Couple of days before airtel submit a complaint against jio to trai about the extension of free services beyond 90 days. Now trai asked jio about the free welcome offer and asked to give explanation about why the extension of free data and call beyond the 90 days.
Reliance jio is one of the largest telecom operators in india gives unlimited data and voice pack free for all subribers. Now on December 1,2016 Mukesh Ambani announced new free offer names New year offer which is free till march,2017. Free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing regulations requiring promotional offers to be limited to 90 days.
Trai shot off the letter after the Mukesh Ambani-led firm announced free data and voice calls for existing and new customers under the 'Happy New Year offer'.When contacted, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) did not offer any comments on the issue.
Stating that the preliminary analysis relies on factors like average subscriber additions per day and free data being offered, Trai is learnt to have asked RJIL to clarify as to "why the offer of free data under the promotional offer should not be treated as predatory."
Another source said that in a meeting with Trai, Jio has said that the latest Happy New Year offer is substantiatively different from the Jio Welcome Offer (that commenced on September 5) as in the initial offer it had provided 4GB of free data per day, and in the new offer the same was capped at 1GB under Fair Usage Policy.
Sources said, Trai has also asked Jio to give an estimated month-wise projection of the number of subscribers that are expected to be added till March 31, 2017.Jio has been given five days to clarify on the issues raised by the regulator.
Reliance jio is one of the largest telecom operators in india gives unlimited data and voice pack free for all subribers. Now on December 1,2016 Mukesh Ambani announced new free offer names New year offer which is free till march,2017. Free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing regulations requiring promotional offers to be limited to 90 days.
Trai shot off the letter after the Mukesh Ambani-led firm announced free data and voice calls for existing and new customers under the 'Happy New Year offer'.When contacted, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) did not offer any comments on the issue.
Stating that the preliminary analysis relies on factors like average subscriber additions per day and free data being offered, Trai is learnt to have asked RJIL to clarify as to "why the offer of free data under the promotional offer should not be treated as predatory."
Another source said that in a meeting with Trai, Jio has said that the latest Happy New Year offer is substantiatively different from the Jio Welcome Offer (that commenced on September 5) as in the initial offer it had provided 4GB of free data per day, and in the new offer the same was capped at 1GB under Fair Usage Policy.
Sources said, Trai has also asked Jio to give an estimated month-wise projection of the number of subscribers that are expected to be added till March 31, 2017.Jio has been given five days to clarify on the issues raised by the regulator.
