Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced the launch of JioAirFiber, its much-awaited 5G home broadband service, across eight metro cities.
The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
The release said that JioAirFiber will provide a strong value proposition and plans enabling digital entertainment (leading 550-plus Digital TV Channels, popular 16 plus OTT apps with subscription); broadband services (indoor WiFi Service); Smart Home services (Cloud PC for Education and Work-from-home, Security and Surveillance solutions, Healthcare, Education, Smart Home IOT, Gaming among others).
The new offering was announced by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at the company's 46th AGM last month.
The company said JioAirFiber will enable millions of homes with world-class digital entertainment, smart home services and broadband through its solutions across education, health, surveillance and smart homes.
Jio's optical fibre infrastructure spans over 1.5 million kilometres across India, its optical-fibre presence putting Jio in close proximity to over 200 million premises. Yet, providing physical last-mile connectivity is often time-consuming in most parts of the country. This leaves millions of potential customers without home broadband due to the complexities and delays involved in extending optical fibre to their premises.
Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm, said, “Our extensive fiber-to-the-home service JioFiber, already serves over 10 million customers, with hundreds of thousands more getting connected each month. But there are still millions of homes and small businesses to be connected at a rapid pace. With JioAirFiber, we are expanding our addressable market to rapidly cover every home in our country with similar quality of service. JioAirFiber will enable millions of homes with world-class digital entertainment, smart home services and broadband, through its solutions across education, health, surveillance and smart home.”