Jio extends 90-day free trial offer to owners of Gionee, Karbonn, Lava handsets

KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm has extended its 90-day free voice and data offer to the owners of 4G smartphones of Gionee, Karbon and Lava even as the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco aims to boost user base in the run up to its commercial launch.

"Users of the all 4G smartphones of the brands mentioned above can avail of the Jio Preview Offer at all Reliance Digital stores (including Digital Xpress and Digital Xpress Mini) and other select smartphone retail stores across the country. Customers can get the Jio SIM upon submitting their KYC documents at the time of purchase of their smartphone
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Under the offer, customers can enjoy unlimited access to Jio services for 90 days from the activation of Jio SIM. Jio's 4GLTE services include unlimited HD Voice calls & video calls, unlimited SMS, unlimited high-speed data and a host of Jio Premium apps such as JioPlay, JioOnDemand, JioBeats, JioMags, JioXpressNews, JioDrive, JioSecurity, and JioMoney.

Jio's latest initiative comes a day after it similarly extended its 90-day free voice and data offer to the owners of 4G smartphones of Micromax, its unit Yu, Panasonic, TCL & Alcatel brands.

Jio, which is expected to launch its commercial operations shortly, already has similar tie ups with Korea's Samsung and LG brands, and Asus, besides the LYF brand, owned by group company Reliance Retail.

The Reliance Industries unit, which already has around 1.5 million users in the ongoing trial period, is believed to have tied up with around 2
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