As promised, Reliance Jio today made its debut at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2017. In a joint event with Samsung, the telecom company announced a collaboration with Samsung, to work on an ‘I&G (Infill & Growth) Project’. This joint project pushes the Indian government’s Digital India initiative with an aim to upgrade current LTE mobile communication services across India by expanding both the current network capacity as well as network coverage.
While India is still scuffling with the quality of 4G connectivity in many regions of the county, the project wants to bring 5G connectivity to all users in India. Samsung and Reliance Jio together plan to set high benchmark for LTE services in India through wider coverage, in-building penetration and the highest speeds, regardless of the user’s location.
“As Jio’s end-to-end LTE solutions partner, it is a great pleasure for Samsung to contribute to Jio’s tremendous success,” said Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “The massive deployment of over a million cells across India is especially remarkable. We will strive to create new paradigms for LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G by closely cooperating with Jio as a unified workforce.”
Utilizing spectrum in the 850, 1800 and 2300MHz bands, the project intends to upgrade the existing LTE network to provide seamless coverage even in dense urban areas of the country. Also considering its current 100 million user base, project will also extend Jio’s reach in rural areas, covering over 90 percent of the population.
“We successfully achieved 100 million subscribers in 170 days, making us the fastest-growing company in the world, and the numbers continue to rapidly grow. It was possible because we introduced a truly effective LTE service, Pan-India. We are committed to bringing game-changing digital experiences to India with superior ecosystems, mobile content, all-IP networks and ongoing process innovations,” said Jyotindra Thacker, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm.
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Samsung was one of Jio’s initial partners in India, and this partnership looks to make impact in the international markets as well. Back in 2012, the two companies signed an agreement covering the entire scope of network, ranging from equipment to establishment and maintenance services.
Further, standing in competition with the Samsung and Reliance Jio partnership is the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which is scheduled to be signed between state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Nokia. Similar to the I&G project, this partnership aims to work together in the areas of 5G connectivity and Internet of Things (IoT).
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