Official claim, Reliance Jio True 5G network increases battery life by 40 percent

Reliance Jio’s true 5G network can improve smartphone battery life by up to 40 percent, a company official highlighted during the company’s earnings call for the second quarter (Q2) of FY25. The telecom provider leverages a standalone (SA) architecture and offers spectrum bandwidth according to the application, along with other technical features for its 5G services in India – both of which help deliver better battery life and efficiency on smartphones. Are.

Better battery life on Jio True 5G network

Telecom providers like Bharti Airtel in India use a non-standalone access (NSA) approach that involves deploying 5G technology on top of existing 4G infrastructure. However, Reliance Jio has taken a different path by adopting SA which uses the 700MHz band for rural areas and the 3.5GHz band for urban centres. Additionally, it has also reserved the 26GHz mmWave band for higher capacity applications. This is managed by the company’s smart spectrum management which allocates appropriate spectrum based on usage.

This approach helps the telecom provider improve the battery life of smartphones by 20 to 40 percent, according to Kiran‑Thomas, President, Reliance‑Jio‑Infocomm Limited. The company has deployed Voice over New Radio (VoNR) – a 5G wireless communications standard that routes calls over 5G networks and is claimed to provide better voice quality, shorter call setup times and higher security.

Reliance Jio also uses other technologies such as better carrier aggregation, layer management based on user equipment (UE) capability for time division duplex (TDD) interference across spectrum bands, and dedicated network slicing. It has programmable networks with beam management, traffic steering and energy efficiency based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

The company official also highlighted that Jio’s true 5G network can provide better location accuracy without completely relying on GPS. It calculates location based on the angle of arrival of each beam, promising positioning accuracy up to 10 meters.