Jio extends Prime offer for existing users for 12 months at no extra cost

New subscribers will get JioPrime membership at Rs 99

Ending the uncertainty over Prime membership, Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) announced on Friday that it is going to continue its Prime membership to existing prime members at no extra cost. For new Jio users, the Jio Prime Membership will continue to be available at an annual membership fees of Rs 99.

"All Jio PRIME members who have subscribed to the exclusive membership benefits until 31st March 2018 will get another year of complimentary PRIME benefits at NO additional fee," Jio said in a statement.

To avail the benefit the existing subscribers need to express interest to get complimentary membership for the next 12 months through MyJio app.

At present, there are over 175 million Jio Prime members.

"Jio deeply values its loyal PRIME members and will continue to deliver additional benefits and superior value to these founding members," the company said.

Jio had started the loyalty program last April and its time line was to expire on March 31.

The customers who subscribe to the plan received subsidised and additional benefits. Apart from the call and data benefits, users also receive access to all the Jio apps and content.

The extension of Prime membership comes days after Jio announced a new Rs 2,200 instant cashback for its prime members who would purchase Nokia 1 smartphone. Apart from the cashback, the company also offered additional 60GB 4G data to the users.

According to the terms of the Nokia 1 offer, users need to recharge their Jio number with Rs 198 or Rs 299 to get the 2,200 cashback into their MyJio account in the form of 44 vouchers, worth Rs 50.

The offer ends on March 31, 2019.