JIO JOIN HANDS WITH MEDIATEK FOR AFFORDABLE ANDROID SMART PHONES

Jio has partnered with the famous chipmaker Mediatek for developing android Smart Phones at affordable costs ( as an alternative to JioPhone). This news was confirmed by Mediatek at a event organised in New Delhi.

In order to attract the android fan base in India, Jio was evaluating options to come up with affordable smart phone running Android Platform, now this is going to be possible with Mediatek's Android Oreo (Go edition). The new smart phone is expected to sit alongside the Jio Phone, which was launched in the country in last July with an effective price of Rs. 1,500. No details were could be confirmed about the price and availability of the new Android Go Smart Phones.

"India is growth intensive, a market of immense opportunities with its own set of aspirations and needs. We continue to intensify our technology collaboration in India, even beyond Smart Phones, and recognise its importance in the global marketplace," said T L Lee, General Manager, Wireless Communication, Mediatek.

Google launched the Android Oreo (Go edition) in India last month. This is lightweight version of Android 8.1 and is primarily designed to make entry-level devices "fully-functioning" Smart Phones. Mediatek also confirmed that it has MT6739, MT6739, and MT6580 to support the Android Go platform.

Earlier last month, the company had announced its collaboration with Google for supporting Android Oreo (Go Edition) in which it was announced that the first Android Oreo (Go edition) Smart Phones powered by Mediatek processors will be launched in global markets by the first quarter of this year. This could be also the probable time line for the launch of Jio Android Go Phones along with JioPhone.

JIO DATA ADD-ON PACKS NOW OFFER MORE 4G DATA

Jio has further intensified the brutal competition in the telecom sector by introducing new tariff revisions third time in a month. The first surprise came in the form of a republic offer which almost doubled the amount of data for the same old price. In the second move, it introduced the lowest monthly data plans for JioPhone users with more attractive plans.

Now, Jio has made a third move in which it has drastically increased the amount of high speed data volume under the data booster plans. Earlier, Jio had a total of 5 data booster plans (Rs 11, Rs 51, Rs 91, Rs 201, Rs 301). But now under the new revision, Reliance Jio has reduced it to only 4 plans by removing 3 old plans (Rs 91, Rs 201 and Rs 301) and adding 2 new plans ( Rs 21 and Rs 101).

As shown in above table, The Rs 11 data booster pack now offers 400MB of high-speed data instead of previous 100MB. The new Rs 21 pack will add 1GB 4G data to the existing base plan and Rs 51 will add 3GB ( previously it was only giving 1GB). One more new booster pack Rs 101 is now offering a total of 6GB high speed data. Previously, Rs 201 used to offer only 5GB high speed data.

It must be noted that these booster packs now offer only 4G data and no voice calls ( anyhow the voice calls are offered free) and these packs do not extend the validity of any plans, instead these plans will be valid only until the original base plan is valid. Just for example, assume that a user has about 2 days remaining for his base plan to expire, if he recharges with any of the booster packs, the booster data added will also expired in next 2 days. Hence it is wise to make a note of base plan expiry before recharging with the booster packs.

Also, note that the add-on packs (booster packs) can only be used after one exhausts the high-speed data limit their base pack offers. These data booster packs are not applicable for JioPhone users.

JIO LAUNCHES LOWEST MONTHLY PLAN AT RS 49 ONLY

Reliance Jio has launched a new exciting offer for JioPhone customers as an extension to the previous "Jio Republic Day Offer " in which extra 4G data was offered under various prepaid plans dedicated for Non-JioPhone users. This new offer famously dubbed as "JioPhone Republic Offer" is available only for JioPhone users.

Under this offer, Jio has introduced a new recharge plan of Rs 49 in which the users will get 1GB high speed data valid for 28 days with free voice calls, messages, unlimited data at reduced speeds and application access.  "JioPhone users will enjoy free voice calls and unlimited data (1GB at high speed) for 28 days at a price of only Rs 49. Jio is also introducing affordable data add-ons at Rs 11, 21, 51 and 101," the company said in a statement.

It is worth to note that the previous nearby plan for JioPhone users was the sachet plan of Rs 54, which offered 3.5GB, but was valid for only7 days. With this plan, Jio has further dragged down the monthly recharge package from Rs98 to Rs 49.

