Reliance Jio sets the stage on fire; ranks 6th on data usage

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio has acquired 6th spot on data usage as the project is launched on a pilot basis. The Company saw its 70 lakh users download 13 million GB of data at an average of 19.2 GB per user. The company is offering the service free to its employees and at a nominal cost to their relatives. The speed of 4G has also triggered the demand and the use of the data has surged the demand to such a record level.

The experiment of Reliance Jio all over the country has been successful, highest usage of data was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir with an average download of 3.48 GB per day, and the lowest data was recorded at 0.89 GB per day in Goa while it was below national average in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata, Telangana and Mumbai.

However, Airtel continues to be the market leader with 45 million GB data usage per month. The usage of Reliance Jio for the month stands at 13 million GB per month.

Jio, also known as Reliance Jio and officially as Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), is an upcoming provider of mobile telephony, broadband services, and digital services in India.  Jio will provide 4G services on a pan-India level using LTE technology. The 4G services were launched internally to Jio's partners, its staff and their families on December 27, 2015.