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With the announcement of Reliance Jio’s plan of launching GigaFiber FTTH service in the country, the MSOs (Multi System Operators) in India are also allocating intense budgets towards their expansion strategy to defend themselves from upcoming competition. Fastway Transmission, which is one of the fastest growing MSO in North India has also announced that it will be pumping a whopping Rs 250 crore into its operations in the coming one and a half year for expansion and customer acquisition.
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Answering to Television post, Peeush Mahajan, CEO of Fastway Transmission also spoke at length about the company’s expansion plans and how it plans to tackle impending competition in the sector. The CEO highlighted that although Fastway remains operational in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, its primary focus is going to be Punjab since Fastway has its own fibre network in the state. The company seeks to cover 100 cities this year and then 1000-1500 big villages further after that.
It is also notable that now Fastway has migrated to GPON technology while earlier it depended on DOCSIS technology. On being asked about Reliance Jio, Mahajan said “We are still awaiting more details on Jio GigaFiber. They have officially announced the service, but the pricing details have still not been revealed.”
The CEO is not too worried about the competition that is likely to spur in the coming days. Instead, he is of the belief that the coming of Reliance Jio in the industry is going to promote growth in fibre. He also said that installing extensive fibre services in the country is going to be a challenging task for Reliance Jio.
