
Reliance Jio is now trialling the interoperability between 4G VoLTE and 5G VoNR, after having showcased some use cases powered by the fifth-generation trial airwaves.
“After trialling advanced 5G services and scenarios, Jio has upgraded its 4G VoLTE network and integrated its Indigenous 5G core to trial 5G VoNR with 4G VoLTE,” the telco’s Senior President (SVP) Aayush Bhatnagar revealed in a Linkedin post.
The trial includes seamless interoperability between existing 4G voice and video-capable devices with enhanced 5G voice and video devices using our 5G network, Bhatnagar added.
“This platform pre-integrated with Jio’s home-grown Cloud Native OSS and BSS (TM Forum Certified), to deliver an end-to-end service experience starting right from a customer-facing the marketplace of 5G apps,” the Jio SVP had said.
Jio President, Mathew Oommen stated that the company is focused on building the “right platforms” for its 5G services, and is not shy about looking at a “third-party technology” other than its own technology.
The government plans to auction more than 100,000 MHz of airwaves valued at about Rs 5 lakh crore in June and wants initial rollouts of 5G services by August-September.
Jio has built its own end-to-end 5G stack, which is currently being trialled across the country using the trial 5G spectrum. The company wants to take the indigenously developed technology to emerge markets after deploying it at scale in the country after 5G auctions.