Telecom giant owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, a telecom segment of the Reliance Industries Ltd announced on Monday that it’ll introduce a new model of phone which will be internet-enabled available at a reasonable price of 999 rupees ($12.19).
This initiative satiates the social responsibility factor of the company which have seeks to amplify digital adoption of mobile phone users in India.
“There are still 250 million mobile phone users in India who remain ‘trapped’ in the 2G era, … at a time when the world stands at the cusp of a 5G revolution,” Chairman Akash Ambani mentioned in an press statement.
The beta trial for the initial batch of 1 million Bharat phone will start from 7 July as stated by Reliance Jio.