Reliance Jio follows Airtel, Vodafone Idea; hikes prices

Reliance Jio – Following the price rise by telecom specialist co-ops Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio on Sunday raised costs of its voice and information plans for its prepaid clients.

The organization has climbed the costs of its arrangements by up to 21 percent. The new rates would be relevant from December 1, Reliance Jio said in a delivery.

The JioPhone Plan,of the Rs-129 voice and data plan would now cost Rs 155 for 28 days and the cheapest plan which used to cost Rs 75 before for 28 days, will currently cost Rs 91, according to the updated levies. Here are the new costs for all the plans:

Current Price (Rs) Validity (Days) New Price (Rs) Benefits

JioPhone Plan

75 28 91

3 GB/month, Unlimited Voice, 50 SMS

Limitless Plan (Unlimited Voice and Data)

129 28 155 2GB data/month, Unlimited Voice, 300 SMS

149 24 179 1GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

199 28 239 1.5GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

249 28 299 2GBdata/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

399 56 479 1.5GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

444 56 533 2GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

329 84 395 6GB data, Unlimited Voice, 1000 SMS

555 84 666 1.5GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

599 84 719 2GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

1299 336 1559 24GB data, Unlimited Voice, 3600 SMS

2399 365 2879 2GB data/day, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS/day

Data Add-ons

51 – 61 6 GB

101 – 121 12 GB

251 30 301 50 GB

With this declaration by Reliance Jio, every one of the three significant telecom players have climbed the costs to push up the normal income per client (ARPU).

Bharti Airtel was the principal organization to declare value rise on November 22. It was trailed by a comparative declaration by Vodafone Idea daily later.

Bharti Airtel, while declaring the cost rise, said it has consistently kept up with that ARPU should be at Rs 200 and at last at Rs 300 to give a sensible profit from capital that considers a monetarily solid plan of action.

During July-September period, Jio’s ARPU remained at Rs 143.6, while that of Airtel was at Rs 153. For Vodafone Idea, it was at Rs 109.

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