Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has got spectrum in 2300 MHz band in 22 circles and 1800 MHz band in 14 circles, is planning to hire nearly 3,000 people at regional levels to set up retail and distribution chain.
The telecom venture of Reliance Industries is expected to launch its 4G LTE services next year after buying the spectrum in 2010.
Earlier, Reliance Jio Infocomm, the only pan India 4G licensee, was hiring resources with potential to plan and it is now adding people to execute the strategies, said a report in Economic Times.
The Mukesh Ambani firm would be investing nearly Rs 70,000 crore Capex (capital spending) including Rs 24,000 crore on spectrum to roll out 4G.
The company has recently hired Rainer Deutschmann from Deutsche Telekom to head major product and service innovations.
Reliance Jio has also hired two Google executives. Neeraj Bansal joined as chief marketing officer, mobility, while Nikhil Rungta joined as Jio’s marketing head for its fixed-line business.
Steve Correa, who worked at Vodafone in the UK, is heading the recruitment at Reliance Jio.
The ET report said Reliance Jio plans to launch telecom services on 2300 MHz band for enterprise customers. For retail customers, it is likely to launch services on the 1800 MHz band on a different 4G standard that is compatible with the existing 2G voice standard.
Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com
