12 Apr 2017 | PTI
New Delhi: After regulator Trai nixed its three-month complimentary offer,
Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced a new plan that offers its Prime
members 1GB of 4G data per day for 84 days at Rs 309.
Similarly by
paying Rs 509, Jio Prime subscribers would be able to avail 2GB of 4G
data per day for the next 84 days. Both the offers come with unlimited
domestic calling.
The offer, named as Dhan Dhana Dhan, is “limited
to one recharge only and not available along with Jio Summer Surprise
offer”, according to the information on Jio’s website.
The move
comes within a week of the telecom regulator asking the Mukesh
Ambani-owned telecom company to withdraw its contentious three-month
‘complimentary’ offer of unlimited data usage and free calls on payment
of a minimum Rs 303.
Trai, on April 6, had asked Jio to stop the ‘complimentary’ service
offer as it was not in accordance with the regulatory framework. Trai
had said that Jio will be required to roll back the 3-month
complimentary offer in “shortest possible time” but clarified that
customers who had already subscribed to the said scheme could avail the
benefits till June-end.
Earlier this week, telecom operator
Vodafone approached Trai alleging that Jio was inviting last minute
subscriptions to its ‘Summer Surprise’ offer despite the regulator
finding it in violation of norms.
“Reliance Jio is continuing with
this offer held as not meeting regulatory norms, in the garb of
configuration changes. For the past three days, it has been promoting
and luring customers to quickly recharge to avail the benefits of a
non-compliant offer and also asking its retailers to communicate the
same,” Vodafone had said in its recent letter to Trai.
Jio had,
however, countered the charges saying the company had made it amply
clear that the complimentary offer would be withdrawn as soon as
operationally feasible, and that customers who subscribed prior to
discontinuation of the offer, remain eligible.
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