Ericsson has secured a significant multi-billion dollar contract to supply 5G equipment to Bharti Airtel.
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Reliance Jio has partnered up with Nokia for its 5G equipment portfolio. This will allow the carrier to expand further in India. Jio currently has more than 425 million customers in the country.
Reliance Jio is close to releasing an affordable laptop called JioBook. The device will come with an embedded 4G SIM card, removing the need for a broadband connection to take the device online.
Reliance Industries announced that Google is investing $4.5 billion for a 7.73% stake in Jio Platforms. This investment is part of the Google For India Digitization Fund announced earlier this week.
Reliance Jio has announced the JioPhone 2. The handset is a feature phone that has a physical QWERTY keyboard and LTE. The device will cost $44 and those having last year's model can upgrade for $7.
HTC is rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo to more SKUs of its HTC 10 flagship. After rolling out Oreo updates to the US variants, it is now also updating the Indian HTC 10 with Oreo and VoLTE support.
India's Reliance Jio has announced a 4G LTE feature phone with VoLTE support, dubbed as JioPhone. The device will be sold for an effectively free price and cheaper tariffs on the Jio network.
A new report claims that Reliance Jio and Google are working together to build an affordable 4G smartphone for the Indian consumer market which would be exclusive to Reliance Jio's network.
Samsung has taken the wraps off its first 4G Tizen smartphone, which will be known as Z2 and will be available through online and offline retailers in India for a price of Rs. 4590.
