INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The phones, undled with data packs, could be launched in December 2020 or early next yearBengaluru: Reliance Industries' telecom unit is
looking to outsource the manufacturing of over 10 crore low-cost smartphones that will be built on Google's Android platform, the
TheIndianSubcontinent newspaper reported, citing sources
The phones, which will be bundled with data packs, could be launched in December 2020 or early next year, the newspaper reported on
Wednesday.Reliance Industries, India's most highly-valued company, in July said Alphabet Inc's Google will invest $4.5 billion in its
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who controls Reliance, in July said that Google would build an Android operating system (OS) to power a low-cost
"4G or even 5G" smartphone that Reliance Industries would design.Reliance Industries has sold nearly 33 per cent of its digital arm, Jio
Platforms, to raise Rs 1.52 trillion ($20.22 billion) and has won the backing of global financial and tech investors including, Facebook
