Reliance Jio employees to get free 4G services

New Delhi: Reliance Jio is gearing up for the mega launch event of its 4G service for its employees with offers like free subscription till commercial roll out and steep discount on handsets.

"For the first time in India's corporate history, an employee launch will see 35,000 strong attending the event at the venue itself. Over 1 lakh employees would attend an event on physical and virtual platforms who can avail free 4G service of Jio at least till commercial launch," a source aware of the development at Reliance Jio said.

Reliance Jio also plans a 25 percent discount on company's LYF mobile handsets, the source said.

Reliance Jio holds the biggest chunk of liberalised spectrum among telecom operators and that can be used for deploying any technology for mobile services.

According to field trials by brokerage firm Credit Suisse, download speed on 4G network of Reliance Jio during beta-test peaked at 70 megabit per second but remained in 15-30 mbps range on most occasions.