Reliance Jio recently changed its base prepaid plan for the consumers. A couple of days back, TelecomTalk reported about the removal of the Rs 119 plan from Jio throughout the country. Now, the telco's new base prepaid plan is the Rs 149 option. For JioPhone customers, there are more affordable plans available, but if you are a regular Jio customer, then you have to recharge with the Rs 149 plan to keep your benefits active. It is also worth noting that this plan does not qualify for the 5G Welcome Offer that comes with unlimited 5G data.
Reliance Jio has made the move likely to boost its bottom-line revenues. The telco has been struggling to improve its average revenue per user (ARPU) figure for quite some time. At the end of Q1 FY24, Jio's ARPU was Rs 180.5. Jio has 400+ million active users. However, a large proportion of its users are on low-cost recharges or JioPhone plans, which doesn't help Jio in increasing its ARPU. However, the telco will likely benefit from the removal of the Rs 119 plan in terms of ARPU. Whether it would slow down subscriber addition is something time will tell.
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For now, let's go ahead and check out the Rs 149 plan of Reliance Jio.
Reliance Jio Rs 149 Plan
The Rs 149 plan from Reliance Jio comes with 1GB of data per day and 20 days of service validity. The telco also offers additional benefits to customers - JioTV, JioCinema, and JioCloud. The plan offers unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day. Note that users who get JioCinema with this plan don't get JioCinema Premium with it.
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So with this plan, users get 20GB of lump-sum data. If you want 5G Welcome Offer, you will have to recharge with the Rs 239 plan or more.