Jio in an official statement has claimed that this offer is intended to connect the 50 crore unconnected Indians with the mainstream of digital freedom. "Tariffs charged for feature phone users continue to be exorbitant, while their smart phone counterparts on Jio enjoyed free voice calls and high speed data at the most affordable tariffs. The high feature phone tariffs make it impossible for them to even think of using data...Jio has made data affordable for everyone," the statement said.

In the official statement, the company has given a call to all the 50 crore feature phone users to get themselves free from the unfair digital empowerment and come to the mainstream and become a part of digital revolution.

JIOPHONE DRAGS DOWN THE SMARTPHONE SALES

As per the latest report from the German research firm GfK, the Smart phone sales in quarter 4 of 2017 ( in comparison to previous year Q4) have declined by at least 3 percent in India. The research firm has stated one of the major reasons behind this fall is the sharp growth of 4G feature phones like JioPhone.

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The JioPhone was launched by Reliance Jio at an effective price of zero rupees with certain conditions imposed. Since then, the poor and middle class section have embraced this phone for enjoying cheaper 4G data offered by the same company. In the beginning, JioPhone was only available after successful pre-booking, but now it is available in various Jio retail outlets across the country for direct purchase.

It has also reported that this is the first ever year on year decline reported for the emerging Asia (which comprises of Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

“Emerging Asia saw Smartphone sales of 58.6 million units in 4Q17, down one per cent year-on-year,” the market research firm said. This was dragged by a three per cent decline in India, where a proliferation of low-priced 4G feature phones likely cannibalized Smartphone sales,” it added. However, on an accrual basis, a total of 232.7 million smart phones were sold in 2017 in the Emerging Asia region, an increase of eight per cent compared to 2016.

The firm also reported optimistic growth forecast for the growth of Smartphone market. Yotaro Noguchi, product lead in GfK’s trends and forecasting division, concludes, “The outlook for 2018 is positive as GfK forecasts global Smartphone demand to rise by three percent compared to 2017, driven by Emerging Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. With saturation in developed markets, consumer retention will be a key focus for Smartphone makers, which, alongside increased commoditization, will encourage greater innovation and differentiation in order to spur sales.”

JIOPHONE TOPS THE FEATURE PHONE MARKET IN Q4-2017

JioPhone has surpassed Samsung to become the leading feature phone with a 26 percent market share (by shipment) in the last quarter of 2017. A report from Counterpoint Research has revealed that just within a quarter, Reliance Jio's JioPhone has acquired a total market share of 26 percent ( by shipment) and thus has pushed Samsung to second position with a 15 percent market share in Q4 2017, followed by Micromax with a 9 percent share, Itel with a 7 percent share, and HMD Global's Nokia brand with a 6 percent share. Other brands made up 37 percent of the market in Q4 2017.

However, the report said that for complete year 2017, Samsung still leads the market with a total shipment share of 21percent, where as Jio stands in 3rd position with a share of 11 percent. Second slot is taken by Itel brand with a total yearly share of 12 percent. On a yearly basis, Micromax has a 9 percent share and Lava has a 7 percent share.

The Rs. 1,500 JioPhone supplies were higher in the late Q4 and the device managed to bridge the demand vs. supply gap, Counterpoint noted. "One of the key reason for the sale of this phone was record pre-orders (6 million) plus many feature phone users found it a worthy upgrade," Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint, told IANS.

"These users have always used the similar form factor device for voice usage but using data on a similar form factor ensured that users didn't need to go through a huge learning curve when it comes to using data on smart phones," Pathak added. The positioning of Jio Phone as a Smartphone effectively as a "free" phone also worked for the company.

"Additionally, the strategy involving cashback after a couple of years in the feature phone segment makes more sense than cashback in low-end smart phones which don't enjoy such high-shelf life," Pathak added.

RELIANCE JIO OFFER BRINGS RIPPLES IN TELECOM SHARES

The series of new offers unveiled by Reliance Jio has created ripples in the share values of various other telcos. In the beginning of the year, Jio came up with Happy New Year Offer and recently it has announced one more new offer dubbed as " Republic Day Offer". To find out more about Happy new year offer (Click Here) & Republic Day Offer (Click Here).

Owing to the rising profits of new entrant and unleashing of attractive new offers, telecom stocks have tumbled up to 6.5 per cent. The shares of Bharti Airtel plunged 5.99 per cent to Rs 461.45 on BSE. Similarly, the shares of Idea dropped by 6.48 per cent to Rs 92.95 and Reliance Communications lost 2 per cent to Rs 28.60.

