RJio to launch 4G services 1st for RIL grp employees on Dec 27

Reliance Jio will launch 4G services for Reliance group employees on December 27, on the eve of its founder chairman's birth anniversary.
"We are happy to share that we will unveil Jio to our colleagues first, on the eve of our founder chairman's (Dhirubhai Ambani) birth anniversary," Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani with his wife Nita Ambani said in an invitation letter to employees.
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and musician A R Rahman will host the function on December 27.
"We want every member of our Reliance family to participate either in person or virtually through a Jio telecom beamed live to more than 1000 locations across India," Ambanis said in the letter.

There had been reports that RJio would launch its much-awaited commercial 4G services on December 28.
RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani in June had said that beta programme (trials) of Reliance Jio "will be upgraded into commercial operations around December of this (2015) year" and "financial year 2016-17 will be the first full year of commercial operations for Jio".

Later in October, RIL said financial year "2016-17 is projected to be the first year of commercial operations for RJIL".
Reliance Jio holds the highest amount of liberalised spectrum among telecom operators which can be used for deploying any technology for mobile services.

It has a total of 751.1 MHz spectrum across 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz bands.
"It is apparent that Airtel continues to abuse its market
dominance by imposing onerous conditions which will imminently hinder RJIL's ability to efficiently utilise the additional E1s," it said. "It appears that the QoS will continue to suffer and Indian customers will be denied the benefits of superior and free voice services as a result of such anti-competitive behaviour."
Despite this, RJIL said it will continue to work with Airtel and all the other incumbent operators to resolve this issue at the earliest and ensure that Indian customers get best-in-class services.

"Furthermore, Airtel has also been blocking the mobile number portability (MNP) facility for its subscribers who wish to subscribe to Jio services on baseless and unsubstantiated grounds," the statement alleged.
This, it said, is another example of disregard of license terms and its obligations under the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009 and TRAI directions.
"This is again an anti-competitive move aimed at stifling a new operator, denying the Indian customers the benefit of choice of service provider. This is against public interest and fair play," it said.
RJIL hopes that Airtel would enhance the PoI's sufficiently to meet its licence obligation of QoS with immediate effect and maintain these parameters on an ongoing basis.

"Airtel must also immediately make available MNP to all its subscribers opting to port to RJIL in accordance with the license terms and MNP regulations," the statement added.