Mumbai

Jio will also partner Google to build an Android-based smartphone operating system that will bring down the cost of smartphones to a fraction of what it is today. Nearly 70 per cent of the existing mobile subscribers continue to avail services based on the oldest mobile technology — 2G because they are unable to afford 4G-enabled smartphones. “As India is standing at the doorsteps of the 5G era, we should accelerate the migration of 350 million Indians, who currently use a 2G feature phone, to an affordable smartphone. They should not be deprived of the benefits of the digital and data revolution. Jio is determined to make India 2G-mukt,” Ambani said at the virtual AGM to which over 5.5 lakh people logged in.