Reliance Group mobile data network arm Jio Infocomm on Friday unveiled India’s first satellite-based giga fiber service to provide high-speed broadband services to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Jio demonstrated its new satellite broadband, called JioSpaceFiber, at the India Mobile Congress.
The service will be available across the length and breadth of the country at highly affordable prices, the company said.
Jio said it currently delivers high-speed broadband fixed line and wireless services to over 450 million Indian consumers.
“To accelerate digital inclusivity for every household in India, Jio has added JioSpaceFiber to its premier lineup of broadband services, JioFiber and JioAirFiber,” the company said in a media statement.
The satellite network will also support additional capacity for mobile backhaul, further enhancing the availability and scale of Jio True5G in the remotest parts of the country, it said.
Jio is partnering with SES to access the world’s latest in medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite technology, the only MEO constellation capable of delivering truly unique Gigabit, fiber-like services from space.
“With Jio having access to a combination of SES’s O3b and new O3b mPOWER satellites, it is the only company that offers game-changing technology, providing scalable and affordable broadband across all of India with a level of guaranteed reliability and service flexibility that is a first in the industry,” the company said.
“With JioSpaceFiber, we expand our reach to cover the millions yet to be connected,” said Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited.
“JioSpaceFiber will allow everyone, everywhere, to fully participate in the new digital society with gigabit access to online government, education, health, and entertainment services,” he said.
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