Reliance Jio Infocomm plans to provide connectivity speed 10-12 times faster than 3G

Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) plans to provide connectivity speed to subscribers that will be 10-12 times faster as compared to 3G networks.

The plan is to offer a speed of 49 mbps downlink and 8-9 mbps uplink through its pan-India 4G network which is 10-12 times faster as compared to 3G networks that provide an average top speed of 4 mbps. "At a speed of 49 mbps, a subscriber can download a full- length movie of 600 megabytes in about 2 minutes", said an RJIL official.


“We are practically achieving a speed of 49 megabit per second downlink, and uplink is between 8- 9 mbps. Theoretically, the present set- up that we have can achieve speed of 112 mbps downlink,” the official said.

The company also plans to provide services for phones and TV sets through its 4G network. "An outdoor customer premise equipment (CPE) will connect to its mobile tower and there will be wires which run into house of customers from this CPE that can be connected to various devices and create a local Wi-Fi network for people to access broadband. There will be a set-top-box that we will provide which will facilitate both broadband and television services," the official said. Besides CPE, RJIL has plans to connect to those homes which won't get strong signals with optical fibre network.

RJIL has loaded 150 channels that it will provide across all devices ranging from mobile phones to TV sets using the 4G network.

“We have almost all leading TV channels By Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi across all genres from leading houses - Sony, Zee, TV18, Star and others. This is a trial phase and we will add more channels as we get ready for commercial launch,” the official said.

The TV service will have a Catch UP feature that will allow users to see programmes of the past seven days. “We have our data center ready which will automatically store these content,” he added.

The cable TV market had more than 9.6 crore subscribers till the end of December 2012 followed by DTH services with over 5.45 crore.

RJIL is the only company in India to have nationwide 4G spectrum. It holds large chunk 20 meghertz in one frequency band known as wireless broadband access (BWA) specturm. It has been allocated 2.2 crore numbers to start its services. The 4G network based 'Jio Television' can serve as third alternative for Indian consumers, the official said, without specifying the time for its commercial launch.