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On Thursday, Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL), commercially rolled out its ber optic
network - Reliance JioFiber - o ering six plans for the consumers to choose from.

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With the base pack starting at Rs 699 that o ers connectivity speed
up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps), the pricing of Reliance Jio
GigaFiber is non-disruptive, believe analysts at Je eries, who also
suggest that the last mile connectivity and customer service now
hold key for Reliance Industries’ mega telecom venture.
On Thursday, Mukesh Ambani–controlled Reliance Industries (RIL),

BSE NSE commercially rolled out its ber optic network – Reliance JioFiber –
o ering six plans for the consumers to choose from. Monthly
1,940
prices vary from Rs 699 (plus GST) to Rs 8,499 (plus GST) with
1,930
1,920 speed ranging from 100Mbps to 1Gbps and data limit from 100 GB
1,910
1,900
to 5,000 GB. There is an upfront payment of Rs 2,500 (of which Rs
12:00
1,000 installation charge).

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“Across packs, the price is 12-23 per cent lower than Airtel but
similar to or even slightly higher than local broadband providers.
The speeds o ered are higher in low-end plans. With pricing in-line
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with peers, key for subscriber traction will be reach and customer
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service,” wrote Somshankar Sinha, managing director and head of
equity research for India at Je eries in a recent co-authored report INDIA
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Home broadband market in India, reports suggest, is still under
penetrated with only 18 million connections. Of these, nearly 50
per cent are BSNL/MTNL. Additionally, only 7 per cent of the
connections are ber. Jio's reach of 1,600 towns and ber layout of

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combo for Rs 600 a month 7,00,000 kilometers (rising to 1.1 million kilometers going forward)
Brokerages bullish on RIL is a key positive as it likely will reach most potential customers,
post Aramco deal buzz, Jio's analysts say.
commercial launch

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“Unlike mobile, xedline has a high service component in terms of

providing support in case of issues. Hathway and Den, in our view,
can aid in this given their existing over 14 million cable home
connections. Their local support team can provide timely customer
support and reduce downtime for JioFiber,” the Je eries report
says.

Jio is targeting 20 million homes and 16 million enterprises across 1,600 towns and aims to complete the
roll-out in 12-18 months. On the other hand, Sunil Mittal-owned Bharti Airtel has a current subscriber
base of 2.3 million and 10 million home pass, reports indicate.

“Given the current xed broadband subscriber base of 18 million, it implies doubling of the market. We
expect though that roll-out will be gradual given that pricing is not as disruptive as was in mobile and
challenges in roll-out. We believe success will depend on the customer service, including support in
down-time and other issues,” Je eries says.

At the bourses, however, all telecom and related stocks – except Bharti Airtel – have underperformed.
Reliance Communications (RCom), Vodafone Idea (Voda Idea), MTNL, Aksh Opti bre, tejas Networks,
Vindhya Telelinks and GTPL Hathway have slipped 21 per cent to 95 per cent, ACE Equity data show.
Bharti Airtel is the sole counter that has given a positive return during this period, rising around 21 per
cent and even outperforming the S&P BSE Sensex that moved up nearly 1.6 per cent.

Going ahead, Bharti Airtel (Bharti) plans to shut down its 3G services by December 2019-end and refarm
the entire spectrum to 4G keeping minimum spectrum for 2G. The company has also guided for lower
capex in FY20 vs FY19 amid growing demand for data services.

ALSO READ: Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio unlikely to bid for 5G spectrum

Given this backdrop, analysts at ICICI Securities expect Bharti and Vodafone Idea (VIL) to realign their
spectrums with data demand, which can signi cantly boost capacity.

“We estimate spectrum refarming will increase the number of 4G carriers for Bharti and VIL’s by 42.5 per
cent and 61.9 per cent respectively. Further, the capacity increase will come at minimum cost. Bharti is
our preferred stock in the telecom space,” wrote Sanjesh Jain, an analyst tracking the sector in a recent
report.

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