Reliance Jio now gives 28GB data for Rs 149: Comparison with budget recharge offers from Airtel, Vodafone , II Reliance Jio slashes monthly tariffs by Rs50, hikes data limit , II Aggressive start! Jio heats up January, slashes tariffs on all plans by Rs 50
Reliance Jio 'Happy New Year 2018' offer: Now Rs 149 plan
Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, among others, have been coming up with new prepaid recharge plans to attract new users. Jio recently announced Happy New Year 2018 prepaid recharge plans where it unveiled Rs. 199 and Rs. 299 prepaid recharge plans. Jio's Rs. 199 prepaid recharge
Reliance Jio will also offer 20% more data to users of Rs399 plan by enhancing its validity by two weeks under its Happy New Year 2018 offer. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint
Telecom operator Reliance Jio will cut tariffs by Rs50 of all its monthly schemes under which customers are getting 1 GB data per day and also enhanced data limit to 1.5 GB from the existing 1GB for select plans, effective 9 January, people familiar with the matter said.
It has also reduced 1GB data rate to Rs4 for a 1-day validity plan. The company will also offer 20% more data to users of Rs399 plan by enhancing its validity by two weeks under its Happy New Year 2018 offer, people familiar with the matter added.
Now with this latest offers, Rs199, Rs399, Rs459 and Rs499 plans will cost Rs50 less. Jio’s Rs198, Rs398, Rs448 and Rs498 plan will offer 1.5 GB of 4G data per day and have validity of 28 days, 70 days, 84 days and 91 days, respectively.
All Jio plans will continue to offer free unlimited calling and SMSes within India even during roaming.
The company had last month announced two plans priced at Rs199 and Rs299 with 28 days validity offering 1.2 GB and 2 GB data per day, respectively.
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Reliance Jio has introduced new prepaid recharge offers as part of the ‘Happy New Year 2018’ offer. The company has essentially revamped its existing plans to offer either 50 per cent more data or Rs 50 discount on the price of the plans. The new recharge plans will be valid from January 9.
With the launch of ‘Happy New Year 2018’ offer, Jio is going aggressive with the data pricing, giving tough competition to rivals. To give a perspective, Jio’s Rs 149 recharge offer gives users a total of 28GB 4G data for 28 days, which is one of the cheapest in the industry. Additionally, Jio’s plans come bundled with free unlimited voice calls, SMS, and access to Jio’s suite of apps.
Let us take a look at the budget recharge offers below Rs 200 from Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone:
Reliance Jio Rs 149 recharge offer vs Airtel vs Vodafone
Reliance Jio’s Rs 149 prepaid plan, which currently offers 4.2GB total data with 0.15GB as the daily FUP (Fair USage Policy), has been upgraded to give users 28GB data. Validity is 28 days. The new offer puts FUP of 1GB per day.
In comparison, Airtel has a slightly expensive Rs 199 prepaid recharge plan that gives users 1GB 3G/4G data per day for 28 days. Customers also get unlimited local, STD, roaming incoming and outgoing calls. Airtel’s Rs 199 plan includes 100 SMS per day as well.
Vodafone prepaid customers get 1GB data per day for 28 days at Rs 198. The recharge pack also offers unlimited local and STD voice calls. Users get 100 free SMS per day, which is roughly 2800 text messages in a month
Reliance Jio 198 recharge offer vs Airtel vs Vodafone
Reliance Jio’s Rs 198 recharge offer now gives 42GB data, compared to the earlier offering of 28GB with a validity of 28 days. The pack has a 1.5GB daily data limit.
Airtel’s Rs 349 plan offers 2GB of data per day with unlimited local and STD calls. Users also get free outgoing national roaming and free SMS (limited to 100/day). The plan is valid for 28 days. The plan previously offered 1.5GB data per day. However, it was recently revised to give users 2GB daily data.
Vodafone users who need 1.5GB 4G/3G data per day for 28 days will have to recharge with the company’s Rs 349 plan. The company is also offering unlimited local and STD calls to any number and free roaming as well. However, it is to be noted that there is a cap of 250 minutes per day and 1000 minutes per week on outgoing calls. Those who opt for this plan will also get a free subscription to Vodafone Play.
It seems that 2018 has started off on a competitive note for the telecom industry with Reliance Jio slashing prices on all its mobile tariff plans by Rs 50. The company is now offering data for as low as Rs 4 per GB. Besides, the country’s largest mobile broadband services provider has also introduced tariff plans for high data consumers offering 1.5 GB data per day with plans starting at Rs 198 for a 28-day validity, sources said. Jio is also offering 20% additional data on its flagship MRP 399 plan with enhanced validity of two weeks, thereby increasing the plan period from 70 days to 84. Now its cheapest plan, MRP 149, offers 1 GB data daily with free voice for 28 days, including free local and national calls. The plans will be available to customers from January 9. All the plans offer free local and national calls as well as free incoming and outgoing calls on roaming.
A company source said that this is the first of many announcements to come, which analysts said is a sign that competition will intensify in coming months. They added that during the last two quarters, Jio had either reduced the validity period on its tariff plans or raised prices, which came as a breather for the industry. The move saw the industry’s average revenue per user (Arpu) levels strengthen a bit. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, industry Arpu during the July-September quarter (FY18) rose to Rs 84 compared to Rs 80 during Q1FY18.
Industry insiders said that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular will respond to Jio’s latest salvo by coming out with similar plans, which is expected to dilute Arpus, thereby leading to a decline in revenues. “It’s too early, so we will have to wait and watch how this situation pans out. But it will lead to further dilution in Arpus as other operators will respond to this,” a top executive from a leading telecom operator said.
During late December, Jio, under its Happy New Year offer, introduced two plans offering 1.2 GB and 2 GB data per day, along with free local and national calls. The company is offering the MRP 199 and MRP 299 plans for prepaid subscribers
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