“Moreover, Bharti Airtel has first-mover advantage in 4G technology, having launched the services in many parts of the country over the past 1-2 years”. While the nation can’t stop gushing about the incredible offers one gets with Jio, celebrities from Bollywood are congratulating Ambanis for their new big venture. “If you use your mobile services for data then you need to spend minimum Rs. 500”, Airtel said.
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The second plan is for Rs 499 which offers 4GB with 4G unlimited Night data, free subscription to Jio apps, unlimited SMS’, 8GB Wi-Fi data from JioNet hotspots and is valid for 28 days.
Reliance Jio 4G plans The firm started offering its 4G plans on Monday. Content on these apps can only be accessed via the Jio network.
The carriers put forth the example of the Rs 299 plan offering only 2GB of data, which sums down to Rs 150 per GB.
Next is the 35GB plan, which costs Rs 2,499 and comes with 70GB of free WiFi data. Ambani reckons that the Jio data plans are “the lowest data rates anywhere in the world”. Other plans include 20GB for Rs 1499, 35GB for Rs 2499, 60GB for Rs 3999, and 75 GB for 4999. However, leading operators are calling up their high value customers who are trying to port to Jio to persuade them not to change.
According to reports, Pankaj Kumar – from Kathua region in Jammu & Kashmir – bought the 4G-enabled LYF Water 1 smartphone a few days back and was operating the smartphone when it exploded in his hand causing burn injuries after which he rushed for medical treatment.
In the speech that found mention of his children, Isha and Akash, who are both the directors on Jio as also his wife, Nita, Ambani did not forget to make a mention of government’s ambitious programmes Digital India, Make in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Incumbent operators have maintained that once Jio intimates Department of Telecom and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) of its commencement of services in accordance with the License conditions, they would provide adequate inter-connection facility to Jio as per Jio’s requirements and mobile number portability facility”, the company said in a statement.
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“Modiji you keep modelling for Reliance ads”. Along with the company’s formal launch of Reliance Jio that has already created a stir across the nation giving a sudden emergency alert to its rivals, he also broke the news that the company would invest Rs 5000 crore in Indian startups over the next five years.
