At Reliance AGM, Mukesh Ambani finally divulged the details about the tariffs for Reliance Jio. Good news is the company will not be charging for voice calls at all, and it will charge a tenth of what its competitors are charging for 4G data, revealed Ambani.
It was announced that Jio will charge only 5 paise per MB, or Rs. 50 per GB. Further, the greater the usage, the lower the cost will be, and the rates may go down to Rs. 25 per GB.
At the AGM, Ambani also said that Jio services will become available from Monday, September 5, absolutely free for everyone for a month, as part of the ‘Jio welcome offer’, so everyone can try Jio’s services at absolutely no charge.
“Pay for only one service – either voice or data, not both,” Ambani said. “World over, operators charge only for data, voice and messaging are essentially free. All voice calls for Jio customers will be absolutely free.”
The Jio 4G tariff starts at Rs. 149 for 28 days, for 300MB. For Rs. 499 per month you get a big boost, to 4GB of 4G data, plus unlimited 4G at night, for 28 days. You also get 8GB of access from Reliance Jio’s upcoming network of Wi-Fi hotspots, further increasing the amount of data you can use.
For Rs. 999, that increases to 10GB of 4G data, and 20GB of Wi-Fi usage, plus unlimited usage at night. Further plans are for Rs. 1,499 for 20GB, Rs. 2,499 for 35GB, and Rs. 3,999 for 60GB of 4G data, and twice as much Wi-Fi usage respectively. The most expensive plan is for Rs. 4,999 for 75GB of 4G usage plus unlimited 4G usage at night, and 150GB of Wi-Fi data.
Additionally there will be no roaming charges, across India, to any network, it was announced. “Put an end to all voice call charges for all voice calls that are domestic,” Ambani told. This applies to calls to other networks as well, not just calls within the network.
“Current market practice is to charge for data a base rate between Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 10,000 – Jio will have a base rate which is 1/10th of this,” Ambani further said. “Our data plans go even further with an effective rate of 5p/MB or Rs. 50/ GB.”