Bhubaneswar: With the launch of 5G service in Odisha on Thursday, Jio users in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience unlimited data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost.
At a special event in Bhubaneswar, which saw Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launch the next generation of mobile broadband, 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. These benefits will bring transformational changes to the lives of people in Odisha, a company release said.
Reliance Jio and Bhubaneswar-based SOA University also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on building a 5G lab and collaboration on relevant use cases.
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The release further said that Jio True 5G will be a true game changer for Bhubaneswar, which has a large student population and is regarded as the IT hub of the East. Users in the 1,000-year-old historic city of Cuttack will also have access to data on the next-gen network.
“We are thrilled to launch Jio True 5G services in Odisha with the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Soon, the True 5G network will expand rapidly across the length and breadth of Odisha, covering the cities of Rourkela, Berhampur, Puri, Sambalpur, and Balasore in Odisha by February 2023 and reach to every tehsil and taluk of Odisha by December 2023,” said Jio spokesperson.
Besides JIO, Airtel has made necessary arrangements to provide 5G in the areas. More than 500 base transceiver stations have been installed by Jio and Airtel for this purpose.
