India’s Jio unveils Netflix prepaid bundles

Reliance Industries-owned telco operator and TV provider in India Jio has launched prepaid plans bundled with a Netflix subscription.

A Netflix subscription is already available on select Jio Postpaid and Jio Fiber plans.

According to the telco, this is the first time that Netflix will be made available to users through a bundled telco prepaid plan. The new bundle will be available to 400 million of Jio prepaid customers.

The mobile Netflix plan which includes unlimited 5G data with the Jio Welcome Offer of 2 GB/day data at INR1099. While, the Netflix basic plan for larger screens, including unlimited 5G data with Jio Welcome Offer for 3 GB/day data is INR1499.

Kiran Thomas, CEO, Jio Platforms, said, “We are committed to bringing world class services to our users. The launch of Netflix bundles with our prepaid plan is yet another step to demonstrate our resolve. Our partnership with global partners like Netflix has grown in strength and together we are creating use cases for rest of the world to follow”.

Tony Zameczkowski, vice president of APAC Partnerships for Netflix, added, “We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Jio. Over the years, we have launched a variety of successful local shows, documentaries and films which have been loved by audiences across India. Our collection of must watch stories is growing and our new prepaid bundle partnership with Jio will give more customers access to this exciting line-up of Indian content as well as some incredible stories from around the world.”

The offering comes following Netflix’s slate of Tamil and Telugu language titles including Beast, Godfather, Dhamaka, Love Today, Major, Dasara and Virupaksham which launched on the platform earlier this year.