Big shake-up in India's telecom market


A Reliance employee demonstrates Jio LYF phone at their headquarters on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, June 1, 2016. Picture taken June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clara Ferreira Marques

India is heading for a massive telecom shake-up after Reliance Jio – owned by the country's richest man Mukesh Ambani – launched full services, offering free calls and promising data at a fifth of market rates. 

Subscribers, in fact, are being offered free data, voice calls and messages on a 4G network till Dec 31, after which they will be able to choose from nearly a dozen tariff plans. Monthly plans start from as low as 149 rupees (RM9). 

Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.

Monthly Plan

RM13.90/month
RM5/month

Billed as RM5/month for the 1st 6 months then RM13.90 thereafters.

Annual Plan

RM12.33/month

Billed as RM148.00/year

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