Reliance Jio Has Withdrawn Its Summer Surprise Offer

Just six days after it was announced - after sector regulator TRAI [Telecom Regulatory Authority of India] issued an order for its canceliation. With Jio Summer Surprise offer,  the company provided free 4G data, SMSs, app subscription free for three months. But with the offer now withdrawn, Reliance customers at least some of them will have to start paying.

Jio's free services were supposed to end on April 1st, according to the announcement made in february. But the operator announced the new Jio Summer Surprise offer on March 31, bringing another three months of free services. for customers to avail that offer - all they had to do was to become Jio Prime members (with a Rs. 99 recharge), and then buy a recharge of Rs. 303 or higher amount, Depending on the recharge value, Jio customers were to receive free 4G data and other services as part of the summer offer.


For Prime Members :- 


"All customers who have subscribed to Jio Summer Surprise offer prior to its discontinuation will remain eligible for the offer." stated by the Reliance operator.This essentially means that Jio customers who have already signed up for Jio Prime membership plan and purchased recharge of Rs. 99 or higher value will continue to get free services till July. After that, they will get the benefits of the recharge value exactly as was announced on March 31. So, assumingly a majority of Jio's user base will continue to enjoy free services until June 30.

For Non-Prime Members :-

All the Jio users who had not signed up for Jio Prime. They will have to pay for all Jio services except calls. Though the services were to become paid starting April 1, the company had provided users a chance till April 15 to enrol for Jio Prime. In this grace period, users could continue to use all Jio services for free (without Prime subscription), but with the new TRAI order, it is not clear whether this grace period ends too.

Jio Prime Subscription:-

While Jio Summer Surprise offer has been withdrawn, users can still sign up for Jio Prime subscriptions till April 15 in order to enjoy 4G data and other services at heavy discount rates, if not free. Customers signing up by paying Rs. 99 as a one time fee by the end of March would get unlimited data and free voice services for a year at a rate of Rs. 303 per month, though usage of 4G data would be capped at 1GB per day.