Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI

As soon as the festivities started knocking on the doors, the telcos also began launching their unique Diwali offers, discounts and unique plans. The first among the many was the Mukesh Ambani led telco Reliance Jio which introduced a year-long validity plan as its Diwali offer. Apart from the usual voice-centric or add-on plans, this plan came as a singular one from Reliance Jio and the first of its kind in the market. However, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited wasn’t slow to respond as the government led telco answered back by launching an annual validity plan of its own. Down below, we have compared the two-year long validity plans by Reliance Jio and BSNL.

Reliance Jio 365 Days Validity Plan
The plan which Reliance Jio has launched for the festive season costs Rs 1,699 for the entire year, and it ships unlimited calling and data benefits. There are no limits on local or national calling on this plan, and the FUP limit is capped at 1.5GB per day after which the speed throttles down to 64 Kbps. Further, users get a free subscription to Reliance Jio’s host of apps. Over the 365 days period, the total data benefit for the subscribers sums up to be 547.5GB. The plan also offers 100 SMS per day.
Reliance Jio has also announced that subscribers who buy the Rs 1,699 plan before November 30 will be eligible for 100% cashback offer which will be provided to users in the form of five coupons worth Rs 500 and Rs 200. These coupons will be redeemable in Reliance Digital stores for purchases worth above Rs 5,000. The coupons won’t be redeemable together, and they will be valid until December 31, 2018. Another thing to note is that the 100% cashback won’t just be available for the year-long validity plan, but it will also be available for every Reliance Jio plan priced above Rs 100.