CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Reliance Jio has inked an agreement with which company to offer satellite-based broadband communication services in India?
A
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Japan
B
Deutsche Telekom, Germany
C
Verizon Communications, United States
D
SES, Luxembourg
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Reliance Jio’s Satellite Internet All Set To Launch In India; Partnership Inked With This Firm. In order to provide satellite-based broadband services in India, On Monday, Digital services company Jio Platforms announced a joint venture with Luxembourg-based SES.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jio’s satellite arm is the second company to receive DoT approval to deliver broadband services via satellites after Bharti Group-backed OneWeb.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before launch of Reliance Jio, that average consumption was 600MB data per month per user. So we can say that there has been 500% growth in total average data consumption since the Reliance Jio came in telecom industry of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reliance Jio brought a change by providing high speed internet data at cheaper and affordable rates which was not a trend, earlier telecom operators use to charge more prices in order to have access to high speed data.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio continues to lead the telecom market in India. The telco reported an increase of 1.4 million gross subscribers in October 2022, up from 0.7 million in September 2022. The company’s gross subscribers increased from 406 million in January 2022 to 421 million in October 2022.

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