“We also have plans to partner with thousands of Indian entrepreneurs, whose digital ventures can bloom in the ground that Jio is preparing”, Ambani said while announcing the formal launch of Jio at RIL’s annual general meeting on Thursday.
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“Across India, to any network, there will be no roaming charges too, ” he added.
Following this time, voice calls will remain free and data packs will be 5-10 times lower than the effective rate through rival plans now on the market. “The more one uses data, the cheaper it will be”, added Ambani. But there is one thing I am pretty much sure about, the Jio will stop the monopoly of companies like Airtel, Idea, and Vodafone who are killing with their tariff plans, and ultimately it is going to be profitable for users.
All voice calls to be free; no Jio customer will have to pay for any voice call between September 5 and December 31.
Kejriwal also took a jibe at Modi for endorsing the brand and advised him to continue “modelling” for the company.
Around 12 noon, while shares of RIL was up 0.66% to Rs.1,064, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd were down 7.49%.
These are the points you need to remember while buying a Reliance Jio sim.
Jio Apps subscription worth Rs 15,000 will be offered complimentary till December 13, 2017.
Ambani claims that Jio has the potential to push India from 155 to the tenth position in mobile broadband Internet access among 230 countries.
His comments are likely to rile India’s major mobile operators, who recently accused Reliance Jio of masquerading fully-fledged commercial services under the guise of a trial, and said that its free calls offer is flooding their networks with outbound voice traffic.
If I have a SIM now on Preview Offer, will I also get that data download limit? Jio data plans have been optimised to cost as low as 5 paise/MB, which would mean up to Rs 50 for 1GB.
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“For a price-sensitive market like India, launch of affordable data services and free voice calls is indeed a welcome step. Differentiating Jio’s 4G services from others in the market, he said that pricing strategy should be ‘simple” for every India.
