Jio Free Broadband: Reliance Jio on Monday said it will offer free broadband service to new customers and doubled data limit for all existing customers to support work from home in fight against coronavirus. The company has also doubled data limits for top-up voucher and bundle-free calling minutes to non-Jio networks in these vouchers.
“To ensure that everyone stays connected while at home, Jio will provide Basic JioFiber broadband connectivity (10 Mbps), wherever it is geographically feasible, without any service charges, for this (coronavirus) period,” Reliance Industries Ltd said in a statement.
JioFibre broadband customers are required to pay Rs 2,500 at the time of installation. Of which, Rs 1,500 is refundable at the time of surrendering the connection.
The company has started offering double data across its 4G data add-on vouchers which will also bundle non-Jio voice calling minutes in these vouchers at no additional costs.
“As its ongoing commitment, Jio is ensuring that its mobility services are up and running at all times with the deployment of essential teams on rotation round the clock across the country,” the statement said.
State-owned telecom companies BSNL and MTNL took lead last week to announce free broadband plans and additional data for their customers to support work from home.
How to register for the Jio Giga Fiber broadband service
Step 1: Go to the Jio Giga Fiber Registration website
Step 2: Enter the address where you want to set up the broadband connection
Step 3: Fill up the required details like Name, email ID and mobile number
Step 4: You will get an OTP for verification. Enter that OTP on the website
Step 5: A Reliance Jio executive will call you to set up a meeting and get all the other info verified
And that’s it, you are now good to go. A Reliance Jio executive will visit you to verify your original documents including ID proof and address proof.
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