Jio turns 2, soon will cover 99% of India’s population

Ahmedabad: Reliance Jio has completed two years of its service.

The company in its statement said: ‘Jio is the catalyst Digital India needed. Since the commencement of its services on 5th September 2016, Jio triggered a digital revolution and put the power of data within the reach of every Indian.’

‘India’s journey with Jio in the last two years has been significant as it has become World’s largest all IP network. Network of Jio is state-of-the-art, all IP network, with LTE spectrum across 800MHz, 1800MHz and 2300MHz bands, and it will soon cover 99% of India’s population.’

‘Thanks to Jio, India has witnessed the reality of free voice. Operator has given unlimited free calling with all of its tariff plans. The market rapidly moves towards data and consumer is the winner, once again.’

‘During same period, the data tariffs have become much more affordable. Earlier, it was priced between Rs. 250 and Rs. 10,000 per GB. Post launch of Jio the cost has come down to less than Rs 15 per GB currently. Jio users pay even lesser on various plans.’

‘Interestingly, the mobile data consumption in India has gone up from 20 crore GB per month to nearly 370 crore GB per month. Jio customers alone are consuming nearly 240 crore GB of that data. India moves from 155th in broadband penetration to 1st in the world in terms of mobile data consumption. Within months of its launch, Jio became World’s 1st and only Exabyte Telecom network with data transmitted over Jio’s network surpassing 100 crore GB per month.’

‘Company added seven customers every second reaching 100 million customers in just 170 days. Today over 215 mn (as on 30th June 2018) customers are enjoying digital life on Jio network in the country.’

‘Within two years of launch, Jio has won the trust of over 14.8 million subscribers in Gujarat. Till end of June 30, 2018, Jio had over 20% share in the total subscription of 70.8 millions. Not only that, today, on the basis of total subscribers and revenue, Jio is the second largest operator in the state.’

‘Jio has built a Digital Connectivity Platform of unparalleled capacity and a nation-wide reach. This has enabled Reliance to strategically reinvent itself as a Technology Platform Company. Digital platforms have become the new-age factories and service providers. The world is entering into an era of Anytime Value-Creation, Everywhere Value-Creation, and Value-Creation by anyone who has a smart business idea. Jio has prepared itself for this exciting future of non-linear and exponential growth.’

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