Is it Reliance Jio Fiber effect - Airtel Xstream Fibre with unlimited ultra-fast broadband?

On 5^th September, Reliance announced its Jio Fiber services that start at 699 and offers three services in one plan Broadband, landline and TV. Since Jio raises the competition for broadband and DTH service providers, major Indian players are coming up with different plans to attract new customers as well as existing customers.

Airtel announced Airtel Xstream Fibre today as part of its converged digital entertainment. Airtel Xstream Fibre offers unlimited broadband at 1Gbps for just Rs 3999/month. It also offers Unlimited Landline Calls to any network in India along with exclusive Airtel Thanks benefits such as three months Netflix subscription gift, one year Amazon Prime membership and access to premium content from ZEE5 and Airtel Xstream app.

Airtel Xstream Fibre availability

Airtel Xstream Fibre is available to Homes, SOHO and small commercial establishments in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Over the coming months, Airtel Xstream Fibre will be rolled out in more markets. For more details visit airtel.in/broadband.

As part of the Airtel Xstream device portfolio, Airtel has launched an Android-based OTT smart stick and an Android-based 4k Hybrid Smart Box that brings satellite TV and OTT content together onto the TV screen with the convenience of a single device, making any regular TV a smart TV.

Entrainment catalogues

Airtel Xstream brings one of the widest entrainment catalogues – hundreds of satellite TV channels, tens of thousands of movies and shows in English, Hindi and multiple Indian languages, millions of songs, plus access to all the popular OTT entertainment apps on one platform. It enables customers to access all this content across the screen of their choice – TV, PC, and Smartphone with a unified User Interface. Airtel Xstream devices will come with capabilities beyond world-class entertainment and will be the IoT gateway for enabling a range of solutions for connected homes.

Which one to choose – Reliance Jio Fiber Vs Airtel Xstream Fibre?

In comparison to Jio Fiber plan costing same 3999, Airtel has numerous similarities.

Airtel offers one-year subscription of Amazon prime and three months of Netflix, where Jio has OTT players but has not yet confirmed names.

While comparing both, we think its neck-to-neck competition between the two.