million users tested the platform. JFSL states that user feedback from this period has been incorporated into the current version.

The JioFinance App now includes additional features such as Loans on Mutual Funds, Home Loans (including Balance Transfer), and Loan Against Property. These loans are available at market-competitive terms.

A digital savings account from Jio Payments Bank Ltd. (JPBL) is also part of the offering. JPBL reports that 1.5 million customers are using their accounts for routine expenses. The app includes features for UPI payments, mobile recharge, and credit card bill payments.

One of the app’s functions is to provide users with a view of their holdings across different bank accounts and mutual fund investments. The app also offers access to 24 insurance plans covering life, health, two-wheeler, and motor insurance.

JFSL has partnered with BlackRock to develop investment solutions, which they plan to introduce through the app in the future.

Hitesh Sethia, Managing Director and CEO of JFSL provided a statement: “At JFSL, we aim to provide access to financial services through technology. The JioFinance app, developed in India, is part of our effort to offer financial products to consumers.”

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