India’s Reliance to Develop New Smartphone With Google in $25 Billion 5G Push

India’s Reliance to Develop New Smartphone With Google in $25 Billion 5G Push
Commuters are reflected on an advertisement of Reliance Industries' Jio telecoms unit, at a bus stop in Mumbai, India on Feb. 21, 2017. Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
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NEW DELHI—India’s telecom leader Reliance said on Monday it is working with Alphabet Inc’s Google to launch a budget 5G smartphone as it laid out a $25 billion plan for introducing the next-generation wireless services within two months.

Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio’s 5G network will be the world’s largest, launching in main cities including New Delhi and Mumbai before being expanded across India by December next year.