2G Mukt,5G Yukt, Ambani announces Jio-Google smart phone

Reliance India Limited Chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced Google-Jio Smartphone in partnership with Google — an affordable smartphone built for India. At Reliance Industries' 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM), he said that the new Android smartphone has come as a result of the partnership between Reliance Jio and Google that was announced last year. JioPhone Next price in India is yet to be revealed. However, the phone is slated to be available for purchase from September 10.Taking the Jio-Google collaboration to the next level, Jio will now use Google cloud, Mukesh Ambani and Google's Sudar Pichai jointly announced at RIL's Annual General Meeting on Thursday.

Excited to announce the next steps in our partnership with @RelianceJio to accelerate India's digitization, starting with a new affordable Jio smartphone with an optimized @Android experience, and a 5G collaboration between Jio & @GoogleCloud.https://t.co/Wi9DExPU6b

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) June 24, 2021

Ambani said, Jio has democratised digital connection in India being the most affordable 4G, but still, 300 million users are still using 2G. The new smartphone will make 'Bharat' '2G Mukt'.In other significant announcements, Mukesh Ambani said the performance of the group exceeded the expectation despite the pandemic, but what matters more is the humanitarian service the group rendered. "Our business and financial success since last AGM have exceeded expectations. Reliance Industries will complete the $15 billion oil deal with Aramco this year, Mukesh Ambani said at the AGM. The announcement came in wake of the induction of Yasir Al Rumayyan onto the board of Reliance Industries as an independent director. Reliance Industries will sell 20 per cent stake in its oil-to-chemicals business, comprising oil refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat and petrochemical assets, to the world's largest oil exporter.

Reliance will pay the salaries of its staff who succumbed to Covid to the family members for five years. The company will also finance the education of the children of the deceased staff in India. Also, the company will provide an amount of Rs10 lakh to the family of deceased staff, Nita Ambani said explaining RIL's Mission Employee Care.