Qualcomm wants to connect 100 million Indian homes with Jio 5G

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani announced that Jio will bring 5G services to all parts of India by December 2023 at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 event that was held last month. Earlier, Ambani also announced the collaboration between Jio Platforms and Qualcomm that will help the company to locally manufacture critical equipment needed to improve the 5G ecosystem in the country.

Jio has already started the initial roll-out of 5G in India and Qualcomm wants the network to reach more households in the country as soon as possible. A top executive of the US-based chip-making company has reportedly confirmed that Qualcomm is putting in more effort to ensure that 100 million Indian homes are connected to Jio 5G through its 5G fixed wireless access, including the millimetre wave (mmWave). The chip maker is working with Jio to ensure that its chipsets for the 5G fixed wireless access and the Open RAN 5G network.