Reliance Jio plans to launch 4G for staff

Reliance Jio is gearing up for the mega launch 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 one 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 per cent discount on company’s LYF mobile handsets, the source said.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and musician A.R. Rahman will host the function on December 27.

When contacted, a Reliance Jio Infocomm spokesperson said, “Team Jio is working at war footing to prepare for upcoming Employee Launch Event on the eve of our founder chairman Dhirubhai Ambani’s 83rd birthday anniversary.”

Though main function will be held in Reliance Corporate Park, the company is preparing stage to connect employees virtually at around 1,000 locations including Dallas in the US.

The entire live-cast of the event will be carried on Reliance 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, the source said.

Shah Rukh Khan has said that he will be the brand ambassador of Reliance Jio and the services are expected to expanded around March-April period.