Reliance Jio free offers end today: Here’s a look at what rivals Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular are offering

Reliance Jio, from April 1, will become chargeable for 4G data services on its network. This is because the freebies are finally ending. Yet, Jio is offering data packs at really aggressive prices. Reliance Jio had announced its plans in the country in 2016, and since then an interesting tariff war among telecom companies has spewed. Many rivals like Airtel and Vodafone have accused Jio of disrupting the telecom market. In a bid to compete, rivals Vodafone, Airtel, BSNL and Idea Cellular have also announced similar offers. Meanwhile, today is the last day to buy the Reliance Jio Prime membership, since the Happy New Year offer were scheduled to end on March 31 itself.

As private companies like Airtel and Vodafone have decided to counter Jio with their own data packs competitively priced, even public sector companies like BSNL have not lagged behind. This essentially means that ther cannot be a better time to be a mobile internet user in India. Here is a look at Reliance Jio’s data packs they are offering to Prime and non-Prime members. Also, look at the competitive prices that incumbents Vodafone, Airtel, Idea Cellular and BSNL are offering.

Jio users will have to pay a subscription fee of Rs 99 if they wish to continue using the freebies in the Happy New Year offer. Additionally, users will have to shell out Rs 303 every month to continue accessing Jio’s 4G services and also the full bouquet of Jio’s media services for one year. Also, voice calling, as promised, will always remain free on Jio numbers. Alike the previous ‘Happy New Year’ offer, the Prime membership too will provide users with a FUP limit of 1GB data for each day. Effectively it translates to 30GB data for a month, meaning Rs 10 per day.

Vodafone, a while back, had rolled out a recharge pack priced at Rs 346 which comes with 28GB of mobile internet and unlimited free calls. Vodafone has also put a 1GB data cap on free usage, after which the user will be charged. “Vodafone customers are diverse as are their wants. To satisfy these diverse needs and wants, Vodafone offers various segmented propositions. This is one such segmented offering and the offer is valid only until 15 March,” Vodafone said in an official statement.

Airtel’s prepaid recharge plan is of Rs 345 which gives the users 1GB of 4G data per day, along with free local, STD calls. Meanwhile, there are terms and conditions of the data usage. 500MB during the day, 500MB during the night. Customers, in order to avail the service, has to sign up before March 31and the recharge will apply for the next 11 months after the deadline. Users should have a 4G smartphone with 4G support.

Other things to know: Unlimited local and STD calls, and 28GB data for 28days. The data is divided as daily 500 MB during the day and same for the night (12AM-6AM). According to the Airtel recharge website, the offer still reflects for Airtel subscribers in Delhi and Tamil Nadu circles. The network provider has not said anything on these offers, officially. Some of its offers have been present on Airtel numbers since a long time now.