Reliance Jio GigaFiber/Welcome Offer
The service was announced on August 12 last year, but Telco did not reveal details such as data plans and real-time data speeds. Jio introduced the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service to those adopting it with the GigaFiber preview offer, but the service has a capped top speed of 100Mbps, rather than the 1Gbps speed promised during last year’s unveiling.
Jio Fiber Data Plan
- Cheapest data plan by Jio Fiber. 700 / month, with a speed of 100Mbps.
- The top-of-the-line package costs around the 10,000 per month. This package provides 1 Gbps speed.
- All Jio Fiber plans allow access to broadband, fixed line, Jio HomeTV and Jio’s IoT services.
- Voice calling will be free for any Indian operator, Ambani announced at RIL’s 42nd AGM. Ambani said, “ISD calling tariff will be at industry rates of 1 / 5th to 1 / 10th. We are offering unlimited US / Canada packs at Rs.500 / month.”
Ambani has also introduced a Jio Forever plan that will give users HD or 4k LED television and 4k set-top box for free.
“We are calling this the Jio Fiber Welcome Offer. I invite all of you to make the most of your Welcome Offer, and sign up for Jio Fiber as soon as it becomes available in your neighborhood.”
Full tariff information will be available on 5 September.
Akash Ambani and Isha Ambani said the network speed is between 100Mbps and 1Gbps. He also spoke on various applications of the service ranging from digital TV to cloud gaming.
Reliance also talked about its Mixed Reality (MR) startup Tesract. MR has many use cases including virtual shopping, education and movies. The Tesseract VR headset was also showcased.