Aggressive tariffs, Rs 500 4G feature phone: Jio's game plan for disruption

The feature phone is speculated to cost Rs 500 after the company subsidies

Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to unveil new tariff plans as well as a Rs 500 feature phone with VoLTE capabilities at the Reliance Industries’ annual general meeting on July 21 as its 84-day Dhan Dhana Dhan offer — announced on April 11 — is ending soon. 

Under ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan offer’, the company offered a 3-month long subscription for 4G data, Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE), SMS and a suite of Reliance Jio app on monthly recharge of Rs 309 and above. However,  despite various offers and schemes to lure telecom users, Jio's net additions for 4G  are