How long before Jio deactivates my sim?

[sniper]

I'm a Jio Prime user who hasn't recharged my number since the expiry of my last plan which was May 4, 2018. It's been over a month now that I have not recharged my number with any plan. I am still able to receive incoming calls but outgoing and internet are both barred. I was wondering how long could I keep going like this without recharging my number before it gets deactivated?

 

[Sushubh]

90 days is latest I think. They are free to recycle the number after that I believe...

 

[Citrus]

Well over a year in my case. I did not purchase Prime membership for a number last year and neither did I recharge but received a termination email only a week ago.

 

[amish]

I have never recharged either. So its been more than 1 and half year since beginning. And more than a year since they started charging.

I still receive incoming calls but can not make calls or send SMS or browse internet.

They send me SMS to recharge every day but I havent bothered.

Have not received any email about termination though.

 

[sniper]

Is it possible that the deactivation period is different for people who bought their Jio sim prior to April 1, 2017 (I think that's the when Prime was introduced) from those who bought it post that date?

 

[Sushubh]

90 days is the minimum they have to wait for you to recharge your number.
I am guessing operators are free to keep the number activated for as long as they want.

 

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[dextermorgan]

I lost my phone with jio sim in jan. Just got a duplicate sim yesterday. still works

 

[varkey]

From my experience so far, I feel that they recycle the numbers only for connections which do not even register to the network for 90+ days. So if you have the SIM inserted on some device and it connects to the network, I think you should be fine whether you recharge or not.

I had a connection which was taken during the free unlimited usage era bundled with a Lyf device which got de-activated and number recycled after couple of months of non-usage.

 

[broadbanduserdel]

Is it true that if you had a SIM (of any carrier) blocked for lost/stolen and did not get a new sim then they deactivate the number within 30 days?
EDIT:
Just talked to an airtel prepaid cc and she said they wait for 90 days for deactivation in that case (too).
I wonder why they have to do this! Most if not all other digital services get deactivated atmost within a few days of request.

 

[Sushubh]

Trai regulation.