Good news for Jio users: No need to buy top-ups to cover increased tariff

The telco has announced three new plans that come bundled with the 6-paise-per-minute charge imposed on voice calls to other networks, so subscribers will not have pay anything additionally

Telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm on Monday announced three new plans to address subscribers’ concerns over its decision to raise tariff by 6 paise per minute on calls to rival telecom networks. After the telco imposed an interconnection usage charge (IUC), its customers had been demanding a simple and hassle-fee package so that they did not have to buy top-ups to cover the additional tariff.

The newly announced plans — Rs 222, with a validity of one month; Rs 333 with a two-month validity; and Rs 444 with three months’ validity — come with 1,000 minutes of free off-network calls. This