Reliance Jio has announced the introduction of Jio-Bharat Phone, a service designed to provide feature phone customers with reasonably priced internet-enabled phones. The Jio-Bharat Phone, which has an entry price of Rs 999, promises to tap into India’s existing 250 million feature phone customers to provide access to internet-enabled services.
The Jio Bharat platform will also provide a variety of digital services on low-cost phones. Other phone brands, beginning with Karbonn, will use the Jio Bharat platform to build Jio-Bharat phones in addition to Reliance Retail. In collaboration with Karbonn, the firm is unveiling the first two Jio Bharat phones.
Jio-Bharat Phone Pricing Structure
The Jio Bharat Phone package costs Rs 123 per month. Users will have access to unlimited voice calls as well as 14 GB of data (0.5GB each day). According to Jio, this is a 30% cheaper monthly plan with 7 times more data than other operators’ feature phone offerings.
Annual Plans are also available with the Jio Bharat Phone. The annual package costs Rs 1,234 and includes a total of 168GB of data (0.5GB each day) as well as unlimited calling.
“There are still 250 million mobile phone users in India who remain ‘trapped’ in the 2G era, unable to tap into basic features of the internet at a time when the world stands on the cusp of a 5G revolution,” said Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio.
“6 years ago, when Jio was launched, we made it clear that Jio will leave no stone unturned to democratise the internet and pass the benefits of technology to every Indian,” he added. Technology will no longer be restricted to a chosen few. The new Jio Bharat phone is another step in that direction. It is at the heart of innovation, and it continues to illustrate our commitment to bringing disproportionate benefits.
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