Reliance Jio is now offering free data bundled along with its JioFi hotspot device. The company’s website claims to provide free 4G data in form of redeemable vouchers worth Rs 2010 with every purchase of a hotspot device, thereby providing a “cashback” in form of data usage. However, the offer is valid for Jio Prime customers only. Additionally, to attract non-Jio customers, the telco is providing an option for “exchanging” their existing hotspot device (from an operator/model/make), for a JioFi device, thereby making the offer applicable to a non-Jio user. However, it is not clear whether this is considered as a tariff pack (since non-Jio users need to pay to activate Prime account) or as a promo pack. MediaNama has emailed Jio asking whether it has submitted the offer for approval to TRAI, as per its latest direction which came out last month. We will update once they respond. Discrepancies in how the offers is advertised Here is what Jio’s says on its website regarding how users can redeem the data: -For existing Jio Prime users: Customers already holding a Jio SIM card, can purchase the WiFi hotspot worth Rs 1,999 from the online/offline store. These users will be provided with 5 redeemable vouchers of Rs 201 each. -For new Jio Prime users: After exchanging their hotspot device, new users with have to first make a recharge of at least Rs 408 and above to activate the Prime account. Once this is done, they are provided with 10 redeemable vouchers…
