India’s leading telecommunication company, Reliance Industries led Jio Platforms and US chip-making giant Qualcomm have collaborated to manufacture critical 5G equipment in India, Economic Times has reported.
Qualcomm had invested $97 million in Jio last year and these 5G equipment will help catalyse the 5G ecosystem in India. Both companies has envisioned a partnership to develop open and interoperable interface compliant architecture-based 5G solutions with a virtualised RAN.
The Jio-Qualcomm partnership had achieved a speed of over 1 Gbps on Jio 5G via Qualcomm’s RAN Platforms.
Reliance has proved to be the most formidable rival for China and it has already completed the testing of its 5G radio and core solutions and is now preparing for a 5G field trial after having received a trial spectrum from Department of Telecommunications.
“India is at the forefront of the global digital revolution. Jio is accelerating the rollout of digital platforms and indigenously developed next-generation 5G stack, making it affordable and available everywhere,” RIL had said in its annual report.
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