Reliance Jio True 5G Coverage: Comprehensive Report

With the launch of 5G in India, the two major telcos have been trying hard to improve their 5G network coverage. Now, while Airtel’s 5G Plus service is already live in 12+ regions in India, Jio is also working hard to expand coverage of its True 5G service in more cities and states. Here’s a list of those cities/states where Jio is bringing its True 5G service, which is based on Standalone architecture.

Jio 5G in Karnataka

Update 12/06/2023: Jio True 5G is now available in all district headquarters as well as over 250 major cities and towns across Karnataka. Besides, hundreds of villages adjoining these cities and towns will now be able to enjoy Jio True 5G benefits.

Jio 5G in Uttarakhand at Chardham Temple

Update 27/04/2023: Jio has announced the beginning of its True 5G services in Chardham temple premises in Uttarakhand. This will enable all Jio True 5G users from across the country visiting Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri dhams to latch on to Jio’s True 5G network.

Jio is present all over the state, from the state capital Dehradun to the last Indian village in Uttarakhand towards the Indo-Tibet border – Mana. Jio is the only operator in the state, which is present in all the Chardhams, on the trek route of Shri Kedarnath Dham and at Shri Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara, situated at an altitude of 13,650 mts.

Jio 5G in Sikkim

Update 10/04/2023: Jio announced the launch of its 5G services in Sikkim. The launch was done by Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang. Commenting on the occasion, a Jio Spokesperson said, “Soon, Jio True 5G network will be present across the length and breadth of Sikkim. By December 2023, every district, town and tehsil in Sikkim will have Jio’s True 5G services.”

Jio 5G in 1,727 new cities

Update 09/04/2023: Jio announced its biggest 5G rollout in India yet, with the service being launched in 1,727 new cities. While Jio didn’t give any specifics about the launch, what we do know is that Jio 5G is now available in a total of 2,133 cities across the nation.

Jio 5G in 41 new cities

Update 22/03/2023: Jio 5G is now available in 41 new cities including Adoni, Badvel, Chilakaluripet, Gudivada, Kadiri, Narsapur, Rayachoti, Srikalahasti, Tadepalligudem (Andhra Pradesh), Margao (Goa), Fatehabad, Gohana, Hansi, Narnaul, Palwal (Haryana), Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh), Rajouri (Jammu & Kashmir), Dumka (Jharkhand), Robertsonpet (Karnataka), Kanhangad, Nedumangad, Taliparamba, Thalassery, Thiruvalla (Kerala), Betul, Dewas, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) Bhandara, Wardha (Maharashtra), Lunglei (Mizoram), Byasanagar, Rayagada (Odisha), Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Tonk (Rajasthan), Karaikudi, Krishnagiri, Ranipet, Theni Allinagaram, Udhagamandalam, Vaniyambadi (Tamil Nadu) and Kumarghat (Tripura).

Jio 5G in 34 new cities

Update 15/03/2023: Jio 5G has gone live in 34 new cities which takes up the total number of cities where Jio 5G is available to 365. These are the following cities where the service is now live:

• Andhra Pradesh – Amalapuram, Dharmavaram, Kavali, Tanuku, Tuni, Vinukonda
• Haryana – Bhiwani, Jind, Kaithal, Rewari
• Himachal Pradesh – Dharamshala, Kangra
• Jammu & Kashmir – Baramulla, Kathua, Katra, Sopore
• Karnataka – Haveri, Karwar, Ranebennur
• Kerala – Attingal
• Meghalaya – Tura
• Odisha – Bhawanipatna, Jatani, Khordha, Sundargarh
• Tamil Nadu – Ambur, Chidambaram, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivakasi, Tiruchengode, Viluppuram
• Telangana – Suryapet

Jio 5G in 27 new cities

Update 08/03/2023: Jio has announced the rollout of its 5G services in 27 new cities. The total number of cities where Jio 5G is available now stands at 331. The service is now available in Tadipatri (Andhra Pradesh), Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh), Anantnag (Jammu & Kashmir), Bhadravathi, Ramanagara, Doddaballapura, Chintamani (Karnataka), Changanassery, Muvattupuzha, Kodungallur (Kerala), Katni  Murwara  (Madhya  Pradesh),  Satara  (Maharashtra),  Pathankot  (Punjab), Pollachi, Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu), Siddipet, Sangareddy, Jagtial, Kothagudem, Kodad, Tandur, Zahirabad, Nirmal (Telangana), Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Kashipur, Ramnagar (Uttarakhand) and Bankura (West Bengal).

