‘JIOnet’ Wi-Fi Service goes Live at and Dharamshala and Mcleodganj

 

 

'JIOnet' Wi-Fi Service goes Live at and Dharamshala and Mcleodganj

-Little Dhasa as it is known, becomes first hill station in Himachal Pradesh to go digital-

 

Vijyender Sharma

Dharamshala, Dharamshala &Mcleodganj, two beautiful tourist destinations in Himachal Pradesh, becomes the first hill station in the state to enter the digital age today, with the inauguration of 'JIOnet', high speed Wi-Fi Internet service from Reliance JIOInfocomm Limited (RJIL) by the Shri Sudhir Mishra Ji–Honourable Minister of Housing, Urban Development and Town & Country Planning in the Government of Himachal Pradesh. 'JIOnet' High Speed Wi-Fi service will be covering MacleoChowk and Temple road in Mcleodganjand Kotwali in Dharamshala of HP.

As a part of the Himachal Pradesh government's initiative to convert Dharamshala into a 'Smart City', people and visitors ofDharamshala/ Mcleodganjwill be able to experience high speed wireless connectivity on hand held devices (smart phones / tablets) through Reliance JIO's Wi-Fi.

Also 'JIOnet' is live at Mall Road,Manali,  Kullu and Hamirpur locations.

 

Speaking on the occasion, a spokespersonof Reliance JIOInfocommsaid, "High speed data connectivity is one of the foundations on which future prosperity of cities and nations will be built. By deploying JIOnet' Wi-Fi services at Dharamshala/ Mcleodganj, a famous tourist destination, we want people to experiencethe high speed internet and rich digital content through specially designed apps to enrich their lives."

 

The users' feedback will be used to improve the services further as JIO gets ready for its formal launch.Once 4G LTE service commences, Wi-Fi and LTE networks will operate seamlessly with each other.

Steps to connect to 'Jionet' Wi-Fi Any visitor in the vicinity of the Wi-Fi Access Points can connect to 'Jionet' – the Jio Wi-Fi network (hotspot). They have to follow simple on-screen instructions to access the powerful broadband. -          Switch on Wi-Fi -          Select 'Jionet' -          Register online with your name and mobile no. -          Get One Time Password (OTP) message -          Put OTP and get started! -          Validity of OTP: 24 Hours, after 24 hours generate fresh OTP following the same process -          The system will automatically log the user out after every 30 minutes, and the user has to log in again with the same password

About Reliance JIOInfocomm Limited:

Reliance JIOInfocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector company, is India's largest Digital Services Company.

It is setting up an entire digital ecosystem. This consists of Pan-India high speed data network, specially designed devices to run on this network, a wide variety of app -- from news, entertainment, payment, business, healthcare and education – and rich content.

RJIL has 2300MHz spectrum across the country and 800MHz or 1800MHz or both in 20 out of total 22 circles in the country. RJIL plans to use this spectrum to provide seamless 4G services using LTE.

JIO has created a legacy free, next-generation voice and broadband network which can be seamlessly upgraded even to5Gand beyond. It will be the only company in the world providing next generation digital services over an end-to-end all-IP network.

JIO is present in all of the 29 states of India, with a direct physical presence in nearly 18,000 cities and towns of our nation.JIO's wireless footprint extends even further and covers over one lakh villages.This footprint will be expanded to cover nearly 80% of India's population by the end of this year. JIO's roadmap is to have 100% national coverage within the next threeyears.JIO has deployed a network of nearly 250,000 route kilometres of fibre optics, thereby creating a future-proof digital backbone across India. Over the next 3 years, JIO will more than double this fibre footprint by deploying fibre optics in the last mile.

JIO is using this deep fibre network also to ramp-up Fibre-to-the-Home deployment.By April of next year, JIO would have connected over 1 million homes via fibre with a capability of rapidly scaling up in the top 50 cities of India.

In addition to domestic fibre optic capacity, JIO has created a multi-Terabit capacity international network.More than half of Internet traffic served by JIO will be carried end-to-end on JIO's own network, creating an unparalleled customer experience.JIO has also operationalized nearly half a million square feet of its own next-generation Cloud data centres to be doubled over the next year.JIO has an end-to-end initial capacity to serve in excess of 100 million wireless Broadband and 20 million Fibre-to-the-Home customers, with capability to easily expand further as the business scales up.

The company's stated goal is break the digital divide between 'India' and 'Bharat' and propel India into global leadership in digital economy. In rural areas, JIO is prioritizing connectivity to thousands of schools to ensure that the benefit of broadband initiative is first and foremost felt by students who stand to gain the most by accessing the Information highway. It is developing on specialized apps aimed at helping rural India in areas like healthcare, education and agriculture.

JIO is currently in the pre-launch testing and stabilization phase of this large and complex network.Over the next few months, JIO will initiate an extensive beta launch involving millions of friendly customers across all our markets.This beta program will be upgraded into commercial operations around December of this year.