RJio ready to work with local cable operators for widening GigaFiber reach

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom company controlled by Mukesh Ambani, has reportedly received a strong response from users to its Jio GigaFiber home broadband service, according to a news report in the Economic Times. The fibre-to-the-home broadband service was announced at Reliance Industries’ 41st Annual General Meeting, and registrations started from August 15.

Though Jio did not specify actual numbers, it said the company had received a strong response from over 900 cities and towns for Jio GigaFibre, according to the report. However, the company is also reportedly facing some resistance from local cable operators in extending its connectivity in key markets for last-mile connectivity. Citing local cable operators in Delhi, Mumbai and Karnataka, the report added that the resistance from cable operators was on account of Jio not involving them, and instead approaching prospective consumers directly to pitch its broadband services. The local operators fear that Jio might announce ultra-affordable tariffs for broadband connections, similar to how they did in the telecom space. This would hurt their business and they might not be able to compete.

Jio witnesses highest user engagement of up to 30% among all telcos

Reliance Jio apps witnessed the highest subscriber utilisation (number of subscribers using the app) of up to 30 per cent among telecom service providers, says a recent study. For other telcos, the utilisation level was 10-20 per cent.

While part of the high engagement is due to Jio’s presence across smartphones and app-enabled feature phones, analysts said this did not mean that Jio would be able convert that into higher average revenue per user (Arpu).

In a recent report, UBS Evidence Lab said: "While Jio is slightly ahead of incumbents on app engagement, overall engagement levels are low and will limit (all) telcos' ability to charge for these apps separately. Global examples of telcos being able to charge separately for content are limited." The report noted that customer engagement on apps of telecom operators is below 25 per cent.

Jio Fibre to Home | No tariff cuts as Jio shifts focus to broadband services

Jio Fibre to Home - Reliance Industries’ (RIL) 41st annual popular assembly saw the complete verbal exchange concentrated around the disruption Jio turned into going to reason this time round. even as telecom players heaved a sigh modern comfort as there were no in addition tariff cuts, the motion shifted to the constant line broadband offerings. RIL’s chairman Mukesh Ambani announced the launch contemporary Jio fibre to Home or constant line broadband services known as Jio GigaFiber as well as new offers for the JioPhone clients. Following feedback to the preliminary registration, the organisation, as a way to launch the carrier (Jio Fiber to Home) from August 15, will take a call on in which the services will begin rolling out first.

“Your organisation has already invested over Rs 2,500 billion for growing digital infrastructure to offer cellular and broadband connectivity throughout the usa, with the biggest fibre footprint. we are able to now make bigger this fibre connectivity to houses, traders, small and medium organizations and massive businesses simultaneously throughout 1,a hundred towns to offer the maximum advanced fibre-primarily based broadband connectivity answers,” stated Ambani.

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