Jio, Qualcomm in Major Tie-up for Indigenous 5G Tech; Door Shut on Chinese Equipment Vendors

At present, only a handful of countries, including the United States, South Korea, Australia, Switzerland and Germany offer 1GBPS speeds to 5G users. India is expected to auction 5G airwaves in 2021, and Ambani has said that Jio is ready to deploy its network the same year.

“Jio is ready with a world class 5G solution. Field deployment can happen next year. This 5G product will be available for trials as soon as spectrum is available. Jio Platforms will be positioned for 5G solution to other telecom operators,” he said at the 43rd Annual General Meeting of Reliance in July.

Durga Malladi, Qualcomm’s Senior Vice-President for 4G and 5G, said the US company recently achieved the milestone of over 1 Gbps milestone on the Reliance Jio 5G NR product using Qualcomm 5G RAN platforms. “We look forward to expanding our efforts with Reliance Jio to enable flexible and scalable 5G RAN deployment,” he said.

Jio is also in partnership with Google and is developing affordable 4G and 5G smartphones based on Android, a development which could bring cut-rate smartphones to hundreds of millions of Indians and undercut dominant vendors from China.

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