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In what could indicate growing high speed data appetite among Internet users in Gujarat, Reliance Jio Infocomm's pilot test in the state has seen over 200,000 users in last 8-9 months.
What's more, according to sources privy to the development, average daily high speed Internet data usage has been clocked at over 100 MB per user. The daily usage adds up to monthly data usage of roughly over 3 GB per user from Wi-Fi hotspots created by the company in major cities of Gujarat. An emailed query to the company remained unanswered.
Reliance Jio Infocomm, Mukesh Ambani's ambitious telecom venture, has been conducting ground tests by offering free Wi-Fi services at several hotspots in major cities of Gujarat like Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Surat.
The company has been conducting ground tests since last 8-9 months for acceptability of high speed Internet in the state through dedicated Wi-Fi hotspots.
Moreover, the company has also been offering free Wi-Fi at several major events in the state like 13th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2015 and the ongoing National E-governance Summit in Gandhinagar.
Last year, the company had launched trial runs of high-speed data services by setting up eight Wi-Fi hot spots in Ahmedabad. The trial runs in March 2014 were launched by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi under the state government's e-nagar project.
The maximum downloading speed in 3G is up to 4-5 mbps, while the average downloading speed at these Wi-Fi spots is much above 20 mbps.
