Reliance Jio develops 5G product in partnership with US chip giant Qualcomm

By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Oct 20 : India’s Reliance Jio, which has over 400 million subscribers on its 4G network in India, announced on Tuesday that it has developed a 5G RAN product in partnership with US wireless-communication chip giant Qualcomm Inc, that has “achieved over one gigabits of throughput”.
“The product is already tested and validated by a tier one carrier in the US,” Mathew Oommen, President, Reliance Jio, said at the Qualcomm 5G Summit.
Qualcomm makes chips that are crucial for superfast 5G networks and smartphones.
The announcement follows through from the RIL AGM 2020, where Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced plans for a 100 percent “homegrown 5G” network in India.
Qualcomm’s 5G thrust comes at a time of escalating US and China tensions over tech leadership. Qualcomm’s CEO Steven M. Mollenkopf has described as a “mortal sin” the scenario that the company is not prepared for the 5G opportunity that rides on the back of geopolitical tensions.
“We’ve really got a great opportunity with where 5G goes. Let’s not blow it. When the pandemic struck my view was that the mortal sin is to not be prepared for the opportunity on the back side of this,” Mollenkopf told The Wall Street Journal earlier this month.