Two of the largest companies in India have joined hands in order to strengthen their digital platform. The telecom disruptor Reliance Jio today joined hands with largest state-owned lender SBI by deepening their partnership to bring next generation bilateral frictionless experience with exclusive digital Banking, Payments and Commerce journeys for their customers. 

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Jio and SBI are entering into a digital partnership aimed at increasing SBI’s digital customer base multi-fold. 

Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, SBI said, “As India’s largest Bank with leadership in digital banking, we are delighted to partner with Jio the world’s largest network. All the areas of co-operation are mutually beneficial enhancing the digital foot-print for SBI customers with superior and rewarding customer experiences.”

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited said, “The scale of the SBI customer base is unmatched globally. Jio is committed to using its superior network and platforms combined with the Retail ecosystem to accelerate digital adoption serving all the needs for SBI’s and Jio’s customers."
Guess what! Jio Phones will be available via a special offer to  SBI customers.

Jio Prime will offer exclusive deals from Reliance Retail, Jio, partner brands and merchants. 

Additionally, with an integration between SBI Rewardz (existing loyalty program from SBI) and Jio Prime, customers of SBI will be offered additional loyalty reward earning opportunities as well as broader redemption within Reliance, Jio and other online and physical partner ecosystems.

SBI will be engaging Jio as one of its preferred partners for designing and providing network and connectivity solutions. 

Jio’s highest quality network in urban and rural regions will allow SBI to launch customer centric services such as video banking and other on-demand services. 

the next smartphone every Indian citizen is eying would be Mukesh Ambani’s JioPhone 2. This was announced in the 41st AGM meeting of Reliance Jio’s parent Reliance Industries. Ambani announced a ‘Monsoon Hungama’ offer for its feature phone who has gained traction in past 22 months. 

At first, the company has reduced the effective entry cost of the JioPhone from Rs 1500 to as low as Rs 501. That’s a benefit of Rs 1000 for becoming a member of RJio. We all know the benefit a JioPhone gets you in once you become a subscriber of Ambani’s telecom arm.

This offer will commence from July 21st, and any customer can  exchange their existing feature phone for a brand new JIOPHONE for just Rs 501! 

Not only this, starting from August 15, JioPhone2 will be available at an introductory price of only Rs 2999.

This would be second time Ambani has introduced a new offer under Reliance Jio during India’s Independence Day.

Features of JioPhone 2 includes LTE Band, Dual sim, 2.4 OVGA, 2000 mAh battery, sd card up to 128GB, loud mono speaker, 2MP back camera with VGA (front) camera, qwerty keypad and 4-way Nav Key.