India, March 5 -- Reliance Jio eliminated an OTT perk from its prepaid mobile recharge packages. JioCinema is no longer included as an extra perk with recharges from the telecom service provider. The biggest telecom provider in India, Reliance Jio, recently dropped JioCinema from its mobile plans.According to reports, this action was taken after JioHotstar, the streaming service that was introduced as a result of the merger of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar, was introduced. Notably, with certain prepaid recharge plans, Reliance Jio customers can still receive a free membership to the new JioHotstar.

JioCinema is no longer listed as a benefit on the Reliance Jio website for prepaid recharge plans that range from Rs. 249 with a 28-day valid...