One of the most popular industries in India is Reliance. Today, Reliance industries have started a revolution in digital India with Reliance Jio. (also known as Jio.) The main aim of Reliance Jio is to transform digital India by introducing a blend of high-speed data, payment services and commerce. It also aims at eradicating the idea that broadband and other digital services are luxuries that everyone cannot afford. Reliance Jio aims to create an effective network in India, which will be available easily in the future. Its intention is to transform future networks in India in a way that the services form an end-to-end network.
Reliance Jio is also concentrating on providing consumers with devices at affordable rates by offering a variety of smart phones from high-end models to entry level models. Jio Money, involves using digital currency instead of paper money which will ease secure transactions. Jio Drive is where, by using
smartphones, anyone can store and share data with others. Digital education provides a platform through which teachers and students set far apart geographically, can still connect to share and learn. Additional features are Digital healthcare, Digital entertainment and Jio chat. Jio play allows users to watch HD
TV anytime, anywhere. It also has cloud services like streaming and storage of
music called Jio Beats, Jio news and Jio mags for magazine and news in multiple languages.
Jio offers a 4G LTE or Reliance 4G which uses a technology called VoLTE (voice over Long Term Evolution) that uses both voice and data. This will improve call quality, involve lower battery usage and reduce costs. Reliance Jio 4G offers only 4G, there is no 2G and 3G, hence, quality won’t be compromised as the coverage will be good. Jio also offers high-speed Wi-Fi network - the Jionet or Reliance Wi-Fi which provides free Wi-Fi hotspot services across various cities in India.
Reliance Jio launch is expected to release in March, 2016. The Reliance 4G SIM is being distributed to Reliance employees. A 25 % discount on LYF handsets is expected. This series is based on the four elements of life, the earth, air, water and fire and are priced at a range of Rs. 4000 to Rs. 32,000.
Reliance 4G plans are such that it would offer 200 GB data with the devices that are priced at less than Rs 1000. Reliance Jio plans have prices between Rs 300 to Rs 500 for data, media, e-commerce and payment services.
For now the structure of Reliance Jio 4G tariffs are poised as the following,
Rs 99 for 1 GB data, Rs 249 for 3 GB data, Rs 399 for 6 GB data, Rs 599 for 10 GB, Rs 999 for 25 GB and Rs 2499 for 100 GB data.
Reliance Jio uses LTE technology. However, Reliance Jio is working on the next step of LTE - the LTE-A. LTE-A is more advanced and has more spectrums.
