Airtel Xtreme AirFiber vs Reliance Jio AirFiber: Comparing availability, data speed & plans

While the former was launched on August 7, the latter went live on the Ganesh Chaturthi festival on September 19.

Published on: Sep 20, 2023, 10:47:51 IST

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Airtel's Xtreme AirFiber, touted as ‘India’s first wireless home WiFi service powered by 5G Plus,' now has a competitor in the form of Reliance Jio's AirFiber, launched a day ago on Ganesh Chaturthi.

Reliance Jio AirFiber vs Airtel Xtreme AirFiber 5G

A fixed wireless access (FWA) offering, Xtreme AirFiber went live on August 7. Its Jio counterpart too delivers fiber-like internet speed over the air without the need for wires.

Airtel Xtreme AirFiber vs Reliance Jio AirFiber

Availability: For now, the former is available only in Delhi and Mumbai; the company plans to scale up nationally in a phased manner.

The latter, on the other hand, is already active in eight cities, including the above two. The rest are: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Pune.

Plans and speed: Airtel is offering only a single plan for its device. The ₹799 plan can be availed for six months with a one-time refundable security deposit of ₹2500. It comes with a 100 Mbps data speed.

Plans for the Jio device, meanwhile, come under two categories, namely AirFiber and AirFiber Max. In the first category, users get data speed of 30 Mbps (at ₹599) and 100 Mbps ( ₹899, ₹1189). In the second category, the data speed is 300 Mbps ( ₹1499), 500 Mbps ( ₹2499) and 1000 Mbps ( ₹3399).

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