Reliance Jio GioFiber to offer broadband, landline and TV combo for just Rs 600 per month

Reliance Jio is expected to value its initial GigaFiber package at Rs 600 per month and the offer is likely to combine broadband service with landline and television services, Mint reported. The price is effectively half of what other cable operators charge for similar services.

Currently, Reliance Jio is pilot testing GigaFiber in New Delhi and Mumbai, providing 100 gigabytes (GB) of data at 100 megabytes per second (Mbps) for free, except for the single deposit of Rs 4,500 for a router.

Reliance Jio unveiled GigaFiber broadband service in August 2018. At the last annual general meeting meeting of Reliance Jio's parent Reliance Industries Ltd in July, Chairman Mukesh Ambani, the richest person of India, announced that GigaFiber will be the largest global deployment of landline broadband with a simultaneous introduction in 1,100 cities of India.

"With local cable operators now as part of the Jio ecosystem, we look forward to bringing Jio's advanced JioGigaFiber and Smart Home Solutions to more Indian homes, even quicker," Ambani said in the statement in August 2018.

JioGigaFiber Offers

- GigaFiber will provide 100 gigabytes (GB) of data at 100 megabytes per second (Mbps) for free.

- Telephone and television services will be added in the next three months

- These three services will remain free for one year.

Reliance Jio GigaFiber will also offer an option to connect 40 devices to its smart home network for a price of just Rs 1,000.

Jio Landline Benefits

The landline will offer unlimited calling facility, television channels to be delivered over the internet (Internet Protocol Television).

Jio GigaFiber to provide features like Ultra HD entertainment on TV, voice-activated virtual assistant, multi-party video conferencing, virtual reality gaming and shopping, and smart home solutions.

Registration:

Registrations for Jio GigaFiber began in August last year. If you are interested please visit, gigafiber.jio.com/registration for the registration.

Reliance disrupted India's telecoms sector when it launched telecoms unit Jio in 2016 with slashed price mobile data plans and free voice calls.

In October, Reliance said it would buy majority stakes in Den Networks Ltd and Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd for Rs 5,230 crore—a move that will boost Jio GigaFiber.

Through these investments, Reliance Jio had said in October last year, it plans to boost 27,000 local cable operators that are aligned with Den and Hathway through superior back-end infrastructure, tie-ups with content producers, and investment in digital infrastructure for connecting customers.