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Jio brings back Prime with a one-year price lock
Telegraph India··17 Aug
Reliance Jio is relaunching Prime membership with a one-year price guarantee after Bharti Airtel discontinued cheaper 1.5 GB daily data packs. Sources said existing prepaid and postpaid users can join for Rs 300. Customers on other networks may enrol by porting or taking a new connection. A query to Jio drew no reply. Prime first greeted the earliest users.
Prism
What It Means For You
- If you are already on Jio, sources said Prime costs a one-time Rs 300 joining fee for prepaid or postpaid.
- Anyone on Airtel's old Rs 299 daily-data pack now needs a higher-priced plan after those 1.5 GB packs were withdrawn.
- If you join Prime, coverage is limited to eligible Jio plans; the full list was not published in the first announcement.
What's Happening
- On 17 August 2026, sources said Jio would revive Prime with a one-year price guarantee.
- The move came within a week of Airtel removing several unlimited plans that offered 1.5 GB a day.
- Jio also plans to add video, cloud and AI benefits to its Rs 299 recharge.
What Airtel Changed In The Prepaid Ladder
- Airtel's Rs 199 pack with 2 GB for 28 days and Rs 219 pack with 2 GB for 30 days were left unchanged.
- Subscribers who used the discontinued Rs 299 plan with 1.5 GB a day are being pointed to a Rs 349 pack.
- Prime was first created as a thank-you for Jio's earliest 100 million customers; the company now cites more than 500 million users.
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