Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries at the company’s AGM launched Jio services earlier today, which will be available for all starting from September 5. Here is a look at its plans in detail. All the plans come with free unlimited local and STD voice calls to any network, including roaming across India so you just pay for the data. “Jio will put an end to voice call charges in India. No Jio customer will ever have to pay for voice calls again,” said Mukesh Ambani.
| XXS | XS | S | |
| Jio tariffs | Rs. 19 | Rs. 129 | Rs. 299 |
| Free Voice | Free Unlimited local and STD calls with Roaming | ||
| 4G Data | 100 MB | 750 MB | 2GB |
| Unlimited 4G Night data | Yes | ||
| Jio Apps subscription | Free (Worth Rs. 1250) till Dec 31, 2017 | ||
| Unlimited SMS | Yes | ||
| JioNet WiFi Hotspot | 200MB | 1.5GB | 4GB |
| Validity of Pack (Days) | 1 | 7 | 21 |
Coming to the plans, Jio will have price points starting from Rs 19 for the occasional data user with 1 day validity, to a monthly Rs. 149 plan for the light data user, all the way up to a monthly Rs. 4,999 plan for the heaviest data user. This also includes unlimited 4G data at night and free data usage by connecting to JioNet WiFi Hotspots.
With these plans, effective rate for data is just 5p/ MB, or Rs 50/ GB compared to effective rate of about Rs. 250/ GB for other operators. This can go down to Rs. 25/GB depending on the pack. Jio doesn’t have any Blackout Days like other operators.