Reliance Jio VoWi-Fi Testing Commences in Few Circles, Public Launch Expected Very Soon

Reliance Jio has changed the dynamics of the Indian telecom industry with its LTE only network. Jio has the highest 4G availability in the country according to various firms like OpenSignal and Tutela. To recall, Reliance Jio was the first operator to launch VoLTE or Voice over LTE services in India, and now, the telco could be the first operator to launch VoWi-Fi (Voice over Wi-Fi) service in the country. According to the information we have right now, Jio has started testing VoWi-Fi service in circles like Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Kerala among others. In fact, some users are able to see VoWi-Fi network symbol in the status bar on Apple iPhones, which clearly looks like the telco is in advanced stages of testing. As of now, there’s no update on when Jio is going to launch VoWi-Fi service to the public, but with the company testing in its major circles, we might see it happening in the next few months or at the start of 2020. UK-based Vodafone already confirmed that it’s working on the technology to implement in India.

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Jio VoWi-Fi Service Will Be Limited to its Own Network

In the early stages, Reliance Jio’s VoWi-Fi services will be limited to Jio-to-Jio. However, soon the carrier will expand to other networks too, according to the report which surfaced back in July 2018.

Not only for smartphones, but Jio was said to integrate the VoWi-Fi service in its JioPhone also. Notably, the JioPhone is a feature phone device by the company which offers 4G VoLTE services. In the past quarters, Reliance Jio has boasted of selling more than 200 million JioPhones. Given that the VoWi-Fi technology will be beneficial to people in rural areas where the network is weak, the affordable cost of JioPhone can be a deciding factor in propelling the technology to farther parts of the country.