Amitabh Jaipuria quits Reliance Jio right before 4G launch

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s president and mobility business head Amitabh Jaipuria has reportedly quit the company, a few months before the much-awaited commercial launch of its 4G services.

The reasons for his resignation are said to be personal, and as per ET sources, Jaipuria might move out of the entire telecom industry.

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Jaipuria, who was earlier the MD of the Indian unit of US agriculture company Monsanto, had joined Reliance Jio around two years back as its wireline business head. It was only about a year ago that he moved to Jio's mobility business where he oversaw a host of functions, including customer acquisitions, usage and retention (U&R), Wi-Fi and enterprise businesses.

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Now that Jaipuria has quit the company, it could possibly mean a possible segment-wise restructuring of the mobility business, and senior officials might have to name separate functional heads for all the functions that he managed.

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