Idea shares were also under pressure amid earnings disappointment. Idea Cellular today posted deeper losses of Rs 1,284.5 crore for the quarter ended on December 31, 2017.

As a counter measure to various new offers from competitors, Reliance Jio has decided to offer 500 MB extra data to its subscribers using 1GB and 1.5GB per day data packs in a new offer "Jio Republic Day Offer" which will take effect from 26th January 2018. In addition, the ‘Republic Day offer’ will double the validity of Rs 98 pack to 28 days from the current 14 days from January 26 onwards, they said.

“Jio will always offer more value to its customers, and offer Rs 50 lower price than competition and 50 per cent more data on its plans. As part of Republic Day offer, all existing 1 GB per day packs enhanced to 1.5 GB per day, 1.5 GB per day packs enhanced to 2 GB per day,” sources added.

Bharti Airtel had recently introduced Rs 399 plan offering unlimited calls and 1GB 4G data daily with 84 days validity.

JIO REPUBLIC DAY 2018 OFFER

Overview:

Reliance Jio has unveiled one more new offer to its customers as part of Republic Day Celebrations. Under this offer, several prepaid plans have been revised to provide more data without changing prices. It is believed that Jio's recharge offers have been unveiled in response to recently revamped prepaid plans from competitor Airtel to give users 1.4GB data per day, instead of 1GB daily previously.

Key Feature of Republic Day Offer:

The main feature of this offer is about existing 1GB and 1.5GB prepaid recharge plans, which have been upgraded to offer 500MB more (i.e. 1.5GB and 2GB daily data respectively). It is worth to note that the validity has not been changed and remain same as that of New Year Offer Plans (except for Rs 98 plan in which validity period has been increased from 14 days to 28 days). To avail the new offer, users should recharge these plans on or after 26th January 2018. As of the time of writing this article, Jio has not revealed any end date for this offer and is available until further notice.

Offer Details:

Under this offer, Reliance Jio’s cheapest prepaid plan comes at Rs 98 and it offers a total of 2GB data for 28 days. This plan originally offers only 2.1GB data for 14 days.

Changes in 1GB Plans:

Under the plan, the Rs 149 plan will now give users a total 42GB instead of 28GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1GB to 1.5GB. So users are entitled to get 14GB more data.

Rs 349 plan will now give users a total 105GB instead of 70GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1GB to 1.5GB. So users are entitled to get 35GB more data.

Rs 399 plan will now give users a total 126GB instead of 84GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1GB to 1.5GB. So users are entitled to get 42GB more data.

Rs 449 plan will now give users a total 136GB instead of 91GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1GB to 1.5GB. So users are entitled to get 45GB more data.

Changes in 1.5 GB Plans:

Under the plan, the Rs 198 plan will now give users a total 56GB instead of 42GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1.5GB to 2GB. So users are entitled to get 14GB more data.

The Rs 198 plan will now give users a total 56GB instead of 42GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1.5GB to 2GB. So users are entitled to get 14GB more data.

The Rs 398 plan will now give users a total 140GB instead of 105GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1.5GB to 2GB. So users are entitled to get 35GB more data.

The Rs 448 plan will now give users a total 168GB instead of 126GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1.5GB to 2GB. So users are entitled to get 42GB more data.

The Rs 498 plan will now give users a total 182GB instead of 136GB. The daily high speed 4G data limit has been increased from 1.5GB to 2GB. So users are entitled to get 46GB more data.

JIO IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVE LIVES OF EVERY INDIAN - AKASH AMBANI

Akash Ambani shared the commitment of Reliance Jio in improving the digital literacy of Indians during the inauguration of India Digital Open Summit 2018. “Jio is committed to improve the lives of every Indian in a positive way. At Jio we are committed to contribute and use open source technologies to better our consumer experience. Our chairman believes that India is on the path to be a technology innovation leader and a technology superpower, and open source community will be a driving force behind this.” told Akash Ambani, Director of Reliance Jio Infocomm.

He was speaking at the first India Digital Open Summit inaugurated at Mumbai on January 19, 2018. This summit is co-partnered by Linux Foundation Networking Projects and supported by Cisco Systems. The main agenda of the event was to promote open source networking platforms and infrastructure in the Indian context to change how we experience telecom and networking in the coming days.

Akash also said how Jio is considering Open Source as an important element for future Jio projects. “The year 2017 was the tipping point for AR and VR globally.  In India, AR and VR are in the initial stages of adoption but at Jio, we believe it will grow at a 50 percent compounded rate for the next five years,” said Akash Ambani.

