Reliance Jio to Bundle 100 Mbps Broadband Plan With Video and Voice Calls at Less than Rs 1,000

Reliance Jio is once again ready to create a surge in the telecom industry by launching its 100Mbps broadband plan for less than Rs 1,000. The Mukesh Ambani led telco is planning to launch its Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services by the end of this year, under which the telco will provide video calls, high-speed connection and voice calls with the fibre broadband plan. A previous report has already brought it to our knowledge that the telco is already on the task of testing the fibre optic connection in the cities of New Delhi and Mumbai.

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A person aware of the matter tipped Livemint “Reliance Jio plans to enter the wired internet segment by the end of this year…and the fibre-to-the-home (services) will also come with unlimited calling through a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone as well as JioTV.” He further added “Discussions on a bundled tariff are still going on, but current talks suggest it could be under Rs 1,000 a month.”

When an email query was made by Livemint to Reliance Jio, it wasn’t replied. As per the report, Reliance Jio is offering the broadband connection to the users against a security deposit of Rs 4,500.

Amresh Nandan, who is the research vice-president at Gartner also had some insights to share. He said “Bundled offerings, though popular in some Western countries, have not been successful without a strong content play. Reliance Jio has been active with its content strategy and this would become an advantage with a bundled quad play—fixed line, mobile, broadband internet and media. It may increase consumer stickiness.”

This news comes in the light of the new decision by the government, which has approved a proposal of Internet telephony with VoIP technology. VoIP is technology lets users make voice calls over internet broadband connection.