Jio faces rivals and launches new broadband plans starting at 399 rupees


Reliance Jio announced on Monday new plans for JioFiber broadband starting at a monthly price of Rs 399 with no data usage limit. Under the new plans, the Netflix entertainment app is added to the bundle of bundled apps for customers who subscribe to mid-range plans. It is by far the lowest price for broadband services.

The plans will be implemented from September 1, Reliance Jio said.

Recently, Bharti Airtel announced that it would bundle an additional 1,000 gigabytes of data into the purchase of a new connection for its Xstream Fiber Home broadband service. The offer is part of the Independence Day celebrations and has been implemented for a limited period on all Airtel Xstream Fiber plans. Plans start at Rs 799 per month and come with the benefits of Airtel Thanks, such as a 12-month Amazon Prime membership and Airtel Xstream content plus Wynk Music.

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“We want to bring Fiber to each and every home and empower each member of the family. After making India the largest and fastest growing country in mobile connectivity with Jio, JioFiber will propel India to global broadband leadership, thus providing broadband to more than 1,600 cities and towns, ”said Jio Director. , Akash Ambani.

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The Rs 399 low-end plan will offer a download and upload speed of 30 megabits per second (Mbps), according to the statement. The old JioFiber plans have a data usage limit per month at the promised high speed, after which the speed drops to 1 Mbps.

Jio has announced a 30-day free trial of the 150Mbps plans, costing Rs 999, with subscription to 11 over-the-top apps, including Amazon Prime Video, Disney + Hotstar, Zee5, SonyLIV. The plan priced at Rs 1499 will also come bundled with Netflix.

Jio said the subscription to the 12 highest-paying packaged apps would be available to customers “at no additional cost.

“The plans of all existing JioFiber customers will be updated to match the benefits of the new rate plans,” the statement said.

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