Jio’s 6G plans
Telecom operators in India are now upgrading from 4G to 5G services. At this time, Reliance Jio has joined with the University of Oulu in Finland for exploring 6G options”.
In a post by University of Oulu, it said that, “ The collaborative effort will aid in competing with 6G enabled products in the defence, automotive, white goods, industrial machinery, consumer goods, efficient manufacturing, novel personal smart device environments, and experiences such as urban computing and autonomous traffic settings.
The programme is done by Reliance through Jio Estonia OÜ which was set up in 2018 which is meant for designing and developing computer hardware and software.
6G is future
Most telecom companies around the globe are beginning to roll out 5G services. However, development work on 6G has already started. The cutting-edge 6G is expected to support data rates of 1 terabyte per second. The government has set up multiple task forces to explore technological innovations and various commercial use cases of 6G. Members of academia, government, and the industry are included in this task force.
“6G promises to build upon 5G capabilities to deeply integrate technology as a digital twin in our daily lives. Cutting-edge areas such as the internet of nano-things and pervasive AI have tremendous business potential. Early investments in 6G research and capabilities with the University of Oulu can complement Jio Lab’s capabilities in 5G and bring 6G to life,” said Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President of Jio Platforms.
Research focussed on communication techniques
The partnership between Jio and the University of Oulu will be focused on the expertise of both industry and academia in aerial and space communication. It will also include holographic beamforming, 3D connected intelligence in cybersecurity and microelectronics photonics.
According to Taavi Kotka, CEO of Jio Estonia, “Jio has more than 400 million subscribers in India, and their experience shows that building capacity to transmit large amounts of data is becoming critical. Especially given the development of digital services and virtual worlds”.
“With this collaboration with the University of Oulu, we can make sure that we keep growing and developing as a world region of the future,” he added.
Jio Platforms already has an active development program for its 5G RAN and core platforms, facilitated through Jio Labs, a media report said. The new collaboration will extend Jio’s 5G capabilities. It will also help explore use cases in the 6G era and will also add cutting-edge research and development of the technology.
