While the Jio launched its 5G service in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and Cuttack cities on Thursday, the facility would be available in Rourkela, Brahmapur, Puri, Sambalpur and Baleswar by February, a spokesperson of the company said.
Soon, the True 5G network would expand to cover Rourkela, Brahmapur, Puri, Sambalpur and Baleswar by February and reach every tehsil and taluk of Odisha by December 2023, the spokesperson said.
“Jio commands more than two-thirds data market share. Two in every three smartphone users in Odisha use Jio,” the spokesperson added.
Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the 5G services in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack at a function at the SoA University here in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
At the event, the Jio created a unique True 5G experience zone and demonstrated the immersive benefits of 5G in the field of healthcare, through Jio community clinic medical kit, education, cloud gaming, smart office, smart city and the revolutionary AR-VR device, Jio Glass. Reliance Jio and SoA University also signed an MoU on building a 5G lab and collaboration on relevant use cases.
Starting on the day, the Jio users in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack were invited to the Jio Welcome Offer to experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds at no additional cost.