Reliance Jio Welcome Offer validity is not expiring on December 3

[rahul1117kumar]

Contrary to certain media reports, Reliance Jio’s Welcome Offer is not ending on December 3. When Jio’s 4G services were commercially launched in September it was announced that till December 31, all users will get access to unlimited 4G data quota (with a daily cap of 4GB) along with unlimited voice calls to subscribers under the Welcome Offer. Now, some media reports have claimed that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Jio to end the free services on December 3. Reliance Jio has refuted the reports, and given a different picture on the same.

“The Reliance Jio Welcome Offer benefits of unlimited voice and data will be available to all subscribers up to December 31,2016. The offer will be available to new customers for subscription till December 3, 2016. Customers who have not subscribed services till December 3 will be able to subscribe to new offers as well as tariff plans that are available from Jio,” Reliance Jio said in a statement.

This essentially means that if you are an existing Jio customer, you will continue to enjoy the free unlimited voice and data offer available on your number till December 31. The change only affects those who subscribe to Jio services after December 3, 2016. New customers after the said date shifted to new data plans which the company will launch in future.

Confusion about the offers arose when it was reported that following the hue and cry by incumbent operators, TRAI had ordered a cut down on Reliance’s free offer. Reports indicated that Reliance Jio ’s free offer violated the 90-day limitation. As the services were launched commercially on September 5 and announced the free offer to be valid till December 31, other operators asked TRAI to intervene, indicating that as per norms a promotional offer could only run for 90 days which, in Jio’s case, end much earlier than the projected December 31 deadline. Although TRAI had told operators that it did not find the promotional scheme violating any rules, newest reports indicated otherwise. While the regulator rejected claims that Reliance Jio violated interconnection usage charge norms and for adopting a tariff plan that was seen to be anti-competitive and predatory

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[iSK]

Good News

 

[harshbardhan]

A prompt clarification by Jio and post by rahul1117kumar putting an end to all speculation. What a thunder storm created by Jio !

 

[Ritesh]

Reliance Jio have literally taken the telecom industry by a storm..
Great share rahul bro.

 

[OneDirection]

Reliance Jio Welcome offer won't end on December 3rd: here's what you need to know

"If you're already using Reliance Jio, then you'll be able to avail the Welcome offer benefits till December 31st"
The report saying Reliance Jio's enticing Welcome offer will end earlier than December 31st created a lot of flutter. There's a lot of confusion around it as well, as some users think that their free benefits will end on December 3rd, following the 90-day guideline from TRAI. But that's not the case, and to separate the wheat from the chaff, we decided to clear out all your confusion. Read on to find out what it actually means if you are a Reliance Jio user or want to acquire the free SIM.
1) All users will be able to avail the Welcome offer benefits till December 31st
This is the biggest cause for confusion, but if you have a Reliance Jio SIM, then don't worry as you'll be able to enjoy the benefits of free data and calls till December 31st. This is irrespective of the fact if you have acquired the SIM under the Jio Preview offer before its commercial launch, or after September 5th under the Welcome offer. Of course, the paid tariffs will apply starting January 1st, 2017.
2) Free subscription (and the SIMs) won't be available after December 3rd
Well, this is the crux of yesterday's news. As part of the Welcome offer, the SIMs were supposed to be available free of charge until December 31st. However, if you haven't got your SIM yet, then better hurry, since the free SIM cards won't be available after December 3rd.
3) Why is it happening?
According to TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), telcos can run promotional offers for a maximum period of 90 days. The up-and-coming operator also needs to adhere to this guideline, and hence Welcome offer for new subscribers will be ending on December 3rd.


4) The telecom wars: incumbents vs Reliance Jio
TRAI's guideline came to the fore when incumbent operators, infamously referred to as AVoID (Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea) along with Telenor and Videocon, approached the authority on September 20th. They requested the regulator to ensure that the guidelines are being adhered to by Jio. They also complained that the Jio Welcome Offer is violating the Telecom Tariff Order of 2004 since the free calls are below the interconnect usage charges of 14p.
However, TRAI found RJIL (Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited) to be compliant with its policies, and sent a letter to incumbents stating "the revised offer of free services by RJIL has been limited to 90 days, up to December 3rd, 2016, and therefore is consistent with the guidelines on promotional offers".
5) Jio might launch another offer to attract new subscribers
Reliance Jio has been firing on all cylinders since its launch to reach its ambitious target of 100 million subscribers in the shortest time possible. Now that its offer is being cut down by almost a month, we're sure that it'll launch something new to attract more users. In fact, as per our conversation with a Jio official, who chose to stay anonymous, the TRAI ruling doesn't stop the telecom companies from launching new offers after previous ones have ended. This means that the Welcome offer might be re-launched under a new name.
6) Voice calls on Jio will remain free
Another confusion that has arose of late is that Reliance Jio's free calls might not be available for long. Clearing the air surrounding it, TRAI has given a clean chit to the operator. It has mentioned that free voice calls for life are permissible and compliant with its rules.

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