Era of free voice calls is over - Jio will charge 6 paisa per minute for calls going to other mobile operators.

Reliance Jio, which introduced unlimited free voice calls, has decided to charge it’s customers  6 paisa per minute, for the calls going to other mobile operators. In a statement issued yesterday, Jio has announced that it is compelled to charge 6 paisa per minute, since it has to pay hefty IUC charge to other operators. In the statement, Jio has also stated that, it had paid Rs.13,500 crores as IUC charges to other operators, during the last 3 years. Whatever may be the reason, the era of giving unlimited free voice calls to the customers is gone. Charging 6 paisa per minute is undoubtedly a steep increase in the tariff. This development indicates that the brutal tariff war unleashed by Reliance Jio, to eliminate other operators, has come to an end. The Reliance Jio has been forced to raise it’s tariff and naturally, this will be followed by the other operators also.