Jio GigaFiber, the high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) offering by Reliance Jio Infocomm, is speculated get its commercial launch on August 12. The launch is believed to take place during the annual general meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries, the parent company of Reliance Jio. To recall, the Mumbai-based conglomerate announced the limited launch of Jio GigaFiber at its last AGM back in July last year. The company at that time kick-off the broadband service through Jio GigaFiber in 1,100 cities across India through a registration process. However, the commercial launch is yet to take place.
While announcing its quarterly financial results last week, Reliance Industries revealed that the ongoing beta trials of Jio GigaFiberservices are currently running in their final stages. The beta trials were notably kicked offseveral months before the formal debut of the services.
"Beta trials of JioGigaFiber services have been very successful and the entire bouquet of smart home solutions would soon be rolled out to targeted 50 million households and beyond," Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, had said in a media statement announcing the quarterly results
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Jio GigaFiber Services May Debut Commercially on August 12