Rcom 4g vs jio 4g

[kakatiya]

Reliance Communications has announced to roll out their 4G networks starting this week in 12 circles where they have already stopped CDMA network & integrated their airwaves to run 4G LTE network in sub 1 GHz band; and as many people have a confusion between RCom’s 4G & Jio’s 4G, we decided to bring a detailed report on RCom’s 4G offerings, network, coverage, availability & initial consumer experience & more.

RCom 4G:

Anil Ambani led telecom operator had announced last year that they would launch Pan India 4G with the help of Jio, a new 4G player by Anil’s brother Mukesh Ambani. To launch 4G, RCom purchased additional spectrum in 850 MHz Band in the last concluded spectrum auction. Later to liberalise all their 850 Mhz spectrum holdings, which they were using since more than a decade for providing CDMA telephony, RCom approached the telecom regulator, TRAI.

Against a fee, TRAI has permitted them to use those liberalised airwaves for 4G purposes in some key circles like Kolkata, Mumbai & Delhi. However, they haven’t got their spectrum in contiguous form in some circles which would happen shortly.

[kakatiya]

Which is better for 4G purposes, RCom 4G or Jio 4G?

Obviously Jio as the Mukesh Ambani led telco has built solid data network & present in most of the highways & villages, even where 2G networks aren’t available. But in case of RCom 4G, RCom customers would be able to access 2G & 3G networks of Reliance Mobile & Aircel, depends on circle to circle. Also Jio’s VoLTE faces issues as sometimes the call quality is poor & cracks so RCom’s regular voice would give them an edge over Jio.

As RCom 4G is running on 850 Mhz, how Jio users would get 4G access on 850 Mhz?

850 Mhz or Sub 1 Ghz LTE band is crucial to Jio as the company has 4G networks on Band 40 (2300 MHz) which has issues with indoor connectivity & can cover only a small portion of area compared than 850 Mhz band which can offer better indoor coverage & connectivity in villages. In our initial network test in Kolkata circle, we found that RCom’s 4G network was running on 850 Mhz band, but on our Jio SIM we were able to get 850 Mhz signal only when we got into a bad coverage zone. And the network shifts to 850 Mhz automatically, when Band 40 signal crosses 116 -120 dBm signal strength on Jio SIM. So it wouldn’t be a major problem for Jio users to get a good indoor coverage due to 850 Mhz signal. Also in some villages close to NH 35, we found that there was no band 40 signal, but 4G on 850 Mhz was available there & we got 5-7 Mbps of average download speeds there.

Can RCom 4G get access to Jio 4G network through manual mode?

Currently during our network test done in Kolkata, we found that RCom 4G SIM cards don’t give access to register on Jio network. Though the SIM chooses Jio’s network automatically if customer activates data roaming feature. But it can’t be done through manual mode as of now, due to certain reasons.

Also, Jio 4G customers aren’t getting access to RCom’s 4G network manually through network search menu in circles like Kolkata where the RCom 4G network is active.

[kakatiya]

Rcom has better voice quality

 

Jio has better 4g

 

 

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