Reliance Infocomm on Thursday announced the launch of Joy 499, a path-breaking Post Paid Plan, with call charges of 40 paise per minute for intra-circle calls between RIM to RIM/ Reliance FWP/T and Re 1 per minute for all other calls, including STD, across the country.

In Joy 499, arguably the most simple and attractive offer in the industry, subscribers pay monthly rental of Rs 499, said a Reliance Infocomm media release.

Announcing the new tariff plans, Inder Bajaj, head, special projects, Reliance Infocomm, said: "This is the natural extension of our endeavour to make mobile telephony much more affordable. This, coupled with the Value Roaming facility at home rates and the industry's lowest SMS charges, makes the RIM Post Paid subscription the most attractive deal."

Reliance Infocomm has also announced newer versions of its popular Plans -- Joy 149 and Joy 399.

Under New Joy 399 also customers will enjoy calls to RIM and FWP/T at 40 paise per minute. Under New Joy 149, the tariff for local and intra circle calls is 99 paise per minute for RIM to RIM and Reliance FWP/T phones.

Customers also have the option to avail of 99 paise per minute for calls to other mobile phones by paying an additional monthly rental of just Rs 25, under Joy 149.

Customers of Joy 399 and Joy 499 also enjoy most competitive ILD rates of Rs 12.99 per minute for calls to the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and South East Asia.

* Joy 149 subscribers have the option of availing 99 paise/min tariff for calls to other mobile phones on additional payment of a monthly fee of Rs 25.

Existing subscribers under other plans have the option of migrating to Joy 499 and new versions of Joy 149 and Joy 399. Another big advantage for Reliance Post Paid customers will be that they can roam on home tariff across India, resulting in savings of up to 80 per cent.