Jio launches JioBharat phone for Rs 999; check details here

'2G-Mukt Bharat': Jio launches JioBharat phone for Rs 999

BY MONEYCONTROL NEWS, JULY 3, 2023

Reliance Jio accelerated the JioBharat phone platform to make a '2G-Mukt Bharat, to bring an era of change.

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JioBharat to enable existing 250 million feature phone users with internet-enabled phones.

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The price of JioBharat is only Rs 999 and it will enable existing 250 million feature phone users with internet-enabled phones.

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Beta trials for first 1 million JioBharat phones begins from July 7, 2023. It will be carried out across 6,500 tehsils.

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Jio says its platform will provide 30 percent cheaper monthly plan rates and seven times more data compared to offerings in this space from other operators.

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The phone comes with a Rs 123 plan per month for unlimited voice calls and offers 14GB data.

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The phone will provide features and digital capabilities to allow buyers achieve more by doing more.

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Besides Reliance Retail, other phone brands (starting with Karbonn), to adopt the ‘Jio Bharat platform’ to build ‘JioBharat phones’.

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