Jio’s 5G Network Can Extend Battery Life by 40 Percent, Official Claims

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 telco uses a standalone (SA) architecture along with other technical features for its 5G services in India and allocates spectrum bandwidth as per the application – both of which help improve battery life and efficiency on smartphones.

Better battery life on Jio True 5G network

Telecom providers in India, such as Bharti Airtel, are using a non-standalone access (NSA) approach where 5G technology is deployed on top of existing 4G infrastructure. However, Reliance Jio has taken a different route by adopting SA, which uses the 700 MHz band for rural areas and the 3.5 GHz band for urban centers. In addition, it has also reserved the 26GHz mmWave band for high-capacity applications. This is managed by the company’s smart spectrum management, which allocates the right spectrum based on usage.

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

Reliance Jio also leverages other technologies such as layer management based on User Equipment (UE) capabilities for enhanced carrier aggregation, Time Division Duplex (TDD) interference across spectrum bands and dedicated network slicing. It features programmable networks with bundle management, traffic control and energy efficiency based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

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