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Jio and Google Cloud to collaborate on 5G technology to enable a billion people in India access to superior connectivity .

In addition , Reliance will also take advantage of Google Cloud ’ s scalable infrastructure thereby enabling its retail business to achieve better operational efficiency , modernize and scale for growth , and deliver better performance and experiences to customers .

To further Jio ’ s mission to digitize India with faster and better connectivity , Google Cloud will provide a complete end-to-end cloud offering for fully automated lifecycle management of Jio ’ s 5G network and services .

Google Cloud ’ s deep expertise and innovation , combined with telco-specific capabilities for security , performance and resilience , will help Jio ’ s 5G service to meet the demands of customers , thereby strengthening Jio ’ s position as one of the leading network and largest service providers in the country .

Edge Cloud infrastructure from Google Cloud provides an open , highly scalable and high-performing platform for supporting Jio , which in turn empowers hundreds of millions of Jio subscribers that are expected to use the 5G service .

In addition , Jio and Google Cloud will collaborate to bring a portfolio of 5G Edge Computing solutions to help industries address real business challenges . Jio will explore building new services across gaming , healthcare , education and video entertainment sectors . These services will use Jio ’ s 5G network , software and Google Cloud ’ s innovations in AI / ML , data and analytics and other cloud-native technologies-delivered by Jio and powered by Google Cloud .

As part of the partnership , Reliance will also augment its compute workload for retail business taking advantage of Google ’ s AI / ML , e-commerce , and demand forecasting offerings . This will help Reliance to rapidly grow its new commerce business to leverage

Google Cloud with increased reliability and performance , as well as scale up as needed to respond to customer demand . Jio will also adopt Google Cloud ’ s scalable , serverless data analytics platform to advance its dataled innovation strategy .

“ Cloud solutions is a key area where we are collaborating with Google . Jio will use Google Cloud ’ s cutting-edge technologies to power Jio ’ s 5G solutions and for powering the internal needs of key Reliance growth businesses like Reliance Retail , JioMart , JioSaavn and JioHealth ,” said Mukesh Ambani , Chairman and Managing Director , Reliance Industries Limited .

Sundar Pichai , CEO , Google and Alphabet , said : “ We are delighted to announce a new 5G partnership with Reliance Jio to help Indian consumers connect to a faster and better Internet and support businesses in their Digital Transformation and help Jio build new services in sectors like health , education and more . As part of this collaboration , Reliance will also shift its core retail businesses to Google Cloud infrastructure which will enable them to scale up and improve customer experience .” p

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