Jio becomes 1st telco to float 5G-specific plan

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom unit of Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, has become the first telco to introduce a 5G-specific plan, with a '61 data top-up scheme that provides 6 GB data.

With this, Jio has opened up its 5G welcome offer to all customers across the 85 cities that it has launched 5G services so far, with the addition of 10 new cities in its coverage on Monday. These include - Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj, (Uttar Pradesh), Tirupati, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Kozhikode, Thrissur (Kerala), Nagpur, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra).

Until now, only users on the '239 and above base packs and having a 5G-enabled device were eligible to receive the welcome offer.