Mukesh Ambani, the owner of emerging mobile broadband service provider Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) and also happens to be India’s richest man, has made a promise to India’s people that all data, voice calls and messages will be free to anyone who has their SIM card. They have officially launched, and the free services will last until December 31st this year, after that the voice calls will remain free.
People lining up in front of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Source: Futurism
According to Ambani, “India and Indians cannot afford to be left behind. The era of paying for voice calls is ending.”
RJIL or Jio for short plans to offer cheaper data plans than those offered currently by India’s leading providers. Their plans will start as low as Rs 50 ($0.75) per Gigabyte and they will be keeping voice calls free of charge.
Jio’s 4G LTE development is said to be the largest deployment in the world and it covers 18,000 Indian cities including 200,000 remote areas. The company plans to broaden the reach to cover 90% of the country’s population by next year.
