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Mukesh Ambani is here to do business and not charity. The reason behind giving Free is to import as much as users on their network so that the network gets over saturated (Because the low ARPU users try to squeeze the last bit of data which otherwise they cannot afford to). He wants to make sure that the system shall perform well in future - so by doing so he will be able to test the load capacity and stability of his network as well. Further being a business man he will also be able to release payment of the company who is commissioning the project across India once he is convinced that the system is OK for handling extreme load (conducting real time thorough testing). As far as calls are concerned Jio themselves are responsible for call drops - By doing so they are tarnishing the image of competitors as well as savings money which they have to pay as interconnect charges otherwise. Just the way they have put a limit of 4GB for data - likewise they have also put a limit in their network for total number of calls to through to other networks which costs money to them. Out of total subscribers hardly 20% of the users will be heavy users whereas 70% will be average users and 10% will be light users once the charges are imposed after commercial launch. So finally when FREE scenario will be over the Jio performance will surge up suddenly. But as KanagaDeepan said Jio should not Drag/extend this FREE scheme beyond January otherwise it will obviously have adverse affect as well as give opportunity to AVoID to hold back customers with new lucrative offers (which they have already started). Instead of FREE they should have given the SIM for some kind of advance 3 months deposit/subscription which would be adjusted once the commercial services start and shall be binding - then the things would have been different and only genuine users would have approached for the SIM. At the moment any TOM DIC-K & HARRY is just taking a SIM for 3 months FREE RIDE and believe me will never ever use JIO once the free period is over. So although Jio may succeed in having millions of subscribers in their customer base but the active users will be much less than that after commencement of the commercial launch. Good luck JIO!!

@LTE4G Good point, reg the possibility of call being restricted from JIO's end as well, to minimize IUC payments... Now I have seen that only 100 calls / minutes free per day limit applicable for prepaid users in JIO. NOT sure, if its a welcome offer thingy or applicable for all, especially in Rs149 plan. I am sure nobody will care about that in JWO, as calls are hardly connecting. For Rs149 per 28 days, if they apply the same limit (100 mins per day) that brings to 2800 minutes for Rs149 and with current IUC of 14p / min it comes to around Rs392. That Rs243 loss can be easily adjusted by IUC from incoming calls [14p/min income by IUC] and Jio2Jio calls (no need to pay IUC for the calls), unused FREE calls per day, overage charges @ 2p/sec in home and Rs0.45 / Rs0.80 / Rs1.15 during roaming. Simply put, FREE calls is NOT a big deal / loss for JIO, imho...

