Reliance Jio aims for 100 million customers

Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) Reliance Jio has set a target tobring onboard 100 million customers in the "shortest possibletime" as it rolls out its 4G network across the country, RILchief Mukesh Ambani said today. "I have always set impossible goals for the Jio team andthey have always exceeded my expectations. So today I set atarget for team Jio to acquire 100 million customers on theJio network in the shortest possible time and create a newworld record," he said at RIL’s 42th Annual General Meeting. He added that this would translate into a data usage of250 crore gigabyte per month. Reliance Jio has already onboarded 1.5 million users onits 4G network, during the test phase. Over the past fewweeks, Reliance Jio has been expanding its unlimited calls andhigh-speed mobile broadband trial offer to 4G smartphone usersof brands such as HTC, Intex, Vivo, Gionee, Karbonn and Lava. Jio service is already available on Sony, Sansui,Videocon, LG, Samsung, Micromax, Panasonic, Asus, TCL,Alcatel 4G smartphones. Ambani today announced free voice calling, free roamingand an extremely low data pricing for its Jio 4G phoneservices. Jio, which will compete head on with players like BhartiAirtel and Vodafone, will offer users data services free forfour months from September 5, after which it will offer 10tariff plans starting at Rs 19 a day for occasional datausers, Rs 149 a month for low data users and Rs 4,999 a monthfor heavy data users. PTI SR MBI SBTMKJ