Voice calls will be always free, reaffirms Reliance Jio

[rahul1117kumar]

A senior Trai official's observation on Thursday that facility of free voice calls on Jio network is not among the tariff plans approved by the telecom regulator created confusion over one of the most promising features of the company's offer to its subscribers. Here are four points that should clear the air:

Will calls on Jio network be free for lifetime?

Yes, the company has reconfirmed that it will never charge for a voice call on its network. The free-calling offer is clearly mentioned in all the 10 pre-paid and seven post-paid tariff plans Jio has filed with the telecom regulator Trai. Since zero-tariff on voice is not part of any promotional package, it won't be affected by change or withdrawal of such packages.

Why did Trai say that free calls could end on December 3?

Senior Trai officials counted the free calling as part of Jio's promotional package. According to Trai regulations, a promotional offer cannot be valid for more than 90 days, which in Jio's case ends on December 3 (the company commercially launched services on September 5). The Trai officials had also said that Jio's base tariff plan, which proposes to bill voice calls (local and national) at 2 paise per second (Rs 1.20 per minute), does not make a mention of lifetime free calling. But Jio says all its tariff plans submitted with the regulator, in addition to the base plan, make a specific mention of free calls.

Why has Jio submitted a tariff plan that mentions 2 paise per second for voice calls?

Jio says all operators submit a base tariff plan with the regulator. However, companies also offer several other pre-paid and post-paid packages, which are also submitted with the regulator. Jio has filed several plans with Trai where it has made all voice calls (local and STD) free at home and national roaming.

What will end on December 3 and what on December 31?

Trai says the Jio Welcome Offer (JWO) that allows free data download can be valid only till December 3. But, benefits of free unlimited data under JWO will continue to be available to all subscribers till December 31.

Voice calls will be always free, reaffirms Reliance Jio - ET Telecom

 

[mpvelu]

Then AirTel and Vodafone will block them.....

 

[Sarkar]

Then AirTel and Vodafone will block them.....

Then Govt will Impose fine on them [emoji6]

 

[thisisjagan]

They will pay it [emoji14]

 

[harshbardhan]

They will pay it [emoji14]

In this way we'll be a rich country and Airtel and Vodafone will be bankrupt .

 

[Bapun]

Then AirTel and Vodafone will block them.....

All will keep a jio for free calls then[emoji12]

 

[Ritesh]

They will pay it [emoji14]

Bro, do you really think everytime they will escape with just penalty in terms of cash??
They cannot do this for long.. Once the welcome offer ends, it will be tough for other telecos to block calls.
And it will be fair enough as Jio will be paid service then and traffic will become drastically low.

 

[PRK]

Their licenses can get cancelled if they resort to this type of behaviour which can almost lead to unwanted consequences for their business, so they would not do it from now on. Especially when Jio is paid, no one will even dare to do it.

 

[thisisjagan]

Agreed. There's also chance where Jio has faulty network and blaming all Operators.

 

[PRK]

Agreed. There's also chance where Jio has faulty network and blaming all Operators.

lol you are everywhere posting against jio. Are you airtel employee ? Did you even try calling Jio to Jio, faced issues there ? Also Jio to MTNL connects 99.9% times and BSNL 90%+ times.

Will TRAI fine other operators if Jio's network was faulty??

Please don't post like you are paid to post against jio  :no