Jio And Qualcomm Begin 5G Network Trials In India Achieves Over 1Gbps Speeds

Reliance Jio, the leading telecom operator in India, first talked about its 5G ambitions and the use of in-house stack at its AGM earlier in July. The company has now joined hands with Qualcomm (or as Qualcomm likes to call it, aligned efforts) “to develop open and interoperable interface compliant architecture based 5G solutions.”

Reliance Jio Infocomm President Matthew Oomen sees this milestone as a realization of the Atmanirbhar India campaign. The company is looking to build an inclusive 5G nation. “We are excited about working with Qualcomm Technologies in developing new generation cloud-native 5G RAN technology that is truly open and software-defined,” adds Oomen in the blog post.

The Qualcomm 5G RAN Platforms portfolio is “designed to provide a foundation for flexible, virtualized, scalable, and interoperable cellular network infrastructure.” It supports key frequency bands, including sub-6GHz and mmWave networks, and infrastructures such as massive MIMO, cells, and more.