Chairman Mukesh Ambani said that, from April 1, Reliance Jio, a unit of Reliance Industries, would continue to offer free voice and national roaming after April 1, when its promotional voice and data offer ends. His return to the telecom business after a decade with an offer of free voice and cheap data plans has shaken the Indian telecom industry, forcing incumbents to consider mergers and match its tariff. Ambani said all domestic calls to any network including STD and roaming would continue to be free. For data, Jio will not only match the highest selling tariffs of each of the other leading Indian telecom operators but also provide 20 per more data in each of these plans, he said. ”A significant portion of this data is consumed as video and Jio carries nearly 5.5 crore hours of video daily on its network.

Source: The Telegraph February 21, 2017 10:41 UTC