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Last week, Reliance Jio made a major move and reduced the validity of its yearly plan to 336 days. Jio’s newly launched Rs 2,121 prepaid plan is now being marketed as the one with 12 months validity, and why not, because telecom operators always stated that a month for prepaid users would be 28 days and not like postpaid users. It can also be noticed that Reliance Jio has reduced the validity of the existing Rs 1,299 yearly prepaid plan to 336 days. So in Jio’s words, an annual plan will offer validity of 336 days (28*12). This isn’t a good move at all considering consumers will have to recharge for another 28 days even after choosing a 12 months pack on Jio’s network. Right now, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and BSNL are offering yearly plans with 365 days validity, but they might soon follow the footsteps of Reliance Jio.
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Jio Rs 1,299 Prepaid Plan Sees Validity Reduction
After the December 2019 tariff revision, Reliance Jio had two long-term or annual plans on offer- Rs 2,199 (being on offer at Rs 2,020 since the start of 2020) and Rs 1,299. Both the plans shipped with benefits for 365 days from the date of recharge. Reliance Jio pulled the Rs 2,020 or Rs 2,199 yearly plan and replaced with Rs 2,121 prepaid recharge last week. While it did not entirely remove the Rs 1,299 annual pack, the telco revised the validity to 336 days- a downgrade by 29 days. So Jio’s long-term plans of Rs 2,121 and Rs 1,299 now come with 12 months or 336 days validity, since a month accounts for 28 days in the prepaid segment.
