Reliance Industries AGM 2018 LIVE Updates: JioPhone 2, GigaFiber to be available from August 15, here are the details

Reliance Jio has crossed 200 million subscriber mark in close to 22 months of launch in September 2016.


Reliance Jio has crossed 200 million subscriber mark in close to 22 months of launch in September 2016. The announcement was made by Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani at the Reliance Industries’ Limited (RIL) Annual General Meeting (AGM). The 41st edition of the RIL AGM was held at the Birla Matrushri Sabhaghar in Mumbai and RIL Chairman and managing Director Ambani addressed the gathering starting 11 AM.

Reliance JioPhone will get support for Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube apps, which will be commercially available starting August 15. The company also announced its JioGigaFiber service along with GigaRouter for braodband. The company is currently beta testing the service and users can register interest in JioGigaFiber from August 15.

In addition, JioPhone 2, which is a high-end variant of JioPhone was also unveiled.  Reliance JioPhone 2 will be available at an introductory price of Rs 2,999 from August 15. The phone comes with QWERT keypad and supports horizontal screen viewing. RIL AGM was streamed live across multiple platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and JioTV.

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