Reliance Industries is preparing to export its indigenous 5G and fixed wireless access technology to international markets while simultaneously scaling enterprise artificial intelligence offerings through a joint venture with Meta, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate announced in its FY26 annual report released on May 28.
Jio plans to operate as a managed services provider, partnering with local telecom operators abroad to deploy technologies developed entirely in India. The export portfolio includes cloud-native radio access ntwork systems, 5G core platforms, OSS/BSS systems, UBR-based fixed wireless access equipment, JioBharat devices, JioTV+, and Jio set-top boxes. The move positions Jio as a complete technology vendor rather than just a service provider, building on work that began when Reliance officially entered the 5G space as a technology vendor in 2020.
The AI expansion is being driven through Reliance Enterprise Intelligence Ltd, a 70:30 joint venture with Meta capitalized at approximately Rs 855 crore. The venture leverages Meta’s open-source Llama models combined with Reliance’s enterprise distribution network to offer an enterprise AI platform-as-a-service and pre-configured AI solutions for sales, finance, IT operations, and customer service. The joint venture was first announced at Reliance’s August 2025 annual general meeting and formally completed in February 2026.
Underpinning these initiatives is a Rs 10 lakh crore investment commitment over seven years announced by Ambani at the India AI Impact Summit in February 2026. The funds are earmarked for multi-gigawatt AI-ready data centers, with construction already underway in Jamnagar where over 120 megawatts are expected online in the second half of 2026. The investment also covers green energy integration and a nationwide edge computing layer integrated with Jio’s network.
Jio’s research output has accelerated alongside these strategic moves. In FY26 alone, the company filed approximately 3,476 new patents—roughly 10 per day—bringing cumulative filings to 6,817. R&D spending rose 11.9 percent to Rs 4,682 crore during the fiscal year, reflecting the conglomerate’s commitment to developing homegrown technology for both domestic and global markets.
The strategy targets businesses of all sizes across India and select international markets, with Ambani stating the partnership would democratize enterprise-grade AI for every Indian organization from ambitious small and medium businesses to blue-chip corporates.
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