Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced the rollout of 5G services in 34 cities across 13 states, bringing the total number of cities in the country that have access to the company’s True 5G services to 225.
This comes days after Reliance rolled out its services in six states in the Northeast, namely Shillong, Imphal, Aizawl, Agartala, Itanagar, Kohima and Dimapur. “yo Users in these cities are invited to the Jio Welcome Offer to experience unlimited data at speeds up to 1Gbps+ at no additional cost, starting today,” the company said in a statement.
Six cities in Andhra Pradesh (Ananthapuramu, Bhimavaram, Chirala, Guntakal, Nandyal, Tenali), three in Assam (Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur), one in Bihar (Gaya), two in Chhattisgarh (Ambikapur, Dhamtari), two in Haryana ( Thanesar, Yamunanagar), one in Karnataka (Chitradurga), two in Maharashtra (Jalgaon, Latur), two in Odisha (Balangir, Nalco), two in Punjab (Jalandhar, Phagwara), one in Rajasthan (Ajmer) will be the 5G services received from the company immediately.
Other cities where 5G has been rolled out are Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Karur, Kumbakonam, Nagercoil, Thanjavur and Tiruvannamalai. Telangana’s Adilabad, Mahabubnagar and Ramagundam will also receive 5G services. Services were also introduced in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
Jio spokesman said the company achieved this feat in less than 120 days since the start of the beta study.
“We are very much looking forward to the start Jio True 5G Services in 34 additional cities, bringing the total to 225 cities. Jio has reached this milestone in just under 120 days since the start of beta testing and is on track to connect the entire nation to transformative Jio True 5G services by December 2023,” said the spokesperson.
The statement further added that a 5G network rollout of this scale is unique in the world and 2023 will be a landmark year for India when the entire country will reap the benefits of revolutionary True 5G technology, powered by the superior network infrastructure of Jio is provided .
“We are grateful to the central and state governments for their continued support in our quest to digitize our country,” the statement said.
