Reliance Jio now has 490 million subscribers on its network which has catapulted the operator to become the world’s largest data company, as per Reliance Chairman, Mukesh Ambani. Speaking at the RIL AGM 2024 in front of the shareholders, the Reliance Chairman also talked about Jio now catering to 8 percent of the global mobile traffic, and Jio customers consuming 30GB data per month. Jio also offers data prices that are 1/4th of the global average,” the Reliance Chairman adds.
Jio launched its mobile data services in 2016 and in 8 years its growth and progress has also resulted in India becoming the world’s largest data market.
India’s 5G Rollout Pace
The company’s 5G roll out has also been one of the fastest in the world, with 85 percent of the 5G radio cells operating in India part of the Jio network. In fact, Jio 5G has managed to get 130 million customers in just two years since its operation.
But the core aspect of its success with 5G technology is the fully-homegrown 5G stack that caters to the needs of the Indian mobile customers at a national scale. Jio is also the only operator with a 5G standalone architecture and using advanced tech like carrier aggregation and network slicing to stay ahead of the curve and utilise the best of the 5G networks.
“Jio also has acquired over 350 patents in 5G and 6G technologies that are key to Jio’s place at the forefront of global innovation,” Mukesh Ambani said during his address. He also pointed out that nearly all smartphones above Rs 8,000 sold in India are 5G-ready, they are now looking to make India 2G-Mukt by helping the 2G users migrate to 5G which further boosts data consumption in the country.
Jio AirFiber also has big plans for the future and it already caters to 30 million households with its Wi-Fi service and is aggressively pushing towards its goal of 100 million customers in the next few years.
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