RIL set for African safari with 5G tech solutions
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) entity is set to offer a range of 5G shared network infrastructure solutions in Africa with a local company backed by Ghana, marking the conglomerate's entry into the league of global telecom tech and equipment vendors.
Radisys, owned by RIL unit Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL), along with Tech Mahindra and Finland's Nokia, is partnering with Next-Gen Infrastructure Co. (NGIC), in which the Ghanaian government, Ascend Digital and K-Net hold equity, for the foray.
NGIC, which is the first neutral 5G shared infrastructure provider in Africa, plans to offer 4G and 5G network support in Ghana and then across Africa.
Under the proposed business model, NGIC will invest about $200 million in three years to scale up its 4G and 5G networks. These will be offered to mobile operators in Africa as a shared infrastructure resource, optimising costs for local telcos that don't want to invest in expensive network rollouts.
People aware of the matter said JPL-backed Radisys is likely to offer NGIC its own 5G software stack.
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