RIL’s Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has announced that Reliance Jio has now hit the 100 million subscribers milestone in India. The company says it added seven customers every second on average. Jio’s feat comes after 170 days of its commercial launch in September last year. Reliance Jio is now rapidly narrowing gap with the market leader Airtel, which is estimated to have 269.40 million subscribers in India. According to a recent COAI data, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have 206.44 million subscribers and 192.06 million subscribers respectively.
Jio has added 7 customers every single second of every single day. This is an unprecedented level of acceptance for any technology company, anywhere in the world,” Ambani said.
Unlike what was rumored before, Jio won’t be extending its Happy New Year offer, which will come to an end on March 31, 2017. From April 1, Jio users will have to switch to regular tariff plans that were announced during the commercial launch last year. These tariff plans start from as low as Rs 19 for prepaid users or Rs 149 for postpaid users. Prepaid tariffs go up to Rs 1,499 per month that offers 20GB mobile data (unlimited usage at night), 40GB Wi-Fi data, access to Jio apps, free voice calls and texting. Postpaid tariffs go up to Rs 4,999 per billing cycle, wherein users get 75GB mobile data, 150GB Wi-Fi data, access to Jio apps, free voice calls and texting. To continue disrupting the telecom market in India, Jio has promised ‘every-day more value’, wherein it will continue to offer up to 20 percent more mobile data than incumbent players.
Before ending his speech, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani had an interesting announcement for existing Reliance Jio customers. Called ‘Jio Prime Membership’, existing Jio users will be able to reap the benefits of the freebies for an year by paying Rs 99 between March 1 and March 31 via the MyJio app, Jio.com or visiting any Jio store. To continue using the current data offer of 1GB per day for another year, Jio Prime members will need to pay Rs 303 per month, which comes down to about Rs 10 per day. As a part of the Jio Prime Membership, users will continue to get free voice calls, text messaging, and Jio’s bouquet of content services for the enrolled time period. Jio Prime Members can continue enjoying the unlimited benefits of Jio Happy New Year Offer until 31st March, 2018.
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