 He utilized this opportunity to hint at possible exploration to enter the mostly untapped block chain sector.  Akash Ambani said “ 2017 was the year of block chain and digital currency, highlighted by all the buzz surrounding bitcoin. Block chain provides a distributed ledger system for enabling secure transactions. One of the fundamental features was bitcoin but it can be used in other fields such as banking, education, real estate, etc."

Several eminent speakers from the relevant industry delivered keynotes in front of gathering. The audience comprised of representatives and stakeholders from start-ups to already well established companies. Keynotes of the speeches were about how open source has already been leveraged by the enterprise and various companies, resulting in today’s end user experiencing almost end to end open source implementations.

WEST BENGAL IS BECOMING BEST BENGAL - MUKESH AMBANI

"Didi, under your leadership, Bengal is becoming the best Bengal. These were the punch line statement of appreciation by Mukesh Ambani who was speaking at the Bengal Global Business Summit. Mr. Ambani conveyed gratitude towards the commitment and support from the government of West Bengal towards creating a friendly atmosphere for corporate companies to invest more and more in West Bengal.

Ambani revealed that in business summit - 2015, Reliance Industries committed for an investment of INR 4500 crores, but due to the economic activity friendliness and immense customer support, it ended up investing INR 15,000 crore, nearly triple that amount, in the last two years in Bengal.

He also revealed that Jio network will cover 100 per cent of West Bengal's population by December 2018, thus will turn itself into the 4G data pulse of new digitally superior West Bengal. Mukesh revealed that Reliance Industries is also committed over Rs 5,000 crore of investments in the state for non-Jio businesses in the next three years.

Mukesh also shared his future dreams for West Bengal  in which Jio will be connecting every education institution and hospital and medical delivery facility in the state in the next two years by December 2019. "I am happy to announce that with the support of state government, we will launch this initiative in five districts of Bengal with immediate effect," he said, adding that it would create employment and wealth generating opportunities in both rural and urban Bengal. "It will give birth of digital entrepreneurs in villages and small towns... kick-start e-commerce and support of agriculture, as well as small and medium enterprises," he added.

Speaking at the Bengal Global Business Summit here, Ambani said the company will be exploring opportunities for setting up an electronics manufacturing facility in the state and company is working with multiple partners to explore setting up next generation electronics manufacturing facilities to make West Bengal the hub of innovation and hi-tech technologies for consumer devices such as mobile phones, set-top boxes and other devices. "Our current Jio network covers 1,000 towns and nearly 39,000 villages in the state. Jio will reach 100 per cent of West Bengal's population by December 2018. Every last village will be covered by 4G digital technology. We are embarking on an ambitious project of connecting Bengal with optic fibre," he said.

HOW TO SET JIOFI INTO POWER SAVING MODE?

What is Power Saving (Sleep) Mode?

Sleep Mode is a tool usually provided in almost all recent smart electronic devices to enable the device avoid unnecessary battery wastage. You can see this feature in almost all smart electronic devices available in market today ranging from your mobile, TV, Laptop, smart kitchen accessories like chimneys, water heaters, water purifiers, smart lighting system etc.

Just like other smart electronic accessories, Jiofi device also has sleep mode. The prime objective is to save battery when the jiofi device is left unused for a preset amount of time. By default, a jiofi device comes with the sleep mode turned on with a preset options like 10 to 60 minutes of idle time.

How to enable and adjust sleep mode in Jiofi

Follow the below listed step by step procedure for successfully enabling or disabling the sleep mode and to set a desired sleep timer.

Step-1: Start your Jiofi device and connect to a PC or a mobile by using the wifi SSID and password. (Note: These can be seen from the outer package box of new jiofi device  and in case if you have lost the box, open the battery and you will find these details on the jiofi device).

 

Step-2: After connecting your PC or mobile with the wifi network of your Jiofi device, now open a web browser ( we recommend Chrome for better user experience) and enter one of the following URLs http://jiofi.local.html or http://192.168.225.1.

Step-3: A page will open with lot of numbers and data. Don't worry, just click on the login button located on the right top corner of the page.

Step-4: A login window will open. Enter the username and password and click login button. (Note: If you are loggin in for the first time, use "administrator" as both the username and password. Check out our previous blog about changing the login username and password by clicking here.)

Step-5: After logging in, click on the Network tab as shown in below picture.

