Jio launches handset offer to grow user base, turn market into '4G-only'

Customers offered handset, two years of unlimited voice calls and 2GB data a month for Rs 1,999

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio today launched a new bundled offer giving customers a handset, up to two years of unlimited voice calls and 2GB data per month.

The offer comes in the backdrop of stiff competition in the telecom space, which has seen rival Bharti Airtel add subscribers at a faster pace in recent months. The scheme is in line with Jio’s ‘2G- Mukt Bharat’ plan which aims to turn India into 4G-only market.

"India still has 300 million subscribers who remain trapped in the 2G era, unable to access basic features of the internet at a time when the