Jio To Offer Rs3 Per Minute For UK, US Calls

Mumbai: Reliance Jio has been surprising us with its plans by offering high speed 4G internet at very low prices along with free voice calling. It has now come up with an offer for the international calls at a price as low as Rs3 per minute.

According to the Reliance Jio website, customers can drastically reduce their international call charges by activating a rate-cutter plan. The plan allows Jio users to make calls to US, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, French Guinea, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and UK at just Rs3 per minute.

Reliance Jio's rate-cutter plan can be activated by recharging for Rs501. However, calls to France, Pakistan, Israel, Japan, Argentina, Denmark and South Korea can be made at Rs4.8 per minute.

Earlier this month, after withdrawing its 'Summer Surprise' offer on telecom regulator TRAI's advice. Reliance Jio came up with 'Dhan Dhana Dhan' plan, offering unlimited data under recharge packs starting from Rs309. In response to Jio's 'Dhan Dhana Dhan' offer other telecom players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have also come out with special recharge plans offering their customers free voice calls and high speed 4G internet.

Recent reports also suggest that Airtel and Vodafone removed the roaming charges to counter Jio's free domestic roaming policy