The 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries (RIL) was held on August 29, 2022. Reliance Jio unveiled its Jio True 5G 5G services at the Annual General Meeting.
On October 1st, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced 5G services in India at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022. Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd., attended the occasion as well. By December 2023, Jio, according to him, will offer 5G services at reasonable prices across the nation. By Diwali 2022, 5G services would be available in 4 cities (Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, and Mumbai).
In a number of cities, Jio will roll out 5G services built on a standalone (SA) architecture. The implementation will start on October 24, 2022, which is Diwali.
Of all the participating telecom companies, Jio placed the highest bid at India's 5G spectrum auctions. Jio spent 88,078 crores in total on the bid. The most extensive spectrum is available in India through Jio. Regarding the 5G airwaves, Jio has acquired 5G bands across all well-known frequencies. Jio will support mmWave frequencies at 26 GHz as well as low-band frequencies like 700 MHz (n28), 800 MHz (n5), medium-band frequencies like 1800 MHz (n3), and 3300 MHz (n78) (n258).
Jio has made it clear that it would provide 5G connectivity across the nation. Jio will carry out this using the reasonably priced 700 MHz sub-GHz frequency spectrum. In addition, Jio intends to roll out the premium mmWave 26 GHz spectrum to all 22 Indian circles.
Jio intends to introduce 5G by Diwali 2022 in India. Metropolitan cities will be the first to receive this deployment. Later, Jio will extend it to several tier-2 and tier-3 cities. According to the most recent information, Jio will launch its 5G services in 13 cities, including Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune. Jio, though, might launch a 5G network in a few parts of these cities. Therefore, not every resident of these cities may use 5G services.
Overall, Jio will roll out 5G services at the appropriate moment. It must get the technology and cost aspects correct. If it happens, Jio has a lot of opportunities to contribute to the success of 5G. Things will certainly get more exciting if telecom heavyweights like Airtel and Vi (Vodafone-Idea) jump on the 5G bandwagon.