Jio 5G in 27 new cities

Update 28/02/2023: Jio 5G has gone live in 27 new cities including Andhra Pradesh (Anakapalli, Machilipatnam), Bihar (Arrah, Begusarai, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Purnia), Chhattisgarh (Jagdalpur), Gujarat (Vapi), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir), Himachal Pradesh (Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh), Jharkhand (Katras), Karnataka (Kolar), Maharashtra(Beed, Chakan, Dhule, Jalna, Malegaon), Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli), Uttar Pradesh (Barabanki), Uttarakhand (Mussoorie), West Bengal (Bardhaman, Berhampore, English Bazar, Habra, Kharagpur). This brings the total number of cities where Jio 5G is available to 304.

Jio 5G in 20 new cities

Update 21/02/2023: Jio has expanded its True 5G services to 20 more cities across 11 states and Union Territories. The new cities where Jio today launched its 5G services include Bongaigaon, North Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Tinsukia (Assam), Bhagalpur, Katihar (Bihar), Mormugao (Goa), Diu (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu), Gandhidham (Gujarat), Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Raichur (Karnataka), Satna (Madhya Pradesh), Chandrapur, Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra), Thoubal (Manipur), Faizabad, Firozabad, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh).

Jio 5G in 21 new cities

Update 15/02/2023: Jio has debuted its True 5G services in 21 new cities of India. Here are the exact locations:

• Gujarat
  • Ankleshwar
  • Savarkundla

• Himachal Pradesh
  • Bilaspur
  • Hamirpur
  • Nadaun
  • Shimla

• Madhya Pradesh
  • Chhindwara
  • Ratlam
  • Rewa
  • Sagar

• Maharashtra
  • Akola
  • Parbhani

• Punjab
  • Bathinda
  • Khanna
  • Mandi Gobindgarh

• Rajasthan
  • Bhilwara
  • Sri Ganganagar
  • Sikar

• Uttarakhand
  • Haldwani-Kathgodam
  • Rishikesh
  • Rudrapur

Jio 5G in 10 new cities

Update 07/02/2023: Jio says that the cities of Hindupur, Madanapalle and Proddatur in Andhra Pradesh; Raigarh in Chhattisgarh; Talcher in Odisha; Patiala in Punjab; Alwar in Rajasthan; Mancherial in Telangana; Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and Roorkee in Uttarakhand can now experience Jio’s 5G services.

Jio 5G in Haridwar

Update 04/02/2023: Jio has announced the launch of its True 5G services in Haridwar from Har Ki Pauri, taking the total number of Jio True 5G cities to 226 across the country.

Jio 5G in 34 new cities

Update 31/01/2023: Jio has begun the rollout of its True 5G services in 34 new cities in following states:

• Haryana – Yamunanagar, Thanesar
• Andhra Pradesh – Ananthapuramu, Bhimavaram, Chirala, Guntakal, Nandyal, Tenali
• Assam – Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tezapur
• Chhattisgarh – Ambikapur, Dhamtari
• Karnataka – Chitradurga
• Bihar – Gaya
• Maharashtra – Jalgaon, Latur
• Odisha – Balangir, Nalco
• Punjab – Jalandhar, Phagwara
• Rajasthan – Ajmer
• UP – Mathura
• Telangana – Adilabad, Ramagundam, Mahabubnagar
• Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Karur, Kumbakonam, Nagercoil, Thanjavur, Tiruvannamalai

Jio 5G in 6 new states

Update 27/01/2023: Reliance Jio announced the launch of its True 5G services across all 6 states of North-East circle (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizram, Nagaland, Tripura) by connecting 7 cities namely, Shillong, Imphal, Aizawl, Agartala, Itanagar, Kohima, and Dimapur. By December 2023, Jio True 5G services will be made available in every town and taluka of the North-Eastern states.

Jio 5G in 50 new cities

Update 24/01/2023: Reliance Jio has announced the largest-ever launch of its True 5G services across 50 cities. With this, Jio users across 184 cities are now enjoying Jio True 5G services. Jio claims that it has become the first and the only operator to launch 5G services in most of these cities.

In Andhra Pradesh, the new cities where Jio 5G is now available, include Chittoor, Kadapa, Narasaraopet, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram. In Assam, Nagaon is now also a Jio 5G enabled city. Rest of the cities in their respective states include:

Jio 5G in 16 new cities

Update 17/01/2023: Jio has announced rollout in 16 new cities across 7 states. Here’s the list of those states and their respective cities:

• Andhra Pradesh – Kakinada, Kurnool
• Assam – Silchar
• Karnataka – Davanagere, Shivamogga, Bidar, Hospet, Gadag-Betageri
• Kerala – Malappuram, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kannur
• Tamil Nadu – Tiruppur
• Telangana – Nizamabad, Khammam
• Uttar Pradesh – Bareilly

Jio True 5G in Uttarakhand

Update 11/01/2023: Reliance Jio today announced the launch of its True 5G services in Uttarakhand from Dehradun. Jio users in Dehradun will now be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost.

