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We discuss Reliance Jio’s leaked Republic Day offer, which offers up to 50 percent more data per day for prepaid customers. Gadgets 360’s telecom expert Ravi Sharma joins host Pranay Parab to talk about how long these discounts are going to keep flowing and whether it makes sense to be on postpaid anymore. Reliance Jio’s rumoured Republic Day Offer (0:30) What the offer features Prepaid packs targeted Reliance Jio’s price changes in 2017 What to expect for postpaid Competition from Vodafone and Airtel (6:00) Airtel’s competing packs How much the price of voice and data has decreased since 2016 Other players in the market Can we expect prices to fall further? The caveats of Jio’s constant discounts (10:30) Will you have to cancel your plan? The downside of being on prepaid What about postpaid customers? When will telecom companies raise prices? (13:20) Average revenues per user How long we expect discounts to last How telcos could try and raise their revenue per user Network quality and congestion