Do you have multiple jio number ? if yes then you have to know all about Jio Number Retention Charges which is recently introduced by jio silently .
Jio is one of the revolutionary mobile network company which expand rapidly in India and acquire major mobile subscribers in India .
They giving tough competition to Airtel ,Vi & BSNL services ! due to this many mobile network companies in loss or closed down their businesses.
For this reason Airtel & Vi brings some activation pack which allows you keep active your sim which you are not using or using as extra sim.
Previously no such charges levied by companies but due to tough competition all operator introduced validation packs if you not using any data or voice plan you must recharge with validation pack else after few days your number will be closed permanently and allotted to new users.
After Airtel & Vi it seems Jio also brings Retention Charges for those number and connection which are idle from long and not using any Jio services.
These article will explain you what it is & how it will be calculated and how you can avoid this.
What is Jio Number Retention Plan :
In this retention plan if any jio number is idle for 90 days that means if no data plan or any kind of plan active On jio number and it is idle for 90 days then Jio will charge Number Retention fee each month until you recharge any active pack on that jio number.
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Jio Number Retention Charge :
As i said if number is idle for 90 days and no pack active then Jio will charge Rs 20 automatically for each month from main balance from jio number .
If main balance over or you do’t have any balance Jio might be deactivate your connection and allot your number to the new customer.
How to avoid Retention charges from your Jio number :
It is clear now that owning jio sim will not ensure you that you will receiving call & SMS lifetime for free .Now you have to pay for keeping any active sim .
If you want to avoid this charges you can recharge any validation pack from various packages .
You can also do one smart thing use your jio sim approx 80 days and recharge any validity pack after pack validity end use again approx 80 days and do recharge again .
Repeat these steps to keep your jio number active for life time else you have to leave idle sim at some point of time.
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FAQ’S
What is Jio Retention charge ?
If you do’t recharge your JIO number from long which is 90 days then jio will charge number retention fee which is Rs 20 approx.
How many days we can use Jio SIM without any Pack ?
For Jio number it is 90 days after that your number may be terminated by Reliance Jio and allot it to new customer.
Validity of Jio Retention Pack ?
Jio Number Retention Validity is for 30 days after that it will again deduct 20 Rs each month from main balance.
How to activate Jio SIM which is deactivated ?
If 90 days over without any active plan and you are not able to receive any call, do recharge of any validity plan. If recharge become successful you may be able to activate your jio sim.
