Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio has announced that all voice calls from Jio to other networks in India will be free from January 1, 2021. It also stated that this has been done because interconnect usage charges (IUCs) for all domestic voice calls is coming to an end from Friday.
The company said in a statement, “Honouring its commitment to revert off-net domestic voice-call charges to zero, as soon as IUC charges are abolished, Jio will once again make all off-net domestic voice calls free, starting 1st January 2021.”
Currently, customers are being charged for off-net voice calls due to the IUC regime.
Jio started charging its customers for off-net voice calls after the TRAI in September 2019 extended the timeline for implementation of IUC on mobile-to-mobile calls beyond January 2020.
“stands firm on its commitment to make the common Indian the beneficiary of advanced technologies like VoLTE,” the company added.
Jio charged its users a rate exactly equivalent to the applicable IUC charge. The company added that it is committed to lay the foundation of a Digital Society, a society where everything, everyone, everywhere is connected with the best quality service, at the lowest price globally, and has access to the most advanced digital platforms.
