Reliance Industries AGM Highlights: Mukesh Ambani unveils 'free' JioPhone

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• 21 Jul 2017, 12:01 PM

  I want to publicly thank all Jio employees and applaud their contribution to our company, and our nation: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 12:00 PM

  Lastly, he also mentions Jio Fiber, the fixed line broadband program for the company. He stated that it is a part of the company's plans and he will apprise shareholders of all updates in the future respectively. 

   

   

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:59 AM

  JioPhones will be made in India. The company is targeting to have 5 million JioPhones a week. Ambani stated, "JioPhone will make the 2G feature phone obsolete. With this, I am sure Jio will set a new world record"

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:59 AM

  Jio will be the greatest accelerator of the Bharat-India connectivity, he added. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:58 AM

  Reliance dedicates JioPhone to the nation on the joyous occasion of India's 70th anniversary of India's Freedom. Digital Life will no longer be the privilege of the affluent few. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:54 AM

  The phone will be available from August 15, 2017. Pre-booking begins August 24. 

   

   

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:53 AM

  From 15th August, 2017, all Indians will have access to the highest quality & quantity, affordable & unlimited data: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:53 AM

  To protect against misuse of the free JioPhone offer, we plan to collect a fully refundable, one-time, security deposit of Rs 1,500 with every JioPhone, says Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:51 AM

  Users will only be paying for data. But, there is a catch. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:48 AM

  The JioPhone is priced at Rs 0!

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:47 AM

  The company will also offer small recharge packs - Rs 24 for two days and Rs 54 per week. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:46 AM

  Jio has also introduced a new Rs 309 per month plan for those who want to mirror content from JioPhone screen to the TV. There will also be a JioPhone TV cable which will connect a JioPhone to any TV.

   

   

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:44 AM

  I am putting an end to unaffordable data for all Indians forever, he added. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:44 AM

  JioPhone users will get unlimited data and free voice calls and text messages at Rs 153/month. This would be one-thirtieth, 3% of the existing price, says Mukesh Ambani

   

   

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:43 AM

  Starting 15th August this year, Ambani stated that he is declaring digital freedom for all feature phone users!

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:42 AM

  Jio will give them access to UNLIMITED DATA on the JioPhone, he added. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:42 AM

  On the JioPhone, voice will ALWAYS be free: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:40 AM

  Chairman Mukesh Ambani is now back on stage.

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:38 AM

  Later this year, the device will also get an NFC upgrade. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:36 AM

  The phone also includes a feature where it can send your location coordinates in the distress message, according to Jio. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:33 AM

  It also comes pre-loaded with apps such as Jio Music, JioCinema

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:31 AM

  The JioPhone features a 9-button numeric keypad and supports voice commands. It supports 22 languages and also comes equipped with a microSD card slot. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:26 AM

  Today, Jio is going to reinvent the conventional feature phone. Let me introduce India ka Intelligent SmartPhone: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:25 AM

  "We shall achieve this in three ways – Connectivity, Data Affordability and Device Affordability", says Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:24 AM

  In the next 12 months, Jio will cover 99 percent of our country's population. Thanks to Jio, the country's 4G coverage will be more than its 2G coverage

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:23 AM

  There are more than 50 crore feature phone users who have been left out of the digital revolution. This digital dis-empowerment and unfairness must end. Jio is committing to end it today: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:22 AM

  Today, Jio has more than 100 million paying Jio Prime customers. Most have recharged on Jio's Rs 309 or higher plans

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:18 AM

  Before Jio's launch, India was 155th in the world in mobile broadband penetration. Now, India is No 1 in mobile data consumption

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:18 AM

  India has overtaken the US and China in mobile data usage. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:17 AM

  Now, Jio customers alone are consuming over 125 crore GB of data a month, including 165 crore hours high-speed video every month, making Jio the largest mobile video network, says Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:17 AM

  In just 6 months of Jio's launch, data consumption in India went from 20 crore GB to 120 crore GB per month: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:15 AM

  Jio users make more than 250 crore minutes of voice calls every single day. Ambani also thanks PM Modi for his Digital India initiative. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:14 AM

  "I sincerely thank each and every one of our customers. Before the launch of Jio, sceptics said VoLTE is a globally unproven technology. But we proved them wrong"

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:12 AM

  On an average, Jio added 7 customers per second every single day, says Mukesh Ambani. Jio also saw the fastest adoption rate of any technology service anywhere in the world! It has been faster than even Facebook, WhatsApp, and Skype. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:12 AM

  It's been only 10 months since the launch of Jio. It has broken one world record after another, Ambani said. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:08 AM

  Mukesh Ambani thanks his mother for support, says Jio has been an incredible journey! 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:08 AM

  In simple terms, this means that your money has doubled every two and a half years over the past 40 years: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:07 AM

  One thousand rupees invested in Reliance shares in 1977 is today worth Rs 16,54,503 – over 1,600 times more valuable: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:06 AM

  Above all, market capitalization has multiplied from ten crores to over five lakh crores: Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:05 AM

  Our total assets have increased from 33 crores to over 700,000 crores and a multiple of over 20,000 times, says Mukesh Ambani

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:04 AM

  He also stated that in just 4 decades, Reliance has grown from a small startup to one of the largest, most admired companies. Turnover has grown from 70 crores in 1977 to 3.3 lakh crores today, an increase of 4,700 times. 

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 11:03 AM

  He stated, "This year marks the 40th anniversary of our IPO"

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 10:47 AM

  The event has now begun. Mukesh Ambani takes the stage.

  
• 21 Jul 2017, 10:46 AM

  We are all set to unfold a new chapter of the #JioDigitalLife. Join us at the Reliance AGM 2017, tomorrow at 11 AM. #RILAGM2017 pic.twitter.com/1nqd5z9nKx

  — Reliance Jio (@reliancejio) July 20, 2017