Reliance Jio rolls out JioSpaceFiber, India's first satellite-based gigabit broadband service

Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd explains to the PM the work being done by his company in the area of telecommunications. (ANI)

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, the world's largest private mobile data network, has unveiled India's first satellite-based giga-fibre service JioSpaceFibre to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to areas hard to reach.

Jio unveiled the new satellite broadband service at the India Mobile Congress on October 27. The plan is to make JioSpaceFiber available throughout the country at highly affordable rates, the company said in a release.

“Jio has enabled millions of homes and businesses in India to experience broadband internet for the first time. With JioSpaceFiber, we expand our reach to cover the millions yet to be connected,” Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited chairman Akash Ambani said.

“JioSpaceFiber will allow everyone, everywhere, to fully participate in the new digital society with gigabit access to online government, education, health, and entertainment services.”

Currently, Jio provides high-speed broadband services to more than 450 million consumers in India, offering both fixed-line and wireless options. To expedite digital inclusivity for every household across the country, Jio introduced JioSpaceFiber to its already robust suite of broadband services, which includes JioFiber and JioAirFiber, the company said.

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With Jio's offerings, both individuals and businesses gain unparalleled access to reliable, low-latency, high-speed internet, and entertainment services, irrespective of their location.

The satellite network will provide added capacity for mobile backhaul, thereby enhancing the reach and scalability of Jio True5G in even the most remote areas of the country, the telco said in a press release.

Jio is partnering with SES to access the world’s latest in medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite technology, the only MEO constellation capable of delivering truly unique Gigabit, fibre-like services from space.

With Jio having access to a combination of SES’s O3b and new O3b mPOWER satellites, it is the only company that offers game-changing technology, providing scalable and affordable broadband across all of India.

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To showcase its capabilities and extensive reach, JioSpaceFiber has already connected four of the most remote locations in India — Gir in Gujarat, Korba in  Chhattisgarh,  Nabarangpur in  Odisha and ONGC-Jorhat in  Assam.

This connectivity highlights the potential of JioSpaceFiber to bring high-speed broadband services to previously underserved areas in the country.

“Together with Jio, we are honoured to support the Government of India's Digital India initiative with a unique solution that aims at delivering multiple gigabits per second of throughput to any location in India,” John-Paul Hemingway, chief strategy officer at SES, said.

“Our first fiber-like services from space are already deployed today in parts of India, and we cannot wait to see how this will lead to digital transformation even in the most rural parts of the country.” he added.

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