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Telecom arm of RIL, Reliance Jio, has launched 4G service for its employees under Jio brand name.


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The company is offering Jio mobile service for free to its over 1 lakh employees as of now.


The company in a presentation at the event claimed that Jio 4G will deliver 10 times higher download speed and 4 times better upload speed compared to others.


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Here's all you want to know about the event.


  1. Brand Ambassador of Jio, Shah Rukh Khan said "Our service providers for everything say its 4G, but it is neither 4G nor 3G. If God is kind, you can get 2G on it. On Jio you will always find 4G."
  2. The company is also offering 25 per cent discount on its 'LYF' brand 4G smartphones to its employees. Jio is expected to roll out 4G service commercially around March-April next year.
  3. Khan performed at the function including the hit Gerua song from his latest movie Dilwale. Musician A R Rehman also performed at the event on his famous 'Jai Ho' song and a track from Swadesh.
  4. The launch event was held at Reliance Corporate Park, while RIL other employees were virtually connected at around 1000 locations including Dallas in the US.
  5. The event started RIL CMD children Akash Ambani and Isha Ambani anchoring the show to start the event. His mother Kokilaben lit the lamps and she was joined by him, his wife Nita Ambani and children Akash, Anant and Isha on the dais.
  6. The entire live-cast of the event is said to have been connected with Jio's own digital network to demonstrate capabilities of the network for enterprises and corporates in India specifically which is specifically targeting large distribution companies.
  7. A video presentation showed features of Jio's optical fibre service promising video calling feature using smart television sets, internet speed of up to 1 gigabit per second.
  8. The Jio tv service will accept voice command to change channels and subscriber will not require remote control to do so.
  9. The launch marks re-entry of Mukesh Ambani in mobile service business. In 2003, he launched Reliance's CDMA mobile business, as Reliance Infocomm, on the same day, birth anniversary of RIL group founder and his father Dhirubhai Ambani, tag line 'Kar Lo Duniya Mutthi mein'.
  10. The business is now Reliance Communications and is being handled by brother Anil, who was also present at the event.
  11. The two brothers have already come together for sharing of mobile airwaves or spectrum as well as infrastructure like mobile towers and masts.


With PTI Inputs