Samsung at its joint event with Jio at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona today announced I&G (Infill & Growth) Project for Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in India. This is aimed at upgrading current LTE mobile communication services across India by expanding both the current network capacity as well as network coverage.
“The project sets a high benchmark for LTE services in India through wider coverage, in-building penetration and the highest speeds, regardless of the user’s location,” said Samsung.
This utilizes Jio’s spectrum in the 850, 1800 and 2300MHz bands to offer seamless indoor and outdoor coverage in dense urban areas. Samsung said that this will extend Jio’s coverage in rural areas by expanding its reach to over 90% of the population.
Samsung already provides LTE core, base stations and solutions required for VoLTE services and massive deployment services for establishing a nationwide network for Jio. Samsung also offers Quality Monitoring and Analysis (VoMA) and Cognitive Traffic Monitoring and Optimizer for a superior user experience.
Jyotindra Thacker, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, said:
I am excited to announce our new project with Samsung.We successfully achieved 100 million subscribers in 170 days, making us the fastest-growing company in the world, and the numbers continue to rapidly grow. It was possible because we introduced a truly effective LTE service, Pan-India. We are committed to bringing game-changing digital experiences to India with superior ecosystems, mobile content, all-IP networks and ongoing process innovations.
Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, said:
As Jio’s end-to-end LTE solutions partner, it is a great pleasure for Samsung to contribute to Jio’s tremendous success.The massive deployment of over a million cells across India is especially remarkable. We will strive to create new paradigms for LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G by closely cooperating with Jio as a unified workforce.