Synapsis

Instead of traditionally setting up fibre optic cables up to your local street cabinet, Jio will

be installing a Fiber to the Home(FTTH) broadband service, bringing the fibre optic line

right to the local home connection with minimum loss of speeds during transmission

from the exchange to your home.

During its Annual General Meeting 2018, Reliance Jio announced the much-

awaited fibre-to-home broadband services in India which it dubbed as JioGigaFiber. The

telecom operator which made its commercial debut in 2016 has acquired close to 215

million subscribers in its 22-month operation, being the first make local calls free while

offering unlimited data at dirt cheap prices across the country.

Having fully broken apart the telecom business in a short span, the Mukesh Ambani-led

company has now aimed for achieving similar heights in the fixed broadband market for

enterprises as well as homes. The move was brought into perspective when the

company chairman revealed that almost 80 percent of our data consumption happens

inside the four walls of our offices and homes. All things considered, it was concluded

that preparing a wired broadband system for the needs of indoor users would be the

best way of preparing newer services to consumers.

Not only will these fixed line services offer higher data speeds and be consistent at the

same time without any fluctuation in the network, it'll also drain lesser battery on a

smartphone considering the fact that a device no longer has to search for cellular

networks for a constant internet connectivity. However, the problem with fixed line

services is that even though higher speeds can be achieved through a wired

connection, it'll need installing a wired system to each and every user's home or office

which in truth is quite tedious and consumes a significant amount of time.

 History
Jio
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, d/b/a Jio, is an Indian mobile network operator.
Owned by Reliance Industries and headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, it
operates a national LTE network with coverage across all 22 telecom circles. Jio
does not offer 2G or 3G service, and instead uses voice over LTE to provide voice
service on its network.[3][4]

Jio soft launched on 27 December 2015 (the eve of what would have been the
83rd birthday of Reliance Industries founder Dhirubhai Ambani), with a beta for
partners and employees,[5][6] and became publicly available on 5 September
2016. As of 30th November 2018, it is the third largest mobile network operator in
India and the tenth largest mobile network operator in the world with over 271.553
million subscribers.[2][7]

On 5 July 2018, fixed line broadband service named Gigafiber, was launched by
the Reliance Industries Limited's chairman Mukesh Ambani, during the
company's Annual General Meeting.

History of Jio: In June 2010,

Reliance Industries (RIL) bought a
96% stake in Infotel Broadband
Services Limited (IBSL) for ₹4,800
crore (US$670 million). Although
unlisted, IBSL was the only
company that won broadband
spectrum in all 22 circles in India
in the 4G auction that took place
earlier that year.[9] Later continuing as RIL's telecom subsidiary, Infotel
Broadband Services Limited was renamed as Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
(RJIL) in January 2013.[10]
In June 2015, Jio announced that it would start its operations all over the country
by the end of 2015.[11] However, four months later in October, the company's
spokesmen sent out a press release stating that the launch was postponed to the
first quarter of the financial year 2016–2017.

Later in July, a PIL filed in the Supreme Court by an NGO called the Centre for
Public Interest Litigation, through Prashant Bhushan, challenged the grant of
pan-India licence to Jio by the Government of India. The PIL also alleged that Jio
was allowed to provide voice telephony along with its 4G data service, by paying
an additional fees of just ₹165.8 crore (US$23 million) which was arbitrary and
unreasonable, and contributed to a loss of ₹2,284.2 crore (US$320 million) to the
exchequer

The Indian Department of Telecom (DoT), however, refuted all of CAG's claims. In
its statement, DoT explained that the rules for 3G and BWA spectrum didn't
restrict BWA winners from providing voice telephony. As a result, the PIL was
revoked, and the accusations were dismissed.

