Checking the churn: New Reliance Jio plans offer 1,000 minute talk time

Aiming to check any possible churn owing to subscribers porting out because of the ‘6 paise per minute’ charge on its voice calls, Reliance Jio on Monday came out with a set of four new tariff plans — Rs 222, Rs 333, Rs 444 and Rs 555, valid for 28 days, 56 days and 84 days (for the last two), respectively. The highlight of the plans is that the ‘6 paise’ charge for calls made to other networks has been bundled in these plans so that subscribers do not have to go for top-ups to make such voice calls.

The plans work out to be cheaper than Bharti Airtel’s unlimited voice- and data-bundled plans in similar categories. RJio said these new tariff plans come with 1,000 minutes of off-net termination charge minutes, which would have cost users Rs 80 if purchased separately. There’s a catch though — once the 1,000 minutes are exhausted, under fair usage policy subscribers will have to top up by buying voice-calling vouchers. But the company said 1,000 minutes are the average talk time used by a subscriber while making outgoing calls.
The new plans also offer enhanced data — 56 GB, 112 GB and 168 GB, respectively.