Published 17:30 IST, June 2nd 2020

Jio free data of 2GB has been given to some users; Why is Jio offering free data?

Jio free data of 2GB has been received by some users. Why is Jio offering additional data for free? What are new Jio plans for users working remotely?

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Indian Telecom company 'Reliance Jio' is offering free extra 2GB data to some of its users. Jio offered free 2GB data to some of its users previously in April of 2020. In June 2020 Jio free data offer seems to be back and available to select customers again. news broke when some users posted about it on a tech portal following which few more users reported receiving Jio free data. In April, 2020 Indian telecom company had rolled out a similar offer wherein 2GB daily free data was offered to some select users with a validity of four days.

se select users have received free data on top of ir existing plans. For instance, if a user has active on Jio recharge that gives m 3GB data per day, y got an additional 2GB on top of ir daily data. This means that se select users used 5GB of data per day for five consecutive days. If you are a Jio user you can head to MyJio app and click on My Plans to check if you have received free 2GB data too.

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Why some users are getting  Jio's free data?

Some tech portals have predicted that Jio may be offering this additional data as a free surprise to its customers to ease ir days amidst COVID 19 lockdown. But it is undeniable that Jio’s free data plan will motivate a lot of users of or telecom brands to switch to Jio. Some users might prefer to get it as an additional sim to avail of benefits of such Jio plans. Ever since lockdown was imposed Jio came up with many work from home plans for its users. Jio recently introduced some new plans and made changes to some of existing prepaid plans.

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What are some ongoing Jio offers today?

Jio plans w include ir new work from home 4G vouchers w. This Jio recharge was rolled out amidst COVID 19 lockdown to benefit people working remotely. Initially, se Jio plans didn’t come with a validity period. It depended solely on validity of users existing prepaid plans. But recently se Jio recharge options were updated and w packs come with a 30-day validity.

se work from home, Jio recharge plan options will w have a validity of 30 days even if validity of existing plan of a user finishes. Jio 4G vouchers anunced were Rs 151, Rs 201, and Rs 251. Rs 151 top-up plan w offers a total of 30GB data, Rs 201 will offer a total of 40GB data whereas Rs 251 data plan offers a total of 50GB data. Jio recharge can be done with cheaper voucher plans costing Rs 11, Rs 21 as well.

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Jio offers today also include a yearly plan costing Rs 2,399. This Jio recharge plan offers 2GB data per day, unlimited Jio-to-Jio voice calling, 12,000 fair us policy minutes of calling to or networks. It also provides 100 SMS’s per day and carries a validity of 365 days. plan includes a complimentary subscription to Jio apps. 

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17:30 IST, June 2nd 2020