New Delhi

Mukesh Ambani led RIL’s telecom venture Reliance Jio is going to launch the 4G services today evening.

The company will, however, begin the commercial rollout of the service from March-April and today’s soft launch will be only for Reliance Industries’ employees.

Film actor Shah Rukh Khan has been named brand ambassador of Reliance Jio.

“I am their brand ambassador. Mukesh Bhai explained it to me. Actually its his children who are doing it. All the three are very close to me,” Khan said in an interview to ETV.

Khan and musician AR Rahman will host the soft launch function of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd’s (RJIL) 4G service on December 27.

The film star added that Reliance Jio deferred the launch twice because it was looking to improve the services.

“They deferred it twice, because they felt there is work still left in end use. 27th will be soft launch and in March-April we will do more. So I think Jio will be revolutionary, not just for India. It will change things around world for India,” Khan said.

When contacted, a Jio spokesperson said “Shah Rukh Khan is launching Jio on 27th December.”

RIL chairman and managing director 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.”

Khan in the interview said the new service will be a game changer as it will increase speed and with speed, information and knowledge.

PTI