Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani on Monday, August 12, finally announced JioFiber broadband service at the 42nd annual general meeting. Speaking to shareholders at the meeting, Ambani said that the tariff plans would be priced between Rs 700 and Rs 10,000 per month, it will be commercially available from September 5, 2019.
Jio has announced several benefits for the early buyers such as the Jio Fiber Welcome Offer.
Here’s all you wish to know about what Jio will be offering under their JioFiber and Jio DTH service.
- JioFiber plans will be pegged between Rs 700 and Rs 10,000 per month with the company offering speeds ranging from 100Mbps to plans for 1Gbps respectively.
- The Jio fixed-line phone will offer unlimited calling service. The Jio Home Phone will be activated through GigaFiber with the help of JioGigaHub.
- The set-top box from the company offers subscribers with the ability to receive cable TV signals as well. Jio set-top box will support the popular gaming controllers. The set-top box has been said to support 4K display. “We have designed our Jio set-top-box to accept the broadcast cable TV signals from our LCO partners. So that with every JIOFIBER home all our LCO partners will continue to have a steady stream of revenue for their broadcast TV business,” Ambani said.
- Jio Fiber users will get a free subscription to several OTT platforms.
- Ambani said that the group has a clear roadmap to become zero net-debt company in 18 months.
Reliance Industries (RIL) at the meet announced the partnership of its Reliance Jio Infocomm with Microsoft. - Jio Fiber plans will come with subscriptions to major premium OTT applications.
- Jio Fiber users will get a landline phone connection for free.
- Jio’s IoT service will be launched on 1st January, 2020.
Ambani in his speech also said that customers should pay for only one service, either voice or data. “With this, I am pleased to announce that voice calls from home (landline) to any Indian operator – mobile or fixed – will be absolutely free forever.” The company also announced Jio GigaFIber plans will come bundled with subscriptions to most leading premium OTT applications.
“For the first time in India, we are introducing a disruptive concept for watching new movies. Premium JioFiber customers will be able to watch movies in their living rooms the same day these movies are released in theatres. We call this Jio first-day-first-show. We plan to launch this service in the middle of 2020,” Ambani said.
