The dust has barely settled about all the major announcements made by Chairman Mukesh Ambani during the Reliance Industries AGM regarding Jio Phone Next as well as 5G and already there is another big news for the public. Reliance Jio has launched a new ₹3,499 prepaid data plan (annual). However, this time, there was no announcements at all and it was done very quietly indeed.

Jio rolled out some key benefits in June this year. It first launched five freedom plans with no daily data limit and 15-30-60-90-365 days validity. This was followed by the launch of JioFIber postpaid plans. The telco has also announced that it will launch JioPhone Next, the ultra-affordable smartphone on September 10. Now, Jio is rolling out a new annual prepaid plan priced at Rs 3499. The prepaid plans come with daily data benefits of 3GB per day, 100 SMSes per day and unlimited voice calls. Apart from the usual benefits, the prepaid plan also includes a free subscription to JioTV, JioCinema, JioNews, JioSecurity and JioCloud. The prepaid plan comes with a validity of 365 days. Jio’s Rs 2397 no daily data limit prepaid plan comes with 365GB data for 365 days with unlimited calls and Jio apps.

Reliance annual plan Rs 3,499

In line with other recharge plans offered by the company, customers will also enjoy unlimited voice calling and 100 sms per day throughout the country. The recharge plan will also bring access to a host of Jio-owned services including JioTV, JioCinema, JioNews, JioSecurity and JioCloud among others. However, users should take note of the fact that the company has compromised with offering any other subscription services or bonus data under the plan.

 

How Reliance Jio’s Rs 3,499 plan compares with Airtel and Vodafone Idea

Airtels’ 365 day prepaid plan costs Rs 2,498 and offers 2GB data per day with unlimited voice calls and 100SMS per day. Other benefits include Airtel Xstream Premium, Apollo 24|7 Circle, free Hellotunes, a free Wynk Music subscription, Rs 100 cashback on FASTag.

Vodafone’s annual prepaid plan comes at Rs 2,595, offering users 1.5GB data per day, unlimited calls, 100SMS per day, a one-year VIP subscription of Disney+Hotstar etc. Vodafone subscribers can use night data from 12AM to 6AM without any deduction in the pack for free. The unused data of the weekdays can be carried forward to the weekends as part of the company’s Weekend Data Rollover.