Reliance Jio tied up with Samsung at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona and announced an ‘I&G (Infill & Growth) Project’aiming to bring 5G connectivity to India.
The project will strive to enable wider LTE mobile communication network, with better services across the country. “As Jio’s end-to-end LTE solutions partner, it is a great pleasure for Samsung to contribute to Jio’s tremendous success,” said Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics.
“We will strive to create new paradigms for LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G by closely cooperating with Jio as a unified workforce,”Kim added.
The LTE mobile communication project of Samsung and Jio will utilizing spectrum in the 850, 1800 and 2300MHz bands and Jio hopes to offer a wider reach, covering 90 percent of the population.