Reliance Jio 4G: "Happy New Year Offer" announced - Complete Details

Jio Announcement Speech and "Happy New Year Offer" details

Reliance Jio 4G: "Happy New Year Offer" announced - Complete Details
Mukesh Ambani addressing Media and Customers
Jio 4G has been breakthrough product of the year 2016. From the hype surrounding it's announcement to the actual launch and then the long queues of people waiting to get their hands on a Jio Sim it has been one big ride. Three months after Reliance Chairman announced "Jio Welcome Offer" he took the stage once again to address the future of  Reliance Jio. He discussed in detail the three months of Jio, future of Jio, introduced "Happy New Year Offer", and Jio Money for Merchant. Below is the highlight of the speech given by Mukesh Ambani.

Highlights of Reliance Jio Announcement Speech by Mukesh Ambani 

  • Jio is now the fastest growing technology company in the world faster that Facebook, Skype and Whatsapp with more than 50 Million subscribers in just three months
  • Jio is now the largest broadband provider in India with average usage 25 times higher than any other network
  • Jio Welcome Offer was used a test to check out data load and customer’s demands and requirements
  • Aadhar e-KYC which completes the activation process in just 5 minutes has been used to activate more than 6 lacs Sim cards on a daily average
  • Jio aims to install more than 4 lac eKYC outlets by March 2017 double the number of existing ATM machines in the country
  • Jio acknowledges the difficulty faced by consumers while making voice calls and blames it on the competition by other networks
  • As per Mukesh Ambani 900 Crore calls were blocked by the other networks however he thanked TRAI for the intervention and promised that such problem will decrease in the future as more points of inter-connect is being provided by other operators
  • Jio now also supports complete Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to allow new customers to retain their existing numbers
  • Jio now also provides home delivery of Sim cards with 5 minutes eKYC activation
  • As per the Jio data 92% of towers are performing at high capacity while 8% suffers from congestion
  • A new FUP policy has been introduced to 'combat' network congestion
  • Jio "Happy New Year Offer" is introduced for all the new customers starting 4th December, 2016 which will be valid till 31st March, 2017
  • Existing customers will continue to enjoy the "Jio Welcome Offer" till 31st December, 2016 after which they will be migrated to "Happy New Year Offer"
  • The new offer will have all the benefits of existing offer except the FUP limit has been decreased to 1 GB from 4GB
  • High capacity users will have chance to recharge for extra usage
  • Two data recharges are available 1 GB for ₹51 and 6 GB for ₹251 with 1 day and 28 days validity respectively
  • Jio Money is being re-introduced along with Merchant app to enable digital transactions everywhere
  • Jio Money fro merchants will be available starting 5th December, 2016
  • Mukesh Ambani dedicated the Jio to the 70th anniversary of India's freedom
After the new announcement has your views changed regarding Reliance Jio. Will you continue to use the Jio Sim. Why or Why not?  Do share your thoughts regarding the new announcement and changes made to the FUP limit.