With much fanfare and pomp the JIO 4G network was commercially launched on 5th September 2016. The inaugural speech by Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani was broadcast on TV and was a subject of much discussions and speculations. During the forty five minute speech and after the shares of major players in India fell by a substantial margin.
Loaded in the speech was announcement of ample freebies, low data rates and easy plans.
A nation crazy after mobile telephony and handsets, this network seems to be promising the sky. But what has to be seen is the service reputation and cost benefits for long that remain in the picture. The services will be provided pan India that is across the whole nation. The facility also carries voice telephony services pan India using voice over LTE feature.
The telephone subsidiary of RIL (Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL)) has also tied up with Intex a handset manufacture that will enable the feature described above. The smart phone LYF smartphones will also enable high speed Internet facility. The company also tied up with Reliance Communications for spectrum sharing. This company is owned by his younger brother Anil Ambani.
The company has tied up with google play for apps that the users would be able to download and use with JIO Sim card. The brand ambassador is none other than the famous Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan.
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