Step-6: Now, click on the " Wi-Fi Configuration" tab on the left side bar.

Step-7: Now you will see a list of details. The seventh row will show you the sleep mode tick box option. With this, you can either enable or disable the sleep mode. If you decide to go with the sleep mode enabled option, In the next row ( eight row), the sleep mode timer is available with 4 pre-set options of 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes. Select the choice of your sleep timer. Click on the Save button on the bottom.

Step-8: Once you click save button, a message will appear indicating that the jiofi connection will be interrupted and jiofi will reboot to set these changes. Go ahead and click OK. That's it.

RS 153 JIOPHONE PLAN REVISED - DAILY DATA DOUBLED

Reliance Jio has revised one of the JioPhone prepaid plan Rs 153 today and has increased the daily quota from 500 MB to 1GB per day. This means users will get double the data at same old price.

Important to note that Rs 153 plan only works for JioPhone. If you want to enjoy this offer, just insert your Jio SIM into any JioPhone and recharge with 153 Rupees data plan. Earlier, Rs 153 plan used to offer a total of 14GB with a daily cap of 0.5GB ( i.e. 500 MB) for high speed 4G data. After completion of the daily quota, speed was reduced to offer an unlimited data.

Jio has two more smaller sachet packs of Rs 24 (valid for 2 days) and Rs 54 (valid for 7 days), these will continue to offer 500MB high speed data per day.

Recently, Jio reduced prices for various prepaid plans to attract more customers.

Reliance Jio is now offering 1GB daily data at Rs 149 pricing which includes free unlimited voice calls (local and roaming) coupled with free unlimited SMS as well.

It is also offering 1.5GB data per day packs, starting at Rs 198 and going up all the way to Rs 498. Jio’s Rs 198 recharge offers customers 1.5GB data per day, which is 42GB data in total for a period of 28 days, more than the 28GB data that it used to offer earlier. Similarly, Jio’s Rs 398 plan now has 105GB data for 70 days, while the Rs 448 plan will offer 126GB data. By default, all the prepaid plans include free voice calls, unlimited SMS and access to Jio’s suite of apps.

JIO TO BECOME WEST BENGAL'S "4G PULSE" IN ONE YEAR - MUKESH AMBANI

Reliance Jio owner Mukesh Ambani said on Tuesday that Jio network will cover 100 per cent of West Bengal's population by December 2018, thus will turn itself into the 4G data pulse of new digitally superior West Bengal. Mukesh revealed that Reliance Industries is also committed over Rs 5,000 crore of investments in the state for non-Jio businesses in the next three years.

Speaking at the Bengal Global Business Summit here, Ambani said the company will be exploring opportunities for setting up an electronics manufacturing facility in the state and company is working with multiple partners to explore setting up next generation electronics manufacturing facilities to make West Bengal the hub of innovation and hi-tech technologies for consumer devices such as mobile phones, set-top boxes and other devices.

 "Our current Jio network covers 1,000 towns and nearly 39,000 villages in the state. Jio will reach 100 per cent of West Bengal's population by December 2018. Every last village will be covered by 4G digital technology. We are embarking on an ambitious project of connecting Bengal with optic fibre," he said.

Mukesh also shared his future dreams for West Bengal  in which Jio will be connecting every education institution and hospital and medical delivery facility in the state in the next two years by December 2019. "I am happy to announce that with the support of state government, we will launch this initiative in five districts of Bengal with immediate effect," he said, adding that it would create employment and wealth generating opportunities in both rural and urban Bengal. "It will give birth of digital entrepreneurs in villages and small towns... kick-start e-commerce and support of agriculture, as well as small and medium enterprises," he added.

Appreciating the West Bengal government's support and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Ambani said: "Didi, under your leadership, Bengal is becoming the best Bengal." Ambani revealed that in business summit - 2015, Reliance Industries committed for an investment of INR 4500 crores, but due to the economic activity friendliness and immense customer support, it ended up investing INR 15,000 crore, nearly triple that amount, in the last two years in Bengal.

MORE THAN 100 PERCENT CASHBACK OFFER

Since its launch, Reliance Jio has kept its users on toes by offering various kinds of freebies and attractive offers. Amazing cashback offers is a recent strategy employed by Jio to take competitive advantage over its rivals. In this series, one more offer has been announced by Reliance Jio called "More than 100 percent cashback offer". Interesting to know that this new offer has been announced just after the end of its previous similar offer called "Surprise Cashback Offer".

