Mumbai: Reliance Communications announced the launch of its high-speed wireless internet service, NetConnect  Plus,  in its 100th city,  Hassan  Reliance is embarking on the largest and most aggressive pricing and roll-out of a broadband internet service in India, with coverage extending to more than 150 towns.

Announcing the launch in Hassan, Swaminathan, Hub Head Karnataka, Reliance Communications said, The launch of NetConnect  Plus is an important milestone for Reliance and will act as a catalyst in the government's effort to drive broadband penetration in India. Reliance Netconnect Plus will make broadband Internet available to customers in many areas and localities that have been waiting for years to be broadband enabled....

A company release claims NetConnect Plus has a downlink speed of up to 3.1 Mbps and a separate uplink speed of up to 1.8 Mbps,  offering the fastest speeds in wireless broadband  and that it will ride on Reliance Communication's extensive pan-India, next generation and integrated, convergent digital network spanning over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems. This network is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain.

NetConnect Plus will be available on both, pre-  and post-paid platforms, and will be priced at Rs 2299 with 10 GB free for the first month.