With Reliance Jio's[1] 4G services being widely adopted by consumers, the company is now focusing its attention[2] towards improving broadband services, with JioFiber home broadband[3]. The company has been teasing the service for a while, but has not revealed many details, until now. Replying[4] to a Twitter user from @JioCare handle, the Reliance Jio customer care team said the JioFiber Preview Offer is being launched in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat, and Vodadara.
The wired JioFiber connections will not be for home users only though, as Mukesh Ambani had mentioned in the 2016 AGM that the multi-gigabyte service will be launched for enterprises as well, and will cover the top 100 cities of India. Several users who have had early access to the JioFiber Preview Offer have tweeted about the service in the past. One such user in Mumbai had reported in January[5] speeds between 70Mbps and 100Mbps on the 1Gbps connection.
While the service is said to be free for the first 90 days, users will have to pay a one-time, refundable sum of Rs. 4,000-4,500 for the JioFiber router.
IRCTC starts cash on delivery service for railway tickets
IRCTC[6] is the go-to place for booking train tickets in India and now, and has introduced[7] a pay-on-delivery service allowing passengers to book train tickets online and pay at the time of delivery.This move comes in the hope that by delivering tickets at the consumer's doorstep and by offering the cash-on-delivery (CoD) option will facilitate those consumers who book through travel agents to move to the online medium. The charges is said to be Rs. 90 plus sales tax for transactions up to Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 120 plus tax for transactions over Rs. 5,000.
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