Qualcomm to provide chipset platforms for Reliance Jio's 5G equipment

The US chip design company is helping indigenous manufacture of 5G FWA customer equipment, working with mobile device makers to enable stand alone 5G phones and also reduce their prices

Global chip design company, Qualcomm Inc, is working closely with Reliance Jio to provide its chipset platforms for the latter’s tryst with the Open RAN 5G network, say sources. Reliance, which is building the network indigenously, has already built its 5G stacks, including the core and the radios.  

At the annual general meeting of Reliance Industries earlier this week, Mukesh Ambani said that Qualcomm is one more “exciting partnership” and a “valued investor”. The US company has invested $95 million in Jio Platforms, the holding company of Reliance Jio.

Qualcomm has been at the forefront of the effort to develop