Google To Offer Free Gemini AI Pro, 2TB Storage To India's 505 Million Reliance Jio Users (reuters.com)
(Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:41PM (msmash)
from the how-about-that dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/1457216/google-to-offer-free-gemini-ai-pro-2tb-storage-to-indias-505-million-reliance-jio-users
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-reliance-jio-users-get-18-month-free-access-googles-gemini-ai-pro-2025-10-30/
Google will [1]offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 million telecom users of India's Reliance Jio, a tie-up that follows similar freebies from rivals including OpenAI to boost adoption in the world's most populous nation. From a report:
> The move also comes weeks after Google committed to invest $15 billion in AI infrastructure capacity in India, its biggest investment yet in the critical South Asian market.
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> [...] The Gemini offer will give Jio users free access to the advanced model of the AI app, two terabytes of cloud storage, and its image and video generation models, in an 18-month offering that is otherwise priced at 35,100 rupees ($399). The companies on Thursday also announced AI partnerships that targeted Indian businesses.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-reliance-jio-users-get-18-month-free-access-googles-gemini-ai-pro-2025-10-30/
> The move also comes weeks after Google committed to invest $15 billion in AI infrastructure capacity in India, its biggest investment yet in the critical South Asian market.
>
> [...] The Gemini offer will give Jio users free access to the advanced model of the AI app, two terabytes of cloud storage, and its image and video generation models, in an 18-month offering that is otherwise priced at 35,100 rupees ($399). The companies on Thursday also announced AI partnerships that targeted Indian businesses.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-reliance-jio-users-get-18-month-free-access-googles-gemini-ai-pro-2025-10-30/
Like cocaine (Score:2)
by Rosco P. Coltrane ( 209368 )
the first hit is free.
$399 (Score:2)
> The Gemini offer will give Jio users free access to the advanced model of the AI app, two terabytes of cloud storage, and its image and video generation models, in an 18-month offering that is otherwise priced at 35,100 rupees ($399).
Priced at $399 rupees....is that per year? Per month? Per day? What?
Whatever it is, it seems like a lot.
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In the above post, I meant to say "$399 in rupees" not "$399 rupees".
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Per mentioned 18 months that would cost otherwise $399.