JioGigaFiber launched and here are possible prices, data plans that will be announced on August 15

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After a year full of rumors, speculations, leaks, and beta trials, Jio has finally launched its fiber-based broadband service and it is calling it the JioGigaFiber service. The company says that JioGigaFiber will be the largest greenfield fixed-line broadband rollout anywhere in the world, with rollout happening in 1,100 cities of India simultaneously. The beta test for the service is already live in select cities and the registrations for the service will begin from August 15.

The company's chairman Mukesh Ambani said that though the registrations will be open for all but locality that registers the highest number of registrations for JioGigaFiber will be given preference by the company.

Talking about the devices that will come with the JioGigaFiber broadband connection, it will come with a router and a Jio GigaTV set-top-box. The company at its 41st Annual General Meeting announced that Jio engineers will come to your doorstep to set up the service and the entire process of setting it up should not take more than an hour. Jio aims to connect 5 million homes with the JioGigaFiber.

Jio GigaTV set-top-box which was also in rumors for quite some time will offer more than 600HD channels and a unique JioTV calling feature when paired with JioGigaFiber. It will allow users to make a video call on televisions as well as smartphones operating on the JioGigaFiber connection.

The possible plan of action for JioGigaFiber registration could be this- You will have to contact the nearby Jio store or a request for a connection. This is for the areas where beta testing is live. Jio will review the request and if it is possible to install giga fiber in that area it will offer you the JioGigaFiber for trial.

Jio last year said that all the delay in JioGigaFiber was due to the extension of Jio 4G commercial launch until 31 March and the JioGigaFiber could launch after March 2018. Today can be called as the soft launch of the service as the final full-fledged roll out of the connection could still take some time.

Now the most important question is the price. The company did not announce anything on the price at today's event but past reports suggest that Jio could ask you to deposit Rs 4500 as an installation charge which can be refunded in case you want to discontinue the service.

Jio is currently running the trials of the service in select cities. There are chances that Jio could offer plans somewhat similar to the JioFiber preview offer which we have talked about in the past.

Jio could offer 100GB data per month at the speed of 100mbps and once the user reaches the limit, the speed may slip to 1mbps.

Alongside the data, the user may also get Jio bouquet of services including the 5GB cloud storage. A past report suggests that Jio broadband plans could be divided into three categories- Jio Giga Fiber Speed-based plans, Jio Giga Fiber Volume-based plans, and Jio Giga Fiber special broadband plan.

-- JioGigaFiber speed-based plans: These plans could start at Rs 500 and go up to Rs 5500. With Rs 1500 recharge, the user will get 2000GB data at 50 Mbps speed for 30 days. For Rs 2000, it will be 1000GB at 100Mbps. At Rs 3500, the user will get 750GB at 200Mbps speed. Similarly, for Rs 4000, it will be 500GB at 400 Mbps speed and 300GB at 600Mbps for Rs 5500.

-- JioGigaFiber volume-based monthly plans: These plans could start from 5GB to 60GB daily. The 5GB daily plan could cost user Rs 1000, 10 GB daily plan for Rs 2000, 20GB daily plan costs Rs 3000, 40 GB daily plan for Rs 4000 and 60GB daily plan at Rs 5000. Validity could be for 30 days.

-- JioGigaFiber special broadband plans: This plan is for those who want to enjoy JioFiber broadband internet at low cost. It will be offered with Rs 500, Rs 800 and Rs 1000 recharge options.