Thursday, December 01, 2016

JPO to JWO and now to HNY (Jio Rocks!)

After today's announcements by Shri. Mukesh Ambani, it is clear that Jio has extended its free offerings till March 31 2017. What initially started before 5 September 2016 was Jio Preview Offer. From the period of 9/5/2016 to 31/12/2016 (or 12/3/2016) it is Jio Welcome Offer. Now from this date to 3/31/2017 it is HNY (Happy New Year) Offer.


There is a catch. The per day bandwidth has been capped down to 1 GB. it was capped to 4 GB in JWO and unlimited in JPO. This is in accordance with FUP because of abuse by a few freeloaders. Getting a SIM also should be easy with eKYC and home delivery measures. No more queueing up early outside Reliance Digital stores and no black market buying for skyrocketing prices.


Truly Jio has revolutionized the way we use the phone in India. Remember it is a 4G only service and hence your phone has to support 4G. And for calls it is just not 4G but 4G VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and hence if your phone is just 4G you may need an app called Jio 4G Voice to bridge the gap.