Jio GigaFiber to come with free FullHD TV for Jio Forever Plan users, says Mukesh Ambani: Everything to know

The JIOFIBER is launching on September 5 and while the details are still not fully revealed Ambani has said that customers who opt for long-term JIOFIBER plans will get free TVs.

HIGHLIGHTS

·         Reliance Jio announces JIOFIBER at 42nd RIL annual general meet.

·         JIOFIBER will be available commercially starting September 5.

·         Jio has announced Jio Welcome offer under which the company will offer free FullHD TV to users.

JIOFIBER is official. Finally. Yes, that's right. As rumours suggested Jio isn't calling its broadband service Jio GigaFiber instead has renamed it to JIOFIBER. More than JIOFIBER announcement, the news that may have attracted more customers thinking to opt for JIOFIBER service is free FullHD TV offer or Jio Fiber Welcome offer. Yes, Reliance Jio will provide free FullHD TV or a Home PC to users who opt for Jio Forever Plan. This announcement was made by Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani at the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) where he revealed details of the JIOFIBER launch.

The JIOFIBER is launching on September 5 and while the details are still not fully revealed Ambani has said that customers who opt for long-term JIOFIBER plans will get free TVs. This plan is called "Jio Fiber Welcome plan".

Under the JIOFIBER Welcome offer Reliance Jio will give users a free FullHD TV. For now, the details of TV brands are not yet revealed. It is also not known if the TVs will entirely be free or if there will be a security deposit before customers get it. Ambani has just revealed that the free TVs are part of Jio Welcome Offer that the company will be rolling out for early JIOFIBER users.

Let's take a quick look at everything we know about JIOFIBER Welcome offer right now:

--With Jio Welcome Offer, JIOFIBER users will have the option to get a free FullHD TV when GigaFiber services launch on September 5.

--Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said that JIOFIBER users will get a free FullHD TV with long term plans.

--For now no other details like the brand of the TV have been revealed.

--JIOFIBER will launch on September 5 and will come with speed of up to 1Gbps.

--The price of the Forever plan hasn't been revealed yet. The company has confirmed that Forever plan is an annual pack.

For now, details of the Jio Fiber Welcome offer are scarce. Reliance Jio is expected to announce everything about the Welcome offer when the service goes official on September 5. Right now all we know is Jio will offer free TV to users opting for Jio Forever plan. The price of the Jio Forever plan is yet to be revealed by the company.

Jio also hasn't revealed whether the users will need to pay a security deposit or not to get the free TV. There are no details whether the company will take back the free TV if the user decides to opt for some other connection. We expect Jio to reveal more details about the Jio Welcome offer and Jio Forever plan in the days to come.

At RIL AGM 2019, Mukesh Ambani announced that Jio Fiber will be available in India starting September 5 -- that is when Jio turns three. The company is yet to reveal the Jio Fiber plans but the company did mention that the Jio Fiber plan price will range between Rs 700 to Rs 10,000.

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