<p class="title">Reliance Jio has unleashed yet another price war in the New Year, reducing data tariff by up to 25%. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company has reduced rates by Rs 50 across its all 1GB plans. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is the lowest-ever industry tariff, its 1GB monthly pack is priced at Rs 149. </p>.<p class="bodytext">For its 1.5GB plans, Jio has increased the data limit by 50% while keeping the rates intact. In percentage terms, the rate cut ranges between 8 on the 91-day validity pack to 25 on the 28-day validity pack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company's flagship Rs 399 plan will now provide 20% additional data with a validity of two additional weeks, increasing the current validity from 70 to 84 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rate cuts come into effect from January 9. Company sources said Jio might consider further rate cuts in the course of the year to consolidate the market.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of 118.30 mobile users across the country, Jio has gained a user base of 13.9 crores (11.7%) in just 14 months since its inception in August 2016. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Jio is the fourth largest telecom operator across the country, with the combined share of the top four being 27.7%. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The price war begun by Jio has severely dented the revenues of the other telecom companies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top six telecom companies - Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Idea, Vodafone and Reliance Communications (RComm) - have collectively seen a decline of about 20% in their revenues over the past year. </p>
<p class="title">Reliance Jio has unleashed yet another price war in the New Year, reducing data tariff by up to 25%. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company has reduced rates by Rs 50 across its all 1GB plans. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is the lowest-ever industry tariff, its 1GB monthly pack is priced at Rs 149. </p>.<p class="bodytext">For its 1.5GB plans, Jio has increased the data limit by 50% while keeping the rates intact. In percentage terms, the rate cut ranges between 8 on the 91-day validity pack to 25 on the 28-day validity pack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company's flagship Rs 399 plan will now provide 20% additional data with a validity of two additional weeks, increasing the current validity from 70 to 84 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rate cuts come into effect from January 9. Company sources said Jio might consider further rate cuts in the course of the year to consolidate the market.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of 118.30 mobile users across the country, Jio has gained a user base of 13.9 crores (11.7%) in just 14 months since its inception in August 2016. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Jio is the fourth largest telecom operator across the country, with the combined share of the top four being 27.7%. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The price war begun by Jio has severely dented the revenues of the other telecom companies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top six telecom companies - Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Idea, Vodafone and Reliance Communications (RComm) - have collectively seen a decline of about 20% in their revenues over the past year. </p>