Reliance Jio and Google Cloud to unlock 5G power for Enterprises and Retail segments in India

Reliance Jio has partnered with Google Cloud for a long-term strategic partnership to build solutions in 5G for the enterprise and consumer aspects.

Reliance Jio is an India-based telecom j wireless telecom product and services. Jio's areas of research include new service deployment, and development include artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, open-source platforms, and data analytics

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, said, "Cloud solution is a key area where we are collaborating with Google. Jio will use Google Cloud’s cutting-edge technologies to power Jio’s 5G solutions and for powering the internal needs of key Reliance growth businesses like Reliance Retail, JioMart, JioSaavn and JioHealth". 

Sundar Pichai, a CEO, Google, and Alphabet, said, "We are delighted to announce a new 5G partnership with Reliance Jio to help Indian consumers connect to a faster and better internet and support businesses in their digital transformation and help Jio build new services in sectors like health, education and more. As part of this collaboration, Reliance will also shift its core retail businesses to Google Cloud infrastructure which will enable them to scale up and improve customer experience"

Additionally, Reliance Jio will also take advantage of the Google Cloud's scalable infrastructure. The advanced cloud infrastructure will enable Jio's retail business to achieve better operational efficiency, scale for growth and modernize, and deliver better performance and experience to users.

Google Cloud will build an end-to-end cloud offering for fully automated lifecycle management of the Jio 5G network and services. The edge cloud infrastructure from the Google Cloud Platform will offer a scalable and open platform to develop 5G services.

Reliance Jio also revealed that it is exploring services in the education, entertainment, gaming, and healthcare sectors in its next step towards 5G. These services along with Reliance Jio's 5G network will utilize the Google Cloud platform's Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning analytics, and some other cloud-native technologies.

For the focus on the retail business, Reliance Jio will use AI/ML, e-commerce, and demand forecasting solutions from the Google Cloud. Reliance Jio will also adopt the Google Cloud Platform's scalable, serverless data analytics platform for its data innovation strategy