Jio and University of Oulu have sign an agreement to collaborate for development of 6G technology and to foster entrepreneurship. This collaboration with the Estonia-base university is expect to extend Jio’s 5G capabilities to help explore use cases in the 6G era.
Jio Platforms is the parent of telecom player Reliance Jio.
As the leader of the world’s first major 6G research programme, the University of Oulu focuses on wireless communications leading to 6G technologies.
University of Oulu’s Director of 6G Flagship Professor Matti Latva-aho Said in a statement :
“We are looking forward to collaborating with Jio Estonia and the entire Reliance Group on targeted research initiatives that will enable future wireless end-to-end solutions for a wide range of end-user requirements,”.
The university said that 6G builds on top of 5G and extends digitisation through unique capabilities, adding that 5G and 6G will co-exist and cover a broad range of consumer and enterprise use cases.
The collaboration will foster entrepreneurship by bringing together a world-class pool of expertise from both industry and academia in aerial and space communication, holographic beamforming, 3D connect intelligence in cyber security, micro electronics, and photonics.
As per Statement :
“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,”
Jio Estonia CEO Taavi Kotka said 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.
Taavi Kotka Said :
“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,”.
Jio Platforms Senior Vice President Aayush Bhatnagar said that early investments in 6G research and capabilities with the university can complement Jio Lab’s capabilities in 5G and bring 6G to life.
