WILL RELIANCE JIO CREATE ANOTHER DISRUPTION—INCONNECTED CARS?

But is the traditional car industry ready for such a change? There’s talk of cars switching from fossil fuels to electric models quickly on a large scale. There’s the question of cars becoming smarter and embracing technologies like 5G

- Sunil Rajguru

Connected vehicles can communicate with systems in both directions: They can send and receive data across networks. This will be great news from the point of view of traffic management, security, safety, remote diagnostics, over the air (OTA) updates and insurance. Key components of connected vehicles are the Internet of Things and 5G. In fact, one Gartner report says that the market share of 5G-connected cars could well touch 94% in 2028. This brings us to Reliance Industries, which could be India’s major 5G player by then.

Path-breaker Reliance Jio is unveiling its connected vehicle ecosystem at AutoExpo 2020. Reports say that Jio is working on Artificial Intelligence, telematics and scalable IoT solutions and in talks with fleet management companies and vehicle manufacturers. Its vehicle tracking IoT-based device includes real-time tracking alerts, the transmission of data to government servers along with route and driver management. Currently it offers a 4G LTE eSIM IoT module. The dashcam information can be recorded and the data analyzed accordingly.