Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Annual prepaid plans became a trend in 2018 when Reliance Jio first introduced the Rs 1,699 plan. Following the footsteps of Jio, other private telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea followed by the suit along with government-led BSNL. Reliance Jio has been modifying its prepaid plans for a while now and the last change to its annual plan was made a couple of months ago. Jio is now offering an affordable Rs 2,121 annual prepaid plan with 336 days validity and 1.5GB data per day. On the other hand, BSNL has a Rs 1,999 annual plan with 3GB daily data on offer, followed by Airtel and Vodafone Idea with Rs 2,398 and Rs 2,399 yearly plans, respectively. Reliance Jio has disadvantages in two aspects- the validity of Rs 2,121 prepaid plan and the outgoing voice calling to other numbers. Continue reading to know more in detail.

Yearly Daily Data Prepaid Plans from Telcos Listed
Starting with Jio’s long-term daily data offering, it comes with 1.5GB data per day totalling at 504GB, Jio to Jio unlimited voice calling, non-Jio FUP minutes of 12000 and 100 SMSes per day. These benefits are valid for 336 days from the date of recharge and the plan also offers after FUP speeds of 64 Kbps alongside a complimentary subscription to all the Jio apps like JioCinema, JioTV and so on.
Because BSNL reduced the validity of its Rs 1,699 prepaid plan to 300 days recently, the only annual prepaid plan with daily data benefit is Rs 1,999. The plan comes with 3GB daily data, 250 minutes of voice calls per day, 100 SMSes per day and subscription to BSNL TV and BSNL Tunes for the first 60 days. Data, calling and SMS benefits will be valid for 365 days.