Indian full-service provider Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) has extended its 5G network to 27 more cities across 13 states, bringing its total coverage to 331 cities nationwide. Users in these cities will be invited to sign up to the operatorās āJio Welcome Offerā plan, which provides customers with compatible devices access to unlimited downloads over 5G at no additional cost. Jio claims its network is capable of delivering download speeds of up to and above 1Gbps.
Meanwhile a sister company of Jioās parent company Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) ā which is majority owned by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ā has agreed to acquire US-based equipment manufacturer Mimosa Networks for USD60 million. The deal was signed betweenĀ JPLĀ and Mimosaās parent Airspan Networks Holdings and will see another of JPLās subsidiaries, Radisys Corporation, take over Mimosa. In a regulatory filingĀ RILĀ noted that Mimosa āhas a diverse portfolio of point-to-point and point-to-multi-point products based on Wi-Fi 5 and the newer Wi-Fi 6E technologies as well as related accessories,ā adding that these solutions have āuse cases in the backhaul requirements for 5G and fibre-to-the-x (FTTx)/fixed wireless access (FWA) rolloutsā.Ā RILĀ also pointed out that Jio has been a āmajorā customer of Mimosa. For its part, Radisys describes itself as a telecom solutions provider that specialises in open and disaggregated platforms and solutions.
Commenting on the acquisition Jio President Mathew Oommen was quoted as saying: āOver the years, our collaboration with Airspan has resulted in ground-breaking architectures for high speed connectivity for both the end user and for backhaul applications. Acquisition of Mimosa will further accelerate Jioās innovation and leadership in the production of telecom network products that deliver value to consumers and enterprises across the globe with cost-effective, rapidly deployable fixed and mobile broadband.ā
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