Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, on Thursday at an event, said that the free services under Reliance Jio Welcome Offer have been extended till March 31. They have set an FUP limit for daily usage so as to allocate more data to each customer. He said about the Reliance Jio extended Welcome Offer, “Starting December 4, 2016, every new Jio user will get the data, voice, and a full bouquet of the Jio apps free till 31 March 2017.” He also added that “This is the Jio Happy New Year Offer. All our existing 52 million users will continue to enjoy the Welcome Offer till 31 December, and then automatically be signed up for the New Year Offer. No need to buy a new SIM.”
After the launch of Reliance Jio in September, the company has seen a mixed reception, with long queues for SIM cards, and repeated complaints about slow speeds. Elaborating on this, Mukesh Ambani said that the reason was the free Welcome Offer. “With 52 million customers, taking full advantage of the free Welcome Offer, it has caused slowdowns, but only on 8 percent of our towers,” he said. “And 92 percent of our customers and towers have been experiencing high data speeds.”
Mukesh Ambani pointed out – and that there will be 4 lakh outlets by March 2017. And during the announcement, he confirmed that Jio has attracted and signed up 6 lakh customers every day for three months, and said, “On average, a Jio customer is using 25 times the data that an average broadband user consumes.” He also added that are 2 lakh eKYC outlets – “nearly equal to the total number of ATMs in India,”
Speaking about the growth he added “We are the fastest growing technology company, not only in India, but in the history of the world, in the three months, it’s grown faster than Facebook, or WhatsApp, and the fastest growing LTE network.” He also added that Jio SIM cards will now be available for home delivery, and these can be activated at the nearest eKyc. Also, all the plans for original Jio SIM users and MNP migrators will be the same. He added, “This will be available in all the top cities by 31 December 2016.”
