Reliance Jio has grown faster than Facebook

Ambani said that on an average a Jio customer was "using 25 times more data than the average Indian broadband user."

Mumbai, Dec 1 From Dec 4, 2016 every new Reliance Jio user will get data, voice, video and the full bouquet of applications absolutely free till March 31, 2017, Mukesh Ambani said.

Ambani said in an address to stakeholders at RIL's Navi Mumbai office, "We are calling this Jio Happy New Year offer. All existing Jio customers will get extended benefits of Jio Happy New Year offer on current SIMs."

From the start of its service in September, Jio has already bagged over 52 million customers, Ambani said, adding: "In the first three months, Jio has grown faster than Facebook, Whatsapp or Skype."

Ambani shared with stakeholders that on an average a Jio customer was "using 25 times more data than the average Indian broadband user."

Over the past months, the call block rate has come down from over 90% to nearly 20% as of yesterday said Mukesh Ambani. He further added that, "Jio now fully supports mobile number portability and all customers can retain their existing number when they migrate to Jio."

Ambani also informed that Reliance has recently introduced home delivery of Jio SIMs; Get a Jio SIM home-delivered and activated in 5 minutes through eKYC. This he added is being progressively launched across India through MyJio and will be available in top 100 cities by Dec 31.

(With agency inputs)

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