BANGALORE, INDIA: Reliance Communications announced the launch of its wireless broadband service, Netconnect Plus, in Hassan, Karnataka, its 100th city so far.
The company says that Netconnect Plus has a downlink speed of upto 3.1 Mbps and a separate uplink speed of upto 1.8 Mbps.
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Announcing the launch in Hassan, Swaminathan, Hub Head Karnataka, Reliance Communications, said, “The launch of Netconnect Plus is an important milestone for Reliance and will act as a catalyst in the government’s effort to drive broadband penetration in India. Reliance Netconnect Plus will significantly enhance the broadband coverage in India and make broadband Internet available to customers in many areas and localities that have been waiting for years to be broadband enabled”.
The wireless Net connect service will ride on Reliance Communication digital network spanning over 175,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable systems.