Multiple announcements related to Jio 5G rollout, Jio AirFiber, and Jio Smart Home have been made at the Reliance AGM 2023. Interestingly, the Jio AirFiber service will make a commercial launch on September 19. Jio is already testing AirFiber service at some locations, and the recent announcement has paved the way for a broader rollout in India.
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Jio AirFiber Launch
Jio is set to take a lead in the Air Fiber market with the early launch as Airtel also formally announced its Xstream AirFiber services in India. The carrier can connect 150,000 connections in a day with AirFiber. However, Jio Fiber broadband is limited to 15,000 connections per day.
“We can currently connect around 15,000 premises daily, but with Jio AirFiber, we can supercharge this expansion with up to 150,000 connections per day. This is a 10-fold increase, expanding our addressable market over the next three years to over 200 million high-paying homes and premises,” said Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani at the company’s annual general meeting Monday.
Jio Home app will act as a management console for the Jio AirFiber service. It will allow the users to manage users, grant and restrict usage access, and other connection details via the app. On top, Jio also announced an AI-driven Proactive Quality Monitoring feature that will automatically analyze and optimize the WiFi network for the best performance.
The Jio AirFiber pricing structure is not yet out. But, Jio will compete against Airtel’s Xtream AirFiber which starts with a $10 plan per month for a 100Mbps speed. In addition, there’s a $30 security deposit while availing the service.
Jio 5G Coverage
In addition, Jio aims to establish 5G connectivity across every town in India by December 2023. The carrier also has 450 million subscribers in India with an average of 25GB of data consumption per month. The company used a 100% in-house developed 5G stack for 5G rollout consisting of Carrier Aggregation, Network Slicing, Standalone 5G architecture, etc.
“And our focus on continuous innovation has positioned us to be among the first globally to develop 6G capabilities. In fact, we have become one of the largest filers of global patents from India for digital technologies, affirming our transformation from a telecom operator to a technology company,” he said.
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It would be interesting to see the pricing and quality of service after its launch on September 19. Further, there are plenty of other announcements made at the Reliance AGM 2023.
