Missed Reliance Jio’s launch? Here are all the highlights from the event

After five long years, Reliance has launched its much awaited ‘Jio’ 4G service, but it’s limited to the company’s employees for now. The commercial launch has been postponed to March-April 2016. A lot of information about this new company was been revealed at the launch event, which took place at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai.

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An Introduction To The Reliance Empire
The company’s Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, started his speech by explaining how Reliance group of companies has changed the life of people across the globe. From world’s second largest manufacture of polyester textile to the producer of 1.5 percent of the world’s transportation fuel. The company, which single-handedly pays the largest amount of tax in the country, has expanded itself to retail, life science, media, and telecommunications.

Why Jio?

Mr. Ambani said, “Business should have a larger purpose – to serve society. Life is going digital. In the next 20 years humanity will achieve more than it has in the past 300 million years. 1.3 billion Indians cannot be left behind. This is our motivation for Jio.” during the launch event.

Revelation of Dhirubhai Ambani’s dream of ‘Digital India’

Late Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani apparently dreamt of a digital India; a country where a common man would have access to affordable means of information and communication. Reliance India Mobile was born to fulfil this dream and revolutionised Indian telecom by introducing 49p/min call rates for mobile call, which was cheaper than the cheapest mode of communication, the post card.

After a decade yet another telecom company – Jio – is born from Reliance family to fulfil the same dream of its founder. During his speech, Mukesh Ambani said: