Jio Phone 2, Jio GigaFiber Broadband launched at RIL’s AGM
At Reliance Industries’ 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Chairman Mukesh Ambani made several announcements including the new broadband service Jio GigaFiber. He listed Jio’s landmark achievements in the last year and also shared a roadmap for several upcoming launches. Reliance Jio has already crossed the 200 million subscriber mark in close to 22 months of its launch, and there are no signs of it stopping. He also shared the roadmap for Reliance Retail and its energy business.
We have more than 25 million Jio Phone users in India. We are now taking the Jio Phone to the next level, with added capabilities and functionalities,” Mukesh Ambani noted. In his address, Mukesh Ambani said that while even as India looks to double its GDP by 2025, his company will more than double in the same period.
The company also announced its Jio GigaFiber service along with Giga Router for broaband. The company is currently beta testing the service and users can register interest in Jio GigaFiber from August 15.
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Jio Phone 2
At the RIL AGM, the Jio Phone 2 4G feature phone was launched. It comes with a few improvements in terms of design compared to the model that was launched in 2017. Jio Phone 2 is claimed to be the high-end variant of Jio Phone, though it appears to bear the same specifications. Reliance Jio Phone will get support for Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube apps.
A customer has to deposit Rs 1500 while purchasing the phone which is refunded to him or her after three years. The phone is a basic feature phone but is 100% 4G compatible and supports 22 major languages. The phone features a 2.4 QVGA display along with an alphanumeric keypad. The phone supports a micro SD card slot and comes pre-loaded with Jio Music, Jio Cinema and Jio TV. The Jio Phone lets users watch their favourite TV content, Live TV, movies, educational programs and mirror their phone on their TV screen. This is made possible through Jio Phone TV cable, an affordable cable, which specifically connects the phone to not only a smart TV, but an old CRT TV as we The Jio Phone 2 will have a 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of storage space with expandable storage support of 128 GB. The phone will run on KaiOS and it will carry a battery of 2000 mAH. The phone will have a 2 MP camera on the back and a VGA camera on the front for selfies.
Under Monsoon Hungama offer, users can now exchange feature phone with Jio Phone in Rs. 501.
Jio GigaFiber Broadband
The world’s largest producer of polyester fibre is now aiming to connect 50 million homes with its high-speed optic fiber network. The company is offering some exciting features for both home and businesses with Jio GigaFiber. Formerly known as Jio Fiber, the company plans to extend fibre connectivity to homes, merchants, small and medium enterprises and large enterprises simultaneously across 1,100 cities. The Jio GigaFiber is being touted as an all-in-one solution that takes care of broadband, IPTV, landline, video conferencing, virtual reality gaming, and beyond. It will also work on TVs with the help of GigaTV set-top boxes and smart home devices. Those with GigaTV will also be able to make phone calls to other TVs, phones and tablets on Jio GigaFiber networks.
Ambani also outlined his vision of creating a hybrid, online-to-offline new commerce platform. To achieve this, Reliance will partner with 3 crore small merchants and shop-keepers all over India who provide the last-mile physical market connectivity. “Our new commerce platform will redefine retail in India by enabling all customers – rich or poor, whether at home or on mobile – to transition from simple shopping to personalise Immersive shopping experience. This will be made possible by Augmented Reality, holographic technology and VR devices,” Ambani said.
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