Reliance Jio expected to launch 4G services by September

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NEW DELHI: Telecom arm of Reliance Industries, RJIL, is likely to launch its 4G services by September this year starting from Delhi and Mumbai.

"Reliance Jio is engaged in building up team for telecom services which is almost done. Telecom services are likely to be launched in third quarter of 2014 ie July-September period starting from Delhi and Mumbai," a source privy of the development said.

RIL has already announced in July that it will add 7,000 employees taking total headcount at company to 10,000 in 2014-15.

No immediate comments were received from the company. RIL may share details of services launch in June. RJio started first trial of its 4G services in Delhi, Mumbai and Jamnagar. The Department of Telecom has allocated 22 million numbers for launch of services.

The source added that company is evaluating devices of Korean firm Samsung and Chinese company ZTE for its customers.

After launching service in Delhi and Mumbai,the company has identified Southern part of India as high revenue generating market followed by West, North and East.

RJio during its trials has showcased broadband speed of 49 megabit per second--which is over 10-12 times more than 3G mobile internet speed that consumer are getting these days.

At a speed of 49 mbps an user can download a full movie, which is generally of 600 megabyte size, in about 2 minutes.

The average top speed of 3G network is pegged at 4 mbps. The company has prepared its network architecture plan under which it will provide booster antenna kind of device. This antenna will receive signal from mobile tower and a cable from this antenna connect a set-top-box or a modem kind of device inside home that will create wifi network for telecom service inside home.

The STB has been developed on Google's Android platform. Besides customer premise equipments, RJIL has plans to connect to those homes which won't get strong signals with optical fibre network.

RJio also has plans to launch TV services through its 4G network.

Gearing up to foray into TV services market, Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) has loaded 150 channels that it will provide across all devices ranging from mobile phone to TV sets using its high speed 4G network.

Reliance JIO to offer 4G LIVE TV Service, Set Top Box Developed on Google’s Android Platform

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Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has pan-India license and Spectrum for 4G wireless broadband services, will launch LIVE TV services over its 4th Generation LTE network with Android run set top box (STB).

Earlier We shared India’s first Reliance Jio 4G Hands on Review on all its up-coming services over 4G, Now we bring you some more exclusive details on its 4G – LIVE TV services.

Reliance will offer a Android OS based set-top-box (STB) which will facilitate both broadband and television services.The STB is very compact, easy to use and has attractive design. It can be used with multiple dives, such as simultaneously on a tablet and TV and voice control, and a handful of pre-installed games are also included.

To offer seamless LIVE TV services Reliance Jio will provide outdoor customer premise equipment (CPE) that will connect to its mobile tower and there will be wire which will run into house of customers from this CPE that can be connected to various devices and create a local wi-fi network for people to access LIVE TV through STB and also broadband.

The Reliance Jio STB which has been developed on Google’s Android platform. Besides CPE, Reliance Jio has also plans to connect to those homes which won’t get strong signals with optical fibre network (FTTH).

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) 4G LIVE TV services will come with 160 channels including 16 HD channels that it will provide across all devices ranging from mobile phone to TV sets using its high speed 4G network many more channels will be added at the time of commercial launch of services.

With this LIVE TV service users can also “catch-up” TV programs with 7 days of stored content for each channel complements the viewing experience and eliminates the need to remember to record users favorite show. It has several unique features like there is no need for recording TV shows. The service store seven days of programming on Reliance Jio server, and a user can access it anytime (within seven days)

Reliance Jio 4G service customers can watch half the show or movie on his or her TV pause it and watch the rest either on a tablet or a mobile phone, using the same log-in.

The 4G network based ‘Jio Play LIVE TV’ can serve as third alternative available in India apart from Cable TV, DTH and IPTV services, but everything depends on tariff yes on tariff! what Reliance Jio will offer to end customers.

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Reliance Jio Will be the Holder of the Largest Quantum of Liberalized Spectrum and Can offer 2G, 3G and 4G Services

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director Reliance Industries today said that Reliance JIO will be the holder of the largest quantum of liberalized spectrum and can offer 2G, 3G and 4G services and with the longest residual spectrum life.

Reliance JIO has  acquired spectrum in 14 key circles across India in the 1800 MHz band in the recently concluded spectrum auction conducted by DoT. It has entered the voice segment (Voice over LTE) for the first time and bought more spectrum to offer that for around Rs 11,054 crore.

RJIL has acquired the 1800 MHz spectrum at 31% premium to reserve price. Winning bidders ofthe 900 MHz spectrum paid between 55% to 110% premium over the reserve price.

Reliance JIO (RJIL) plans to use this spectrum, ranging from 2×5 MHz to 2×7 MHz in each of these 14 circles, in conjunction with its pan India 2300 MHz 4G LTE spectrum to address the expected surge in demand for digital services as well as to enhance in-building coverage.  RJIL plans to provide seamless 4G services using FDD-LTE on 1800 MHz and TDD-LTE on 2300 MHz through an integrated ecosystem, company said in an official statement.

Reliance Jio plans to offer voice and high speed 4G data services on one technology standard to retail customers and to enterprises on another.The GSM 1800 MHz band spectrum that it has just purchased can be interchangeably used between second-generation voice services and 4G services.

RJIL is deploying an enhanced packet core network to create futuristic high capacity infrastructure to handle huge demand for data and voice. In addition to high speed data, the 4G network will provide voice services from / to non-RJIL networks.

According to Reliance JIO, there are several mobile phones and devices available today which have the capability to operate both TD-LTE and FD-LTE technologies in the 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz bands as well as conventional 2G / 3G networks. Rapid strides in global LTE rollouts and introduction of several new chipsets is making LTE enabled smart mobile phones and devices more affordable.In any case, Wi-Fi enabled 2G / 3G device can access RJIL’s services through an affordable pocket router.