Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has never charged its customers separately for IUC and that the unlimited calling benefits will continue for subscribers without any change. The comments came a day after Reliance Jio announced that calls by its users to other networks in India will become free from Friday, as the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) regime ends. Ajai Puri, Chief Operating Officer of Bharti Airtel said, At Airtel, we are obsessed with delivering the best-in-class experience to our customers. Airtel mobile customers already enjoy unlimited free calls to all networks with our prepaid bundles and postpaid plans that also offer large dollops of high speed data.
Reliance Jio to start offering free voice calls to all networks from January 1 again Updated Dec 31, 2020 | 15:57 IST
Reliance Jio is removing Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC), and would again start offering free voice calls to all networks starting January 1. Representative image
Reliance Jio is removing Interconnect Usage Charges from January 1
According to the telco, it stands firm on its commitment to make the common man a beneficiary of technologies such as VOLTe
Telecom giant Reliance Jio is removing Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC), and would again start offering free voice calls to all networks starting January 1, the company announced on Thursday. According to the telco, it stands firm on its commitment to make the common man a beneficiary of technologies such as VOLTe.
Jio s New Year gift: Voice calls to other networks in India to be free from January 1
India
Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2020, 17:15 [IST]
Mumbai, Dec 31: India s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio on Thursday announced that all voice calls made from Jio to other networks in India will be free from January 1. 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, the company said in a statement. Currently, customers are being charged for off-net voice calls due to the IUC regime. It added that on-net domestic voice calls have always been free on the Jio network.