Reliance Jio extends Prime membership till April 15

As the response for Reliance Jio is quite high compared to other networks, Ambani extended the date for registering Jio Prime to April 15.

Reliance Jio Prime customers who make first recharge before April 15 using its Rs 303 plan (or higher) will get complimentary services for first three months.

Reliance Jio on Friday extended Jio Prime service till April 15 enthused by the response the premium service received in the past few weeks. The company said the service has been extended due to the overwhelming response from the customers.

Over 72 million Jio customers have signed up for Jio Prime membership, the company said in a statement.

Reliance Jio Prime Extends Till April 15th

"Customers who could not enroll for Jio Prime by March 31 can still do so by paying Rs 99 along with their first purchase of Jio’s Rs 303 and other plans till 15th April," Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said in a statement.

"This extension will provide the necessary breathing room for users to avoid service disruption during the transition from free to paid services," he said.

Jio has also announced a Jio Summer Surprise exclusively for its Prime customers. Prime customers who make first recharge before April 15 using its Rs 303 plan (or higher) will get complimentary services for first three months. Regular tariff plans will be applicable from July, once the complimentary service ends.

"This complimentary period will also help to familiarise Jio customers with Jio’s fully digital, self-service process of using the MyJio app to perform recharges and to set up digital payment methods for further purchases," Ambani said.

He also said Jio has created the world’s largest greenfield 4G LTE wireless broadband network, with over 100,000 mobile towers. Ambani added that the company will add another 100,000 towers to their network in the coming months, and will be investing over Rs 200,000 crores, which is the largest anywhere in the world.

He also admitted that Jio does have small pockets of congestion on its network, but promised that with expansion of investment the service will improve in the coming months.