In a bid to bring new subscribers to its network, telecom operator Reliance Jio has today announced the new “JioPhone 2021 Offer” which will be available from March 1. The new offer is an extension of Jio’s plans to upgrade millions of 2G users in India to the more advanced 4G baseband that the company’s network operates on. Jio claims to have successfully upgraded more than 100 million users to its 4G platform to date. However, it now plans to upgrade three times this number to its 4G network with the help of its JioPhone 2021 offer.
Speaking about this new offer, Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio, commented, “There are still 300 million subscribers in India who remain trapped in the 2G era, unable to access basic features of the internet, at a time, when the world stands at the cusp of a 5G revolution. Since the last 4 years, Jio has democratised the internet and passed on the benefits of technology to every Indian. Technology no longer remains a privilege of a select…