Technology
Fiber to the x (FTTX) (also spelled Fibre to the x) or fiber in the loop is a generic
term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or
part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications. As fiber optic cables
are able to carry much more data than copper cables, especially over long
distances, copper telephone networks built in the 20th century are being replaced
by fiber.
FTTX is a generalization for several configurations of fiber deployment, arranged
into two groups: FTTP/FTTH/FTTB (Fiber laid all the way to the
premises/home/building) and FTTC/N (fiber laid to the cabinet/node, with copper
wires completing the connection).
Residential areas already served by balanced pair distribution plant call for a
trade-off between cost and capacity. The closer the fiber head, the higher the cost
of construction and the higher the channel capacity. In places not served by
metallic facilities, little cost is saved by not running fiber to the home.
Fiber to the x is the key method used to drive next-generation access (NGA),
which describes a significant upgrade to the Broadband available by making a
step change in speed and quality of the service. This is typically thought of as
asymmetrical with a download speed of 24 Mbit/s plus and a fast upload speed.
The Definition of UK Superfast Next Generation Broadband[1] OFCOM have
defined NGA as in "Ofcom's March 2010 'Review of the wholesale local access
market" "Super-fast broadband is generally taken to mean broadband products
that provide a maximum download speed that is greater than 24 Mbit/s. This
threshold is commonly considered to be the maximum speed that can be
supported on current generation (copper-based) networks."
A similar network called a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network is used by cable
television operators but is usually not synonymous with "fiber In the loop",
although similar advanced services are provided by the HFC networks. Fixed
wireless and mobile wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3GPP Long
Term Evolution (LTE) are an alternative for providing Internet access.

A schematic illustrating how

FTTX architectures vary with
regard to the distance
between the optical fiber
and the end user. The
building on the left is
thecentral office; the
building on the right is one
of the buildings served by
the central office. Dotted
rectangles represent
separate living or office
spaces within the same
building.

Fiber Optic Broadband: The lines that deliver fibre broadband do

indeed consist of fibre optics - yes, exactly like those cool hippy lamps. The
cables involve tiny tubes, each about as thick as a human hair, that are reflective
 on the inside. They transfer information by sending flashes of light through the
tubes, which bounce off the inner walls to travel along the cable. Equipment at
the receiving end can then interpret the flashes as data.

Because the data is travelling at literally the speed of light, it means very fast
broadband speeds for you. Generally, you'll find fibre broadband available with
average speeds of 35Mb, 57Mb or 63Mb, though some providers can offer
packages with average speeds of 350Mb and above or even 1Gb (1,000Mb).

Fixed line broadband that isn't fibre optic is called ADSL (asymmetric digital
subscriber line). Data is instead sent through the traditional copper phone lines
all the way from the exchange, and it's usually available with average speeds of
17Mb.

Fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) vs. fibre-to-the-home

(FTTH)
Fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) is the most common setup for fibre broadband.
Fibre cables run from the exchange to the cabinet on your street, which then
connects to your home via the ol' copper phone line.
Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), meanwhile, means the entire line is fibre from the
exchange all the way into your building. It allows for even faster speeds, but is
only available in precious few places - and can be very difficult and expensive
to install. BT offers FTTH connections in certain circumstances, and you'll
find packages available from niche providers too.

It can also be known as FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) or FTTB (fibre-to-the-

building).
 Speed

Speed of Jio Giga fiber will be vary. Currently it is

from 1Mbps to 100 Mbps, In coming years it will
increase upto 1Gbps(Gigabits/s).
 JioGiga fiber preview offer:
The current offer is JioGigaFiber preview offer which gives you ultra
high-speed internet up to 100Mbps for 90 days along with a monthly
data quota of 100 GB and a complimentary access to a host of Jio's
premium apps. Incase, you consume 100 GB of your data quota within
a month you can continue to enjoy our high speed internet services
by performing a complimentary data top-up of 40 GB via MyJio App or
through Jio.com. As this is a preview offer, there are no installation
charges levied but there is a refundable security deposit of Rs.4,500
taken for the ONT device (GigaHub Home Gateway). This amount
needs to be paid through Debit card, Credit Card, Jio Money or Pay
TM.