Reliance Jio to Improve Network Experience for Students and Professionals by 25 Percent in Karnataka, Here’s How

Reliance Jio in March announced that it had successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in all 22 circles across India in the recently concluded spectrum auctions conducted by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The company had acquired spectrums in 850MHZ, 1800MHZ and 2300MHZ bands respectively. In Karnataka, Jio has acquired additional 5 MHz of 850MHz band; 5MHz of 1800MHz band; and 10 MHz of 2300 MHz band.

As on date Jio has gone ahead with the deployment of all the three spectrums across all 22.3K sites spread across the state. With this, the total bandwidth available for usage in 850 MHz will be doubled and 2300 MHz will be enhanced by 25%. Spectrum augmentation of this magnitude will certainly help improve the network experience manifold for entire Reliance Jio subscriber base in Karnataka. Also Reliance Jio continues to be leader in the state in terms of deployed sites.

Considering the ongoing pandemic situation, curtailed movements, and lock down, this is a timely addition, which will help professionals working from home, students to attend classes online, and businesses running from home, to seamlessly carry out their activities while being safe at home, says Reliance Jio.

Reliance Jio has 2.1+ crore subscriber base in Karnataka. Owing to the increasing demand for more 4G towers, Jio Karnataka is expanding its 4G network by 28% in 2021. Currently Jio has over 22.3K true 4G network sites in the state, the largest with 4G footprint. Jio’s VLR also increased to over 9.2% in the last one year and continues to add more and more subscribers across every district in the state, month after month.

Reliance Jio acquired a total of 488.35MHZ (850MHZ, 1800MHZ and 2300MHZ included) spectrum for 22 circles in the recent spectrum auction at a cost of Rs.57,123 crores for a period of 20 years. With this, Jio has increased its footprint significantly by 55% to a total of 1717 MHZ. Jio currently has 426 million subscribers and with the enhanced spectrum footprint, RJIL will enhance network capacity to service its existing users. This enhancement will also help in adding the next 300 million users that will move to digital services and towards transition to 5G services too.