An executive close to Jio said the company has the capacity to deliver about 150 million phones in the next six months at five million a week. The mass-market phone being offered effectively free is key to Jio's bid to quickly scale up its nearly 130 million user base. The phone will be distributed on a first-come-firstserved basis through Jio retailers, multi-brand device retailers and network of Reliance Digital stores. Feature phones are sturdier,” the person cited earlier said.Vodafone has tied up with feature phone maker iTel for free talk on devices priced above Rs 800. “We view these offers as limited retaliation and delayed, given that people who have paid Rs 500 to prebook Jio phones are unlikely to switch to incumbents,” it said.

Source: Economic Times September 01, 2017 15:14 UTC