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28 JAN-MAR 2024

Jio to Reach Pan-India Coverage with its 5G FWA Service in H1 2024

Jio had announced the launch of its its subscribers have migrated to the million premises. However, Jio noted
5G FWA service in eight cities across 5G network, which has been rolled out that providing physical last-mile
India in September 2023 across India ahead of schedule. connectivity often ends up taking a lot
Indian operator Reliance Jio Info- of time in most parts of the country,
comm said that its 5G Fixed Wireless The operator said that Jio True 5G leaving millions of potential custom-
Access (FWA) service, dubbed JioAir- network currently carries almost one- ers without home broadband, due to
Fiber, will have pan-India coverage fourth of Jio’s mobility data traffic. the complexities and delays involved
within the first half of 2024, according in extending fiber to their premises.
to Indian press reports. The telco had announced the launch
Jio is offering FWA plans under two
categories – AirFiber, and AirFiber Max,
with prices starting from INR 599 ($7.2)
and with speeds of 30 Mbps.
Reliance Jio Infocomm previously
said it has created a dedicated 5G
network slice for the provision of its
5G fixed wireless access solution. The
Indian telco aims to reach 100 million
connected premises in India with its
FWA offering.
Reliance Jio Infocomm’s chairman,
Mukesh Ambani, recently said that
Jio’s 5G network currently reaches all
towns and cities across India. He also
claimed that the telco achieved the
fastest 5G rollout globally.

Reliance Jio Infocomm has been rap-
of its 5G FWA service in eight cities idly expanding its 5G network using
The carrier’s 5G FWA service is already across the country in September 2023. Standalone (SA) architecture since
available in over 4,000 towns and The service was initially launched in October 2022.
cities across India. the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Reliance Jio secured a mix of wireless
The telco said that early signs of Mumbai and Pune. spectrum for 5G across the 700 MHz,
demand and customer engagement 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands. Jio is the
with the service have been encour- Jio previously said that its optical fiber only Indian operator with spectrum in
aging. infrastructure currently spans over 1.5 the 700 MHz band.
million kilometers across India, putting
Jio also noted that about 90 million of the telco in close proximity to over 200

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