After Airtel & Vodafone Idea, Jio too announces an increase in their plan prices from 6 December

December 4:  Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the three leading telecom companies in India have announced an increase in their plan prices. Rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have already increased their tariff plans upto 50% from 3 December. Jio will introduce the revised plans on 6 December. While the tariffs of Jio have been hiked by up to 40%, customers will now get 300% more benefits, the company said in the statement.

Jio will increase the prices of its prepaid plans from December 6 and ahead of that users are given the choice to stock up the existing plans by queuing up plans via MyJio App. Before 6 December, to get 336 days of uninterrupted services, one can recharge four times with ₹444 (Total Rs.1,776)  plan which offers you 2GB data per day. Jio currently offers six All-in-One plans- Rs 149, Rs 222, Rs 333, Rs 444, Rs 555, and Rs 1776. The Rs 149 plan comes with a validity period of 24 days whereas the Rs 1776 plan offers a validity of 336 days.

The last date for recharging these All-in-One Plans is 5 December. These plans will automatically become active once the validity period is crossed. The queued up plans will remain unaffected from the price hike.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd on Wednesday revealed the new tariffs of its ‘All in One’ plans with unlimited voice and data services.  The new tariffs range is given below:

• ₹199 a month to ₹2,199 for one year. The customers will get 28 days validity, on a top up of ₹199,
• 56 days for ₹399,
• 84 days for ₹555 and
• 365 days for ₹2,199 recharge.
• The customers will now get 1.5 GB data per day instead of 2 GB earlier and unlimited Jio to Jio calling. The new rates will come into effect from 6 December.

Thus, Jio has raised the price of Rs 153 plan to Rs 199; Rs 198 plan to Rs 249; Rs 299 plan to Rs 349; Rs 349 plan to Rs 399; Rs 448 to Rs 599;  Rs 1,699 plan to Rs 2199, and Rs 98 plan to Rs 129.

Airtel has merged its popular ₹169 and ₹199 plans into a single ₹248 pack. Their previous 28-day validity remains the same. The tariff hike for users of its ₹169 pack comes to be 47%, highest among its peers, although customers will now get 1.5GB of data per day, 50% more from what they were getting earlier and the same as what the ₹199 plan user was enjoying. Vodafone Idea’s latest prepaid tariffs come with validity periods of 2 days, 28 days, 84 days and 365 days.