Reliance Aims to Boost Telecom Technology Exports and Enterprise AI Capabilities Through Partnership with Meta

Reliance Industries Expands Global Reach with Homegrown Telecom Technology

Reliance Industries Ltd, led by chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani, is accelerating its push into next-generation digital and AI infrastructure through strategic partnerships and investments. The conglomerate is gearing up to export its homegrown telecom technology stack to select international markets, marking a significant shift in its business strategy.

According to Reliance's FY26 annual report, released on May 28, Jio, the company's telecommunications arm, plans to operate as a managed services provider and export technologies developed in India. These technologies include cloud-native radio access network (RAN) systems, 5G core platforms, OSS/BSS systems, fixed wireless access (FWA) technologies, and digital applications. Jio's digital services platform is built on an end-to-end proprietary technology stack with capabilities spanning standalone 5G infrastructure, indigenous unlicensed band radio (UBR) technology, operating systems, applications, and connected devices.

Jio's Proprietary Technology Stack Drives Market Share

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Jio's proprietary point-to-multi-point UBR technology has significantly expanded the reach of its fixed broadband services, helping drive its market share in India's fixed broadband market to around 43 percent as of March 2026. The company's technology export would include offerings such as cloud-native RAN, 5G core, OSS/BSS platforms, UBR-based FWA systems, JioBharat devices, JioTV+, and Jio set-top boxes.

Enterprise AI Ambitions

Alongside telecom technology exports, Reliance is also ramping up its artificial intelligence ambitions through Reliance Enterprise Intelligence Ltd (REIL), its joint venture with Facebook parent Meta. According to the annual report, REIL has been established to leverage Meta's open-source Llama AI models and Reliance's enterprise and small business ecosystem to develop "enterprise-ready AI" solutions. The joint venture will focus on building vertical and sector-specific AI applications for Indian enterprises and small and medium businesses.

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Reliance has positioned AI as a key pillar of its future digital strategy, with a focus on lowering the cost of AI adoption and enabling broader deployment of AI applications in sectors ranging from agriculture, education, enterprises to consumer services. The company has announced plans to invest Rs 10 lakh crore towards building multi-gigawatt AI-ready data centers to support India's growing AI infrastructure requirements.