*Jio to end Chinese domination in Indian Smartphone market*

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The recent round of mega deals between Reliance Jio and various American companies pumped more than 1.5 Lakh Crores into Jio platforms. The most interesting amongst them were the deals with Sundar Pichai's Google Inc. and Qualcomm.

Google invested a sum of 33,734 Crores to acquire a 7.7% stake in Jio. This also included a strategic commercial deal between Google and Jio.

As Sundar Pichai articulated, "Google and Jio Platforms have entered into a commercial agreement to jointly develop an entry-level affordable smartphone with optimizations to the Android operating system and the Play Store.

Together we are excited to rethink, from the ground up, how millions of users in India can become owners of smartphones."

Pichai's statement signals it to be a revolutionary deal for Indian smartphone market. And that’s the bottom line — this is an attempt to drive smartphone penetration in the country.

It’s an attempt to build a phone that could potentially unlock new opportunities and boost data consumption

. You can’t just stick to a regular Android smartphone and expect rural consumers to take a liking to it. They have different aspirations. They have different needs and demands.

For instance, rural consumers are more likely to use a UC Browser because it employs complex compression techniques and loads web content faster whilst using less data.

They use websites like http://songs.pk  to download music for free since streaming doesn’t work well on 2G connections. They still use feature phones because even the most affordable (Chinese) smartphones in this country are too expensive.

So, if Mukesh Ambani really wants to create a "2G Mukt Bharat", he has to reinvent the smartphone, including the operating system that powers it. And Google is quintessential to this cause.

Also, this strategic partnership isn’t just limited to Google. Facebook was offered a similar discounted deal for 9.99% stake for bringing WhatsApp into the equation and pairing it with JioMart.

The biggest loser out of all these deals are going to be the current market leaders in their respective segments. Most importantly, all the Chinese Smartphone manufacturers like Xiaomi, Huawei, Realme, Oppo, Vivo, etc.

. who have been minting tremendous cash in Indian Rupees for last couple of years are now going to see some real "Desi" challenge.

The deals with Google(owner of Android) and Qualcomm(world's biggest chip manufacturer) brought the world's best software and hardware companies respectively to partner with Jio in its quest to introduce affordable entry-level smartphones.

This is where it can radically revolutionize the Indian smartphone market, maybe even replacing the hitherto cheap Chinese phones with a better, faster and stronger Indian alternative.

With the advent of 5G and Jio's proclamation to ace it (with a completely Indian solution from scratch) by 2021-22, Jio is going to take a formidable lead in providing quality with cost-effectiveness.

If everything goes as per Jio's plan, the days are not far when Indian Smartphone market will become "Chinese mukt".

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