Jio crossed 100-million subscribers mark in just 170 days: Ambani

Reliance Jio, he said, will continue to offer free voice calls and national roaming post April 1, when its promotional free voice and data offer ends. For existing customers, he announced that the current benefits will continue under a new tariff plan for another 12 months by payment of Rs 303 per month and a one-time joining fee of Rs 99. 

“Jio launched its services on September 5 last year. Just 170 days later, Jio has crossed the 100 mn customer mark on its 4G LTE, allIP wireless broadband network,” Ambani said. His return to the telecom business after a decade with offer of free voice and cheap data plans has shaken the Indian telecom industry, forcing incumbents to consider mergers and match its tariff. 

With its New Year Offer, similar to its initial promotional offer of free voice and data to attract customers, coming to an end on Mar 31, Jio will start offering its tariff plans from April 1. Ambani said all domestic calls to any network including STD and roaming will continue to be free. For data, Jio will not only match the highest selling tariffs of each of the other leading Indian telecom operators but also provide 20 per more data in each of these plans, he said. 

For the existing 100 million users, he announced a Jio Prime Membership programme wherein customers can enrol by paying one-time fee of Rs 99 and continue to get the existing benefits till March 2018 () 2018 at “a rock-bottom introductory price of only Rs 303 per month.” 

“For 170 days, Jio has added on average nearly 7 customers on its network every single second of every single day. This is an unprecedented level of acceptance for any technology company anywhere in the world,” he said.