- Jio looks to take technology proven at scale in India to global markets
- Opportunities seen across developed economies, East Asia, South America and Africa
Mumbai, October 17, 2026: Speaking to brokers gathered in Mumbai from across India ahead of the Jio IPO, Jio Platforms Managing Director Akash Ambani offered the clearest indication yet of the scale of the company’s global plans. Responding to a question, Ambani said Jio could eventually build around 