Reliance Jio announces largest ever launch of True 5G services across 50 cities

Telecom company Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced its largest ever roll out of True 5G services across 50 cities in 17 states and Union Territories, making the services available to Jio users in 184 cities in total.

The 50 cities where the the Jio True 5G services are launching are a part of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal

In most of these cities, Jio is the first and only 5G operator.  Of all the 17 states and Union Territories, Goa, Puducherry and Haryana will get Jio True 5G services from today.

In Kota, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla would be inaugurating the Jio True 5G services. Meanwhile, in the Haryana circle, the state's home minister Anil Vij would inaugurate the services.

Starting today, users would be invited to the Jio welcome offer and would get unlimited data at up to 1 gbps+ speed, with no additional cost.

"We are thrilled to launch Jio True 5G services in 50 additional cities across 17 states and union territories, taking the total count to 184 cities. This is by far one of the largest rollouts of 5G services, not just in India, but anywhere in the world," a Jio spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that Jio has stepped up the speed as well as intensity of the rollout across India so that every Jio user can enjoy the transformational benefits of Jio True 5G technology in this new year. "The entire nation will be able to enjoy and benefit from Jio True 5G services by December 2023," the spokesperson said.

It has a standalone 5G architecture that does not depend on the 4G network at all

The largest mix of 5G spectrum across bands — 700 MHz, 3500 MHz, 26 GHz

Carrier Aggregation, an advanced technology that seamlessly combines these 5G frequencies into a single robust “data highway”