Jio AirFiber: Reliance Jio launches fixed wireless service in 8 cities
Reliance Jio on Tuesday launched its fixed wireless access (FWA) device — Jio AirFiber — in eight cities — Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, just over a month after rival Bharti Airtel introduced its own device in two cities, as both telcos make initial attempts at monetising their 5G services.
«Our extensive fiber-to-the-home service JioFiber, already serves over 10 million customers...With JioAirFiber, we are expanding our addressable market to rapidly cover every home in our country with similar quality of service,» Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio, said in a statement.
A fixed wireless device uses radio frequencies instead of cables/fibres to provide fixed broadband access, using technologies like 5G. Simply put, these are portable broadband devices, much like dongles but with better coverage and speeds.
The Jio AirFiber service has been launched with multiple plans ranging from 30 Mbps speeds to 1000 Mbps speeds, all available in blocks of six months and 12 months, the telco said in the statement.
The plans are available in two buckets — Jio AirFiber and Jio AirFiber Max.
The former has plans with speeds of 30 Mbps and 100 Mbps with varying additional benefits while the latter has plans with speeds of 300 Mbps, 500 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps.
«JioAirFiber Max will be available in select areas,» the telco said in the statement, but did not specify further.
The service comes with a Wi-Fi router, a 4K smart set top box, and a voice controlled remote. All plans come with unlimited data allowance, 550 TV channels and 14 OTT apps that include JioCinema, Disney+Hotstar, SonyLiv, Zee5, and ShemarooMe, among others.
For users opting for plans above ₹1,199 a month, access to Netflix,
