Big News: Reliance Expected to Extend Jio Prime Subscription Deadline by 1 Month

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Reliance’s Jio will be ending its year-long free services on March 31st, 2017. However, the users can continue the same benefits of the free Jio offer with unlimited 4G internet (FUP @ 1GB/day), voice calls, and SMS till March 31st, 2018 by paying Rs. 303 per month. To get this unlimited plan for Rs. 303, the current Jio SIM users need to become the Jio Prime Member by paying a one-time fee of Rs. 99. While Reliance initially announced March 31st, 2017 as the last date to get the Jio Prime Membership, now leaks suggest the company to extend the deadline until the end of next month.

This is due to the poor response from the current Jio users who are enjoying the free services. Since not many of the users have paid Rs. 99 to get the Jio Prime Membership, a few days back, it came with few new offers that further subsidies the one-time fee. While there are no official numbers for the userbase of Jio Prime Membership base, the reports suggest only 22-27 million users turned up to get the Jio Prime Membership. The report also mentions that Jio has reached only 50% of their target. As there is only one week left until the official deadline, it’s highly impossible for Jio to reach its target.

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With Rs. 303 unlimited plan, the company is offering more 4G data than any other service provider. However, Jio users still experience higher call drops and poor customer service. Airtel, Idea, and Vodafone also came with affordable unlimited plans but are not as cheap as Jio. These incumbent operators also offer better service than Jio 4G and even supports 2G and 3G bands. Even after extending the deadlines, the company might not reach its 50% target which will be around 60 million as most of the interested users might have already subscribed for the Jio Prime Membership.

Jio is also offering Rs. 50 cashback on every recharge made through Jio Money app, which in return makes the Jio Prime Membership free as the users get Rs. 100 cashback after purchasing the Prime Membership and the base plan. While the Rs. 303 plan comes with FUP of 1GB/day; there is another unlimited plan with FUP of 2GB/day that costs Rs. 499 per month. The Jio Prime members who purchase the monthly base plans before March 31st, 2017 also get a complimentary booster pack of 5GB and 10GB 4G data for free on Rs 303 and Rs. 499 unlimited plans respectively.

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