The day has arrived when the era of word free in the telecom industry of India has no longer its existence and the day marked for it is 6th december. After putting up of 71,000 crore losses by three nations top telecom giants, government has finally loosened its grip on tariff control. This will allow these companies to have a little breathe after a mammoth losses.
So the trio Jio, Airtel and Idea Vodafone has going to imposed on and around 40 % tariff hike. This means now you have to pay more for your tariff plan. In this tariff war Jio who had in past created ripples in the market during its launching days has once again come up with very very attractive plans for its costumers.
| BEST JIO PLAN | ||
| PLAN | VALIDITY | BENEFITS |
| 199 | 28 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, 1,000 non-Jio minutes |
| 399 | 56 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, 2,000 non-Jio minutes |
| 555 | 84 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, 3,000 non-Jio minutes |
whereas Jio's rivals Airtel and Idea Vodafone has nearly matching tariff plans but they have cut down one plan section that is of 56 days unlike of their rival Jio. Wait there is also a twist here Jio is offering non Jio minutes with its plan that means Jio to Jio calling is unlimited but jio to other calling must be under these 1000 minutes only if you finished these minutes prior to your validity then you must have to do top up to call other than Jio numbers.
| BEST AIRTEL PLAN | ||
| PLAN | VALIDITY | BENEFITS |
| 248 | 28 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, Unlimited calling |
| 598 | 84 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, Unlimited calling |
| BEST VODAFONE IDEA PLAN | ||
| PLAN | VALIDITY | BENEFITS |
| 249 | 28 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, Unlimited calling |
| 599 | 84 DAYS | 1.5 GB daily data, Unlimited calling |
So be ready to spend some extra money on your mobile plans . Now only time will tell whether tariff hike can pull off the telecom sector from this record breaking losses or are we again going to see tariff hike in future?