This offer was introduced on 16th Jan 2018 on the official website of Reliance Jio and is available only for its prime customers. This offer will be valid until 31st Jan 2018.

In this offer, for every recharge of Rs 398 or above, the prime customers can get a cashback up to Rs 700 ( which accounts for more than 100% cashback !!).

The cashback is assured in two major forms. First with every successful recharge of Rs 398 or above, vouchers worth Rs. 400 will be credited immediately in Prime customer account and will be visible under My Vouchers in MyJio app. The company assures that customers will get Jio vouchers worth Rs. 400 with every recharge of Rs. 398 and above. There will be total 8 vouchers of Rs 50 each.

Second form of cashback is immediate and can be availed through digital wallets where Prime customers can avail up to Rs. 300 during recharge itself. Important to note that not all digital wallets will provide cashback of Rs 300, hence they have smartly used the word "up to". The users recharging with Amazon Pay will get Rs. 50 as cashback for both new users and existing ones. With Paytm, new Prime customers will get up to Rs. 50 while existing ones will get Rs. 30. As an additional benefit, Paytm is offering cashback up to Rs 150 for users who book a movie ticket first time on its platform.

Recharges through Mobikwik wallet can avail Rs. 300 cashback as it offers the amount to both new as well as existing users. As an additional benefit, a SuperCash Mobikwik hotel voucher worth Rs. 2,500 will be also offered. 'PhonePe' wallet is also offering standard Rs. 75 cashback to both new as well as existing users. Recharge through Bhim Axis will offer Rs. 100 to new Jio users while Rs. 30 to existing ones. Freecharge will offer Rs. 30 as cashback to both new and existing ones.

Users can check the status of Jio "More than 100 percent cashback" vouchers worth Rs.400 (Rs. 50x8) under 'My vouchers' section on MyJio app. These Jio vouchers can be redeemed, one at a time, against recharges of Rs. 300 and above plans and against Rs. 91 and above data add-ons, via MyJio app.

DO YOU KNOW THE BEST JIO PREPAID OFFER?

Reliance Jio offers various prepaid plans ranging from Rs 19 to Rs 9999. It recently on 9th Jan 2018 reduced the price on its various prepaid plans ( Click here to read details).

But do you know which plan offers cheapest data?

Our team has done a thorough analysis to understand which plan provides best ROI (Return on Investment) with or without the consideration of validity period.

Without considering validity period:

As per our analysis above, you can see that plan Rs 448 offers 1GB 4G data at cheapest price of just 3 Rupees 56 paise. Next best plan is Rs 498 followed by Rs 398 and 198. It is also worth to note the most costliest plan is Rs 19 surprisingly.

By considering validity period:

If you consider the validity period as one of the criteria, we have calculated the cost in terms of "Price/GB/Day". In this analysis, you can see that the best plan to get cheapest 4G data is on "Price Per 1GB Per Day" is Rs 9999 plan followed by Rs 498 and Rs 4999. In this category also, the Rs 19 plan turns out to be costliest plan with a validity period of only one day.

Please leave a comment in case you need any further clarification into this subject, we would be glad to help you.

JIO HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 OFFER

Reliance Jio has revamped the pre-paid recharge packages effective from 9-Jan-2018. As a part of these new year offer plans, Jio has undertaken an extensive changes in its previous prepaid plans to tackle the recent price drops by its competitors and to attract new customers. If you want the previous recharge plan details for reference, please read our earlier posts "Two new prepaid plans of Jio" and "New changes in Jio Pre-paid plans (On 19-Oct-2017)".

  

Before we begin, it is worth to note that the following plans have not changed a bit. So don't bother to waste time in studying these plans. The prepaid plans  without any changes are Rs 19, Rs 52, Rs 98, Rs 299, Rs 999, Rs 1999, Rs 4999 and Rs 9999.

Now let us move on to know about the plans with new changes:

A) Plans which offer 1GB data per day:

1. Rs 149 Plan valid for 28 days and offers total 28 GB
2. Rs 349 Plan valid for 70 days and offers total 70 GB
3. Rs 399 Plan valid for 84 days and offers total 84 GB
4. Rs 449 Plan valid for 91 days and offers total 91 GB

B) Plans which offer 1.5GB data per day:

1. Rs 198 Plan valid for 28 days and offers total 42 GB
2. Rs 398 Plan valid for 70 days and offers total 105 GB
3. Rs 448 Plan valid for 84 days and offers total 126 GB
4. Rs 498 Plan valid for 91 days and offers total 136 GB

C) Plans which offer 2GB data per day:

1. Only Rs 299 Plan valid for 28 days and offers total 56 GB. This is same as previous offer and no changes as explained in the beginning.

