The entry of Reliance Jio shook the telecom industry in India. In its first few months, the company offered unlimited data and free calling on its network. As a result, the crossed 50 million subscribers in the first 83 days and by the end of March, the operator claimed that there were over 108.9 million subscribers on the network.
The end of March also marked the start of its tariff plans. In order to ensure subscriber retention and entice more people to join the network, the operator announced bunch of new offers. Here’s a list of offers that Jio has for you.
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+
Samsung’s newest flagship smartphones one of the best looking smartphones we have seen this year. And on top of that, they are packed with some of the newest tech that is available in the market like dual curved QHD+ displays, Exynos 8895 SoCs and more.
If you are a Reliance Jio user, than you can get double data when you purchase either of the two phones in India. For example, if you get a recharge of Rs. 309, you’ll get 56GB of data instead of the usual 28GB. The offer is valid till December 31, 2016 and will be available on eight continuous recharges.
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If you are a Jio subscriber who purchases this device, you’ll get an additional 100GB of 4G data to use. This data is valid till March 2018. Further, you will get an addition 10GB of data with every recharge of Rs. 309 or more.
Vivo
Besides the two phone specific offers, Reliance Jio has also partnered by Vivo for the Vivo Jio Cricket Mania offer. The offer is open to any Jio subscriber using a Vivo smartphone. All you have to do is register for the offer by sending the text VJ<space>team name to 59009. The complete list of team codes can be found here.
Once registered, every time your team plays, you’ll start accumulating data. Each win nets you 3GB data, a draw give you 2GB data, while a loss results in 1GB data. If your team reaches the qualifiers, your accumulated data will be doubled, and if it reaches the finals, it will be tripled. If your team wins, the data will be quadrupled. Jio will credit the accumulated data over the next 10 recharges as data boosters. Registrations are only open till May 10 and it should be noted that if you register now, you will only get half of the total accumulated data.
JioFi
Smartphone users aren’t the only ones to get special offers. Reliance Jio is also giving special deals on its JioFi 4G hotspot, which is priced at Rs. 1,999. If you are planning to purchase the device, you’ll get two options to choose from. The first is an exchange offer in which you will need to bring your old data card, dongle, hotspot router to a Jio Digital store. There, you’ll have to buy the JioFi 4G Hotspot and perform the mandatory first recharge of Rs. 408. You will then get 4G data worth Rs. 2010 against the dongles that are exchanged.
If you do not have a dongle to exchange, you can still get free data. After purchasing the device and performing the mandatory recharge, you’ll get data worth Rs. 1,999.
Unveiled after TRAI asked Reliance Jio to scrap its Summer Surprise offer, Dhan Dhana Dhan offers free unlimited data, free voice calling, unlimited SMS’ and access to Jio’s apps for three months. Existing Prime members can pay Rs. 309 to get 1GB of data per day, or pay Rs. 509 to get 2GB data per day. Those who haven’t subscribed to Prime will have to pay Rs. 408 and Rs. 608 for the two plans respectively. It should be noted that these plans are only valid for the first recharge.