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Jio apps beats WhatsApp, Facebook on Google Play

After taking the competition in India's telecom space to a new level when Reliance Jio offered voice calls for free forever and cut down data costs, Jio apps have now beaten mobile messaging service WhatsApp and social networking website Facebook on Google Play. Of the top 10 apps downloaded from the Google Play store in India, seven are from Jio family. WhatsApp is placed at third spot and Facebook is at 12th spot. MyJio app takes the top spot on the store while JioCinema is at second spot, revealed the top charts ranking on Google Play. JioTV takes the fourth place, JioNet fifth, JioJoin sixth, JioMusic seventh and JioMags bags the 10th place on Google Play. While MyJio has seen 10 million downloads, all other apps have crossed the one million downloads mark.  Eleven of the top 15 downloaded apps and 12 in top 20 belong to the Jio family.  Jio has also launched a new online shopping app AJIO that offers clothes, jewellery and accessories from more than 200 Indian and internation

Reliance announces app-to-app calling

Aiming to address the issue of call drops, Reliance Communications on Tuesday introduced its 4G app-to-app calling for customers in Delhi NCR at an introductory price of Re one for 300 minutes of talk-time for 30 days. The offer is named 'Call Drops Se Chutkaara' (freedom from call drops). "We want Delhi to speak on data. Delhi NCR will get an India-first offer of 300 minutes of app-to-app talking. This will be valid for 30 days at just Re one -- 10 minutes a day for 30 days," said Gurdeep Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Business, Reliance Communications. The offer is valid for the month of September only, Gurdeep Singh said.  After the one-month trial period, customers can buy a data pack for Rs 39 which will give them 200 MB of data which "will be sufficient to make 300 minutes of talking". The new plan will enable Reliance 4G LTE customers to make calls worldwide through various popular data-based apps such as Whatsapp, FB Messenger, Skype, Goog