D) Plans which offer 3GB data per day

1. Only Rs 509 plan valid for 28 days offers 3GB data per day and hence offers a total of 28*3=84GB.

 E) Plans which offer 5GB data per day:

1. Only 799 plan offers 5GB data per day. This plan is valid for 28 days and hence offers a total of 28*5=140 GB.

How to create new account in www.jio.com?

Dear Readers,


Apart from 'MyJio application', you can also check and manage your Jio account through desktop. In this post, we shall take you through the steps or procedure to create your own new account in the official website of Reliance Jio at domain address www.jio.com.

For this, you need to register at www.jio.com with a email ID and Password. This is a one time job and we recommend this because this process gives you much more flexibility in managing your account and getting constant updates.

Before we start, please ensure that your mobile with Jio SIM is available and having good network signal. In case, you don't have the 4G mobile with Jio SIM, at least you should have the phone with alternate number. Because, the OTP will also be sent to your alternate number when no network is available for your Jio SIM.

Read our previous blog "How to change your alternate number for Jio SIM?" in case your previously registered alternate number is not available anymore.

With everything ready, let us look at the procedure:

Step-1: Open the official Jio website www.jio.com and click on the 'Sign In' button on the top right corner of the home page.

Step-2: Click on the 'Sign up' button to register a new SIM account.

Step-3: Enter the Jio Number for which a new account needs to be created and click on 'Generate OTP'.

Step-4: This is the critical step in this entire process, so ensure that correct details are entered. First enter the OTP recieved either on the Jio SIM or in the alternate number of Jio SIM. Enter a Email ID and Set a password as per the criteria given below it. After entering all required details correctly, click on the 'Sign Up' button.

Step-5: Once you click on the 'Sign Up' button, you will be directed to the homepage of your account as shown below. Here you can check all the information about your Jio SIM similar to that of Myjio App.

We hope you will find this post useful. Please do not hesitate to leave a comment in case you have any query or suggestion.

How Much Do You Know About JIOMONEY?

JioMoney is one of the famous free apps offered by Reliance Jio for a safe and secure way of making digital payments across physical and online channels. This is similar to that of other payment apps available in the market, but it also offers few unique benefits to its users in terms of various attractive cashback offers and discount coupons.

            Owing to its widespread presence, you can make instant bill payments, do mobile/DTH recharges, pay at thousands of online & physical stores and transfer money to other people or bank accounts. You can link your cards and bank accounts with it.

Any customer with a valid mobile number, registered with any telecom operator can sign up with JioMoney, but each person can hold only one JioMoney account as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations. There are no charges for using JioMoney, you can download the app and start adding money to your JioMoney account through Net Banking, credit card or debit card.

You can link your bank account or credit/debit cards by logging into the JioMoney app and clicking "Add card/Bank account" under the Manage Accounts section. Your JioMoney balance will be displayed on the Home Screen when you login to your account.

Types of Accounts:

1.Basic Account: Transaction limit is capped at INR 10,000 per calendar month. No documents are required for 'Basic Account'.

2.Advanced Account: Premium customers can keep up to INR 100,000 stored in their JioMoney account for any calendar month, however you can do unlimited transactions above INR 100,000 for that calendar month.

You can send money to any person with a valid mobile number, who may or may not be an existing JioMoney user. Send/receive money directly from your JioMoney app by clicking on the Send/Request money icon from the Home screen and following the on-screen instructions.

If the recipient is not a JioMoney user, then he/she will receive a JioMoney installation invitation, whereby after successful app installation and JioMoney account creation, funds will get automatically transferred. Upon a successful transaction completion, you will see the success page with transaction details. You will also receive an SMS on your registered mobile number and e-mail (if registered), whenever you send/receive money. You can also view your recent transactions in the transaction history section of your app.

JioMoney locks your account for your own safety after 3 consecutive incorrect mPIN attempts. In order to unlock your account please contact JioMoney customer care at 1800-891-9999 (toll-free) or write to care@jiomoney.com. Alternatively, you can set a new mPIN by clicking on the “Forgot your mPIN” option available on the JioMoney app and following onscreen instructions.