Jio True 5G in Assam

Update 10/01/2023: Jio True 5G services have been launched in Assam. Alongside its True 5G services that were launched in Guwahati, Jio also launched it’s True 5G-Powered Wi-Fi services at Maa Kamakhya Temple complex.

Jio True 5G in 10 New Cities

Update 09/01/2023: Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its True 5G services across 10 cities namely Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Tirupati, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Kozhikode, Thrissur (Kerala), Nagpur, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra). Reliance Jio has become the first and the only operator to launch 5G services in majority of these cities.

Jio True 5G in 4 New Cities

Update 06/01/2023: Jio has announced the launch of its True 5G services in 4 new cities, namely Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ludhiana and Siliguri, taking the total number of True 5G cities to 72.

Jio True 5G in Odisha

Update 05/01/2023: Jio has announced that it has started the rollout of its True 5G beta services in Odisha where users will now be invited to join the Jio Welcome offer.

Jio True 5G in Madhya Pradesh

Update 29/12/2022: Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its True 5G services in Indore and Bhopal. With the launch, Reliance Jio has become the first and the only operator in MP to launch 5G services in the city of Indore and Bhopal.

Jio True 5G in 11 new cities

Update 28/12/2022: Reliance Jio has announced the largest multi-state launch of its True 5G services across 11 cities namely Lucknow, Trivandrum, Mysuru, Nashik, Aurangabad, Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Zirakpur, Kharar and Derabassi. Reliance Jio has become the first and the only operator to launch 5G services in Trivandrum, Mysuru, Nashik, Aurangabad, Chandigarh Tricity, including areas of Mohali, Panchkula, Zirakpur, Kharar, and Derabassi.

Jio users in these cities will be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost.

Jio True 5G in Andhra Pradesh

Update 26/12/2022: Jio has started the rollout of its True 5G services in Andhra Pradesh by launching the service in Tirumala, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada & Guntur. Starting today, users in the mentioned regions will be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, by which they can experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost.

Jio True 5G in Delhi-NCR

Jio rolled out its True 5G network to cover Delhi, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Noida and other major locations in the national capital region on November 18. It claims it is now the only operator to provide 5G services across the Delhi-NCR region.

Jio True 5G in Kerala

Update 20/12/2022: Jio has started its True 5G services in Kerala by launching its 5G services in Kochi City and Guruvayur Temple premises. The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan launched Jio True 5G and Jio True 5G Powered Wi-Fi services on December 20, digitally from Trivandrum, for an event organised in Kochi.

Jio users in Kochi and Guruvayur will now be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost.

Jio True 5G in Mumbai

Jio True 5G came to Mumbai starting October 5 when Jio began the beta rollout of its service. Jio’s 5G service is currently free for users until the rollout is more widespread, similar to Airtel’s case.

Jio True 5G in Kolkata

Jio began the beta rollout of its True 5G service in Kolkata on October 5, during the Dussehra festival. Jio says that its Welcome Offer will enable its invited customers to trial True-5G services and provide service and user-experience feedback.

Jio True 5G in Varanasi

Varanasi was one of the first four regions where Jio rolled out True 5G on October 5. Jio’s welcome offer allows customers to get unlimited 5G data with up to 1 Gbps+ speeds.

Jio True 5G in Bengaluru

On November 10, Jio rolled out True 5G in Bangalore. Those users who get invited to the ‘Jio Welcome Offer’ will be automatically upgraded to the Jio True 5G service without needing to change their existing Jio SIM or 5G handset.

Jio True 5G in Hyderabad

Alongside Bangalore, Jio rolled out True 5G in Hyderabad on November 10. Users would be able to continue to use the Beta trial until the network coverage of a city is substantially complete.

Jio True 5G in Pune

On November 23, Reliance Jio announced that it had launched 5G network in Pune. Jio has begun Beta testing of its 5G network in the city only when a large part of it is covered by its 5G network.

Jio True 5G in Nathdwara

Jio announced the launch of Jio 5G services in Rajasthan from the famous Shrinathji temple in Nathdrawa town in Rajsamand district on October 24.

Jio True 5G in Gujarat

Jio leapt forward by extending its True 5G service coverage in each of the 33 district headquarters of Gujarat on November 25. This makes Gujarat the first state in India to get Jio True 5G coverage in 100% of the district headquarters.

By December 2023, Jio 5G aims to expand to the whole country. In comparison, Airtel aims to do so by March 2024.