HISTORY OF RELIANCE JIO

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is an India  headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Reliance owns

businesses across India engaged in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and

telecommunications. Reliance is the most profitable company in India,[4] the largest publicly traded company in

India by market capitalization and the second largest company in India as measured by revenue after the

government-controlled Indian Oil Corporation.[6] The company is ranked 215th on the Fortune Global 500 list of

the world's biggest corporations as of 2016.[7] It is ranked 8th among the Top 250 Global Energy Companies

by Platts as of 2016. Reliance continues to be India’s largest exporter accounting for 8% of India’s total

merchandise exports with a value of Rs 147,755 crore and access to markets in 108 countries.[8]Reliance is

responsible for almost 5% of India’s total revenues from customs and excise duty and is also the highest

Income tax payer in the private sector in India.[9]

Contents
  

 1History
o 1.11960–1980
o 1.21981–2000
o 1.32001 onwards
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 2Shareholding
o 2.1Listing
 3Operations
o 3.1Major subsidiaries and associates
 4Employees
 5Awards and recognition
 6Controversies
o 6.1De-merger of RIL in 2005–2006
o 6.2Relationship with ONGC
 7See also
 8References
 9External links

History
1960–1980
The company was co-founded by Dhirubhai Ambani and his brother Champaklal Damani in 1960s as Reliance
Commercial Corporation. In 1965, the partnership ended and Dhirubhai continued the polyester business of
the firm.[10] In 1966, Reliance Textiles Industries Pvt Ltd was incorporated in Maharashtra. It established
a synthetic fabrics mill in the same year naroda in Gujarat In 1975, the company expanded its business into
textiles, with "Vimal" becoming its major brand in later years. The company held its Initial public offering (IPO)
in 1977.[12] The issue was over-subscribed by seven times.[13] In 1979, a textiles company Sidhpur Mills was
amalgamated with the company.[14] In 1980, the company expanded its polyester yarn business by setting up a
Polyester Filament Yarn Plant in Raigad, Maharashtra with financial and technical collaboration with E. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Co., U.S.[11]

1981–2000[edit]
In 1985, the name of the company was changed from Reliance Textiles Industries Ltd. to Reliance Industries
Ltd.[11] During the years 1985 to 1992, the company expanded its installed capacity for
producing polyester yarn by over 145,000 tonnes per annum.[11]
The Hazira petrochemical plant was commissioned in 1991–92.[15]
In 1993, Reliance turned to the overseas capital markets for funds through a global depositary issue of
Reliance Petroleum. In 1996, it became the first private sector company in India to be rated by international
credit rating agencies. S&P rated Reliance "BB+, stable outlook, constrained by the sovereign
ceiling". Moody's rated "Baa3, Investment grade, constrained by the sovereign ceiling".[16]
In 1995/96, the company entered the telecom industry through a joint venture with NYNEX, USA and promoted
Reliance Telecom Private Limited in India.[15]
In 1998/99, RIL introduced packaged LPG in 15 kg cylinders under the brand name Reliance Gas.[15]
The years 1998–2000 saw the construction of the integrated petrochemical complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat,
[15]
 the largest refinery in the world.

2001 onwards[edit]
In 2001, Reliance Industries Ltd. and Reliance Petroleum Ltd. became India's two largest companies in terms
of all major financial parameters.[17] In 2001–02, Reliance Petroleum was merged with Reliance Industries.[12] In
2002, Reliance announced India's biggest gas discovery (at the Krishna Godavari basin) in nearly three
decades and one of the largest gas discoveries in the world during 2002. The in-place volume of natural gas
was in excess of 7 trillion cubic feet, equivalent to about 1.2 billion barrels of crude oil. This was the first ever
discovery by an Indian private sector company.[12][18] In 2002–03, RIL purchased a majority stake in Indian
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Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (IPCL), India's second largest petrochemicals company, from Government of
India.[19] IPCL was later merged with RIL in 2008.[20][21] In the years 2005 and 2006, the company reorganized its
business by demerging its investments in power generation and distribution, financial services and
telecommunication services into four separate entities.[22] In 2006, Reliance entered the organised retail market
in India[23] with the launch of its retail store format under the brand name of 'Reliance Fresh'.[24][25] By the end of
2008, Reliance retail had close to 600 stores across 57 cities in India.[12] In November 2009, Reliance Industries
issued 1:1 bonus shares to its shareholders. In 2010, Reliance entered Broadband services market with
acquisition of Infotel Broadband Services Limited, which was the only successful bidder for pan-India fourth-
generation (4G) spectrum auction held by Government of India.[26][27] In the same year, Reliance
and BP announced a partnership in the oil and gas business. BP took a 30 per cent stake in 23 oil and gas
production sharing contracts that Reliance operates in India, including the KG-D6 block for $7.2 billion.
[28]
 Reliance also formed a 50:50 joint venture with BP for sourcing and marketing of gas in India.[29] In 2017, RIL
set up a joint venture with Russian Company Sibur for setting up a Butyl rubber plant in Jamnagar, Gujarat to
be operational by 2018

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 RELIANCE JIO
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, or Jio, is an LTE mobile network operator in India. It is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries headquartered in Navi
Mumbai, Maharashtra that provides wireless 4G LTE service network (without 2G/3G based
services) and is the only 'VoLTE-only' (Voice over LTE) operator in the country which lacks
legacy network support of 2G and 3G, with coverage across all 22 telecom circles in India
The services were first beta-launched to Jio's partners and employees on 27 December 2015
on the eve of 83rd birth anniversary of late Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance IndustriesAnd
later services were commercially launched on 5th September 2016.

Contents
  

 1History
o 1.1Beta launch
o 1.2Commercial launch
o 1.3Alliance
 2Network
o 2.1Radio frequency summary
o 2.2Partnerships
 3Products and Services
o 3.1JioPhone
o 3.24G Broadband
o 3.3LYF Smartphones
o 3.4Jionet WiFi
o 3.5Jio apps
o 3.6Affordable 4G Phones
o 3.7JioFi
 4Branding and marketing
o 4.1Pokémon Go
 5Reception of Jio Prime
 6Controversies
o 6.1Issue with incumbents
o 6.2Alleged subscriber data breach
 7See also
 8References
 9External links

History

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Jio's headquarters in RCP, Navi Mumbai

In June 2010, Reliance Industries (RIL) bought a 96% stake in Infotel Broadband Services

Limited (IBSL) for ₹4,800 crore (US$750 million). Although unlisted, IBSL was the only company
that won broadband spectrum in all 22 circles in India in the 4G auction that took place earlier
that year.Later continuing as RIL's telecom subsidiary, Infotel Broadband Services Limited was
renamed as Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) in January 2013.
In June 2015, Jio announced that it will start its operations all over the country by the end of
2015] However, four months later in October 2015, the company's spokesmen sent out a press
release stating that the launch was postponed to the first quarter of the financial year 2016-
2017.
Later in July, a PIL filed in the Supreme Court by an NGO called the Centre for Public Interest
Litigation, through Prashant Bhushan, challenged the grant of pan-India licence to Jio by the
Government of India. The PIL also alleged that Jio was allowed to provide voice telephony
along with its 4G data service, by paying an additional fees of just ₹165.8 crore (US$26 million)
which was arbitrary and unreasonable, and contributed to a loss of ₹2,284.2
crore (US$360 million) to the exchequer.
The Indian Department of Telecom (DoT), however, refuted all of CAG's claims. In its statement,
DoT explained that the rules for 3G and BWA spectrum didn't restrict BWA winners from
providing voice telephony. As a result, the PIL was revoked, and the accusations were
dismissed.

Beta launch
The 4G services were launched internally to Jio's partners, its staff and their families on 27
December 2015. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, who is also the brand ambassador of Jio,
kickstarted the launch event which took place in Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai, along
with celebrities like musician A R Rahman, actors Ranbir Kapoor and Javed Jaffrey, and
filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani.[13] The closed event was witnessed by more than
35000 RIL employees some of whom were virtually connected from around 1000 locations
including Dallas in the US Commercial launch

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The company commercially launched its services on 5 September 2016.]Within the first month of
commercial operations, Jio announced that it had acquired 16 million subscribers. This is the
fastest ramp-up by any mobile network operator anywhere in the world. Jio crossed 50 million
subscriber mark in 83 days since its launch. subsequently crossing 100 million subscribers on
22 February 2017] By October 2017 it had about 130 million subscribers

Alliance
Jio, in February 2016 announced a global alliance of Mobile Network Operators which include

 BT Group
 Deutsche Telekom
 Millicom
 Orange S.A.
 Rogers Communications
 MTS (network provider)
 Telia Company
 Telecom Italia

Network
Radio frequency summary
Jio owns spectrum in 850 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands in ten and six circles, respectively, of
India's 22 circles, and also owns pan-India licensed 2,300 MHz spectrum. The spectrum is valid
till 2035.

FDD-LTE FDD-LTE TDD-LTE

Telecom circle 1800MHz 850MHz 2300MHz
Band 3 Band 5 Band 40

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Assam

Bihar & Jharkhand

Delhi

Uttar Pradesh (East)

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 FDD-LTE FDD-LTE TDD-LTE
Telecom circle 1800MHz 850MHz 2300MHz
Band 3 Band 5 Band 40

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Kerala

Kolkata

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

Maharashtra

Goa

North East

Odisha

Punjab

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 FDD-LTE FDD-LTE TDD-LTE
Telecom circle 1800MHz 850MHz 2300MHz
Band 3 Band 5 Band 40

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Partnerships
Jio shares spectrum with Reliance Communications. The sharing deal is for 800 MHz band
across seven circles other than the 10 circles for which Jio already owns] In September 2016,
Jio signed a pact with BSNL for intra-circle roaming which would enable users of the operators
to use each other's 4G and 2G spectrum in national roamingmod[ In February 2017, Jio
announced a partnership with Samsung to work on LTE - Advanced Pro and 5G. 

Products and Services

The official slogan of Jio

JioPhone
On 21 July 2017, Jio introduced its first affordable 4G feature phone, powered by KaiOS, named
as JioPhone. The price announced for it is ₹ 0 with a security deposit of ₹ 1500 which can be
withdrawn back by the user by returning the JioPhone at Jio stores only after 3 years. This
phone was released for beta users on 15 August 2017 and pre-booking for regular users started
on 24 August 2017.

4G Broadband
The company launched its 4G broadband services throughout India on September 2016. It was
slated to release in December 2015 after some reports said that the company was waiting to
receive final permits from the government.  JIO offers fourth-generation (4G) data and voice
services, along with peripheral services like instant messaging and streaming movies and
music[.

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The company has a network of more than 250,000 km of fiber optic cables in the country, over
which it will be partnering with local cable operators to get broader connectivity for its broadband
services.[31] With its multi-service operator (MSO) licence, Jio will also serve as a TV channel
distributor and will offer television-on-demand on its network.

LYF Smartphones
Main article: LYF

An image of LYF WATER 2 phone with IPS display.[32]

In June 2015, Jio entered into an agreement with domestic handset maker Intex to supply 4G
handsets capable of voice over LTE (VoLTE).[33]However, in October 2015, Jio announced that it
would be launching its own mobile handset brand named LYF.[34][35][36]
On 25 January 2016, the company launched its LYF smartphone series starting with Water 1,
through its chain of electronic retail outlets, Reliance Retail.[37] Three more handset models have
been released so far, namely Water 2,[38] Earth 1,[39] and Flame 1.[40][41]

Jionet WiFi
Prior to its pan-India launch of 4G data and telephony services, Jio has started providing
free Wi-Fi hotspot services in cities throughout India including Surat, Ahmedabad in Gujarat,
and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh,[42] Indore, Jabalpur, Dewas and Ujjain[43] in Madhya
Pradesh, select locations of Mumbai in Maharashtra,[44] Kolkata in West Bengal,
[45]
 Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh,[46] Bhubaneswar in Odisha,[47] Mussoorie in Uttarakhand,
[48]
 Collectorate's Office in Meerut,[49] and at MG Road in Vijayawada[50] among others.
In March 2016, Jio started providing free Wi-Fi internet to spectators at six cricket stadiums
hosting the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 matches. Jionet was made available in Wankhede
Stadium (Mumbai), Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali), Himachal Pradesh
Cricket Association Stadium (Dharamshala), Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), Feroz Shah
Kotla (Delhi), and Eden Gardens (Kolkata) in India.[51]

Jio apps

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Jio sim card pouch as distributed by Reliance Jio Infocomm

In May 2016, Jio launched a bundle of multimedia apps on Google Play as part of its upcoming
4G services. While the apps are available to download for everyone, a user will require a
Jio SIM card to use them. Additionally, most of the apps are in beta phase.[52] Following is a list
of the apps:

 MyJio - Manage Jio Account and Digital Services associated with it[53][54]
 JioTV - A live TV channel service
 JioCinema - An online HD video library[55]
 JioChat Messenger - An instant messaging app[56]
 JioMusic - A music player
 Jio4GVoice (earlier JioJoin) - A VoLTE phone simulator[57]
 JioMags - E-reader for magazines[58]
 JioXpressNews - A news and magazine aggregator
 JioSecurity - Security app[59]
 JioDrive - Cloud-based backup tool[60]
 JioMoney Wallet - An online payments/wallet app[61]
 JioSwitch - Transfer content
 JioNet - Connect to JioNet Wi-fi
Affordable 4G Phones
Reliance Jio has teamed up with Google to manufacture affordable 4G handsets. These phones
will run exclusively on Jio network. The two companies are also working on developing a
software for smart-TV services. Both are expected to launch in 2017.[62]

JioFi
Jio has also launched Wi-Fi routers by the name JioFi.[63]

Branding and marketing

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Jio logo before September 2016

On December 24, 2015, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was appointed as Jio's brand
ambassador.[64][65][66]
Pokémon Go
Location-based AR game Pokémon Go was launched in India in December, 2016 in
collaboration with Jio in which hundreds of Jio stores and other Reliance marts and shopping
malls like Reliance Trends and Reliance Digital became Sponsored PokéStops and Gyms.[67]

Reception of Jio Prime

By July 125.5 million Jio Customers had opted for Jio Prime. The last date for registration to Jio
Prime membership was 31 March 2017. But, it was further extended till 15 April 2017 along with
an introduction of new offer, "Jio Summer Surprise" which gave customers 3 months
complimentary services free of cost. On 6 April 2017, TRAI advised Jio to withdraw this offer.[68]

Controversies
Issue with incumbents
In September 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) summoned Jio and the
country's existing telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular to meet and
discuss an issue regarding interconnection between the operators. This was a result after Jio
complained to TRAI and Department of Telecom (DoT) about other operators not honoring their
commercial agreements to let Jio use their network resources. The company further added that
the operators are trying to sabotage its entry into the telecom scene. However, DoT dismissed
the request and directed TRAI to help settle the dispute amicably. Moreover, the Cellular
Operators Association of India (COAI) requested TRAI to include all the operators in the
discussion instead of the three.[69]
The incumbent operators had previously approached the country's PMO to reiterate their stance
they "are in no way obliged or in any position to entertain Jio's requests for interconnection
points as they do not have either the network or the financial resources to terminate the latter's
humongous volumes of potentially asymmetric voice traffic." Responding to this, Mukesh
Ambani, owner of Jio, said, "All operators have publicly said last week that they will provide this
(interconnect and MNP). So, we are waiting. These are all great companies. They have their
own reputations to protect. I am confident they won't violate the law." Commenting about
number portability, he added, "The number belongs to the consumer. No operator can cause

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trouble if they want to change operators."[70] However, on 12 September 2016, Idea Cellular
agreed to allow Jio to use 196 of its interconnection acces

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SOME COMPETITORS OF RELIANCE JIO

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 CHAPTER-3

CASE STUDY OF RELIANCE JIO- MAKING

INDIA DIGITAL
India is one of the biggest mobile markets in the world. India has close to billion
mobile subscriber due to which Indian mobile industry is one of the fastest
growing industry in the world. After China India is the second largest market for
mobile service providers.

Reliance Jio:
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited is the subsidiary company of Reliance
industry which provides 4G network service.  Jio is the only Vo-LTE(voice over
LTE) provider in the country.

Launch :

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Service was first Beta- Launched to its employees and partners in Dec 2015 and
then later in September 2016 it was launched commercially for the public.

Reliance Jio had already made a lot of buzz before the launch because of its
amazing offers and it also showed in the results according to the reports in the
very first month after its release Reliance Jio has acquired 16 million subscriber
which is highest for any service provider in the world. The number has
increased to 50 million in 3 months and today Reliance Jio has more than 120
million users.

Shahrukh Khan was appointed as the brand ambassador for the product.

Offerings :

Reliance Jio has a whole range of products to offer than its 4G network.

Jio Apps: Jio has launched number of multimedia apps available on Google play
store which requires Jio SIM card to function like JioTV, Jio Cinema, Jio Music
and much more.

JioPhone: Jio has recently announced a free of cost mobile phone with 4G

connectivity named as Jio phone. You just have to pay security amount of 1500
rupees which can be withdrawn back after you return the phone after 3 Year to
any Jio Store. You can pre-book your Jio phone from 24th August 2017.

4G Broadband: The company has also started the 4G broadband service in

September 2016.

Jio Wifi: Jio is also offering a portable wifi hotspot device through which you
can access fast speed internet on your 2G and 3G devices by connecting your
device to it. It comes at a very affordable price range of 2000-3000. So if you
do not have 4G enabled phone you don’t have to buy a new handset.

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Offers for Customer:

Reliance Jio was launched with free unlimited calling and data usage for 3
months which was extended for another three months later as a special
offer.This was one of the biggest reason for its popularity among the masses.
After April 2017 customer has to pay for their calls and data usage there are
many very reasonable price plans from which you can choose to use.

Impact on Other Service Providers :

Reliance Jio offers and data rates were so low that many people switched their
existing network to Jio which cause a lot of unrest to the other operators due to
which they have to make some drastic changes to remain in the competition.
The merger of Idea with Vodafone and Airtel with Telenor are the result of that.
Also, the data usage rates for other operators also came down drastically. It is
safe to say that Jio has completely changed the way network operator used to
charge the customers for the services.

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Impact on Digitalization of India :

The Indian government was working on Digital India from last three year. The
main aim of this scheme is to make all the government schemes and facilities
online for which we need internet connectivity in low rates so that people can
use these facilities. Reliance Jio has provided a big boost to this by providing
fast pace internet at low rates. India is expecting to cross 500 million internet
users this year which is a huge improvement over the last few years.

Low data usage rates made it possible not only in the urban area but also in
rural areas. As per the reports in India, 48% of total internet users are from
rural areas.

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