Yes ! JioDrive is now renamed as JioCloud. Default link https://www.jio.com/en-in/apps/jio-cloud Desktop version for Mac & Windows as well as iOS & Android can be downloaded from : https://www.jiocloud.com/downloadApp/ Web login page : https://book.jiodrive.com/web/ & https://www.jiocloud.com/ Read the FAQs in details from this link : https://static.jiocloud.com/faq.html & https://static.jiodrive.com/faq.html Some important FAQs are here : Jio Cloud, with up to 5GB storage is free, Charges for up to 50 GB storage.........₹50 / 30 days Charges for up to 200 GB storage......₹150 / 30 days Charges for up to 1TB storage............₹500 /30 days All charges are inclusive of Taxes. On which devices can I use JioCloud? JioCloud supports three different types of client platforms - Mobile, Desktop and Web. Mobile: Android (OS version 4.0 and above) - Smartphone and Tablet. iOS (7.0 and above) - iPhone and iPad Desktop: Windows 7, Windows 8. MAC OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) & 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), and 10.11 (El Capitan). Web: Microsoft Internet Explorer - latest two versions. Mozilla Firefox - latest two versions. Apple Safari - version 6. Google Chrome - latest version. Can I use JioCloud with more than one device? Yes. JioCloud can be associated with only three mobile devices and three tablets at any given point of time, but there is no limit on the number of PCs. After the limit is reached, you can use it on a new mobile device by removing one of the existing devices. How much does JioCloud cost? JioCloud app is free to use. JioCloud gives storage space according to the JioCloud plan you have purchased. You can find the free storage quota applicable to you from the settings screen of the app provided you haven't purchased any storage from us. If you need additional storage, please visit www.jio.com and select JioCloud plans available in recharge section. Am I eligible to subscribe to JioCloud? If you have an active Jio account, you are eligible to subscribe to JioCloud, regardless of the type of mobile device you have. JioCloud offers a wide variety of ways to access the content you have stored in your account (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet and web browser). When I sign in to JioCloud, do I use the same sign-in information as My Jio? Yes. Use the same sign-in credentials you use to sign in to My Jio. If you have changed your My Jio credentials, please sign in to JioCloud with the new credentials. Can I watch videos and listen to songs available on JioCloud without downloading them? Yes, with JioCloud you can watch videos and listen to songs from any device without downloading them. However, you need to be connected to the internet to view the content. Can I pause file sync since JioCloud is consuming lot of bandwidth? Yes, Sync can be paused on the desktop. On the mobile app Contact Sync cannot be paused or cancelled. Media Sync cannot be paused and can only be cancelled by clicking on the X button while the sync is in progress and then clicking on ‘Cancel backup’ on the pop-up window.If you feel that the sync will consume a lot of bandwidth then you can prevent file sync by unselecting all the file types in the ‘What to Back Up’ section of the settings. Alternatively you can select ‘WiFi Only’ as the option in ‘How to Back Up’ settings so that your mobile bandwidth doesn’t get consumed for syncing files from the device. How many of my text messages will sync to JioCloud? When you first sync your device with JioCloud, all text messages from the previous 90 days will get backed up to the cloud. From that time, all new text messages sent or received on your device will also get backed up to the Drive. When you switch to a new device, you can restore all your text messages that are saved to JioCloud to your new device. Notes:The first time you sync to JioCloud, it may take a long time, depending on how many text messages and how much other content you have to sync. The first sync should always be done over WiFi and with your device connected to a wall charger. When you delete a text or multimedia message from your phone, it will also be deleted from the Drive How do I know how much JioCloud storage space I have consumed? How do I add more online storage? On the JioCloud desktop application, mobile application and tablet application, a storage progress bar is available in Summary and settings screens that tells you the amount of storage used as against the amount of total quota in your account. If you would like to add more online storage, please select the Upgrade option and follow the instructions. How do I sync my address book with JioCloud? You need to include contacts by visiting the Settings screen and checking the Contacts box in the 'What to backup' option. Your address book gets synced at regular intervals as per your choice. Please note that you can initiate sync by clicking on Sync Now manually and all changes from previous sync get backed up immediately. Notes: JioCloud syncs the address book with a copy of the same in the cloud, hence the changes made by you from other devices also reflect in the current device's address book. Can I use JioCloud to transfer my address book to another phone? Yes. Please check if you have uploaded your contacts from old phone to JioCloud by visiting the contacts screen in JioCloud. Once all contacts from old phone are uploaded to JioCloud, visit Settings screen and checking the Contacts box in the 'What to backup' option. As part of the first sync, all your contacts will get transferred to your device. Can I access my data stored in JioCloud after expiry of current pack's validity period? Yes. Only further uploads will be prevented if you don't have free storage space applicable after expiry of validity period. Please note your storage quota gets reduced by amount of storage space of the expired storage pack. I bought a new phone. Can I restore files in my old phone to new phone? You can restore files backed up from your old phone to new phone by using 'Content restore' feature in tools section. If you have stored contents of multiple phones, you can select any of those phones and restore them to your new phone. JioCloud is a good initiative by Jio with lot of features making life easier especially for a Mobile user. Happy Clouding !!

Plans might undergo further modification till final launch and may look like this: Unlimited calls to any Network in India*(Terms & condition apply) * As per FUP only first 100 minutes per day will be free.