Looking at Reliance’s approach over the past few years — especially since the launch of Jio — the company has been striving to make data more affordable and connect a large number of people, untouched with the country’s digital revolution, to the internet. At first, it introduced 4G connectivity, and along with that, brought in new tariffs for data and call, which were comparatively lower than other carriers, in an effort to avail cellular connectivity and internet to the masses. Building on the same pedestal, it later introduced the Jio Phone for a price of Rs 1500, and soon after, introduced newer models for the same. Now, with its latest commercial agreement with the global tech giant, Google, Jio is, jointly, developing a new Android-based operating system for entry-level smartphones in the country. The latest operating system will power an entry-level smartphone, with optimizations in the Android operating system and Play Store, to avail the facilities of the internet and smartphone to people with far-fetched connectivity. Thus, helping the country with its digital India initiative. In addition to Jio, which has been working towards helping with the digitization of the country, as mentioned earlier, Google has also made efforts for the same, over the years, by introducing a range of new offerings like the addition of local Indian languages across some of its popular apps/services; introduction of offline mode features that help those with network connectivity issues; new payment system: Google Pay; to name a few. And now, together, the two tech giants are unitedly treading on a new path to avail and extend their services to even more people in the country with a new Android-based operating system to power the affordable, entry-level 4G/5G smartphones.
