US top cyber diplomat tells global telcos to follow Jio model

New York: The United States is urging telecom operators around the world to follow the Reliance Jio template of developing homegrown 5G solutions, while delivering stinging criticism against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and the consequences of “untrusted” Chinese components in 5G infrastructure.

“I think the lesson of Reliance Jio is that there’s nothing mystical about 5G technology. It has the same types of components that 4G technology has; it’s just evolved to another level,” Robert L. Strayer, a top US cyber diplomat, told IANS.

Strayer was offering the US assessment of Jio’s 100 per cent Made-in-India 5G solution, announced July 15 by Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani at the company’s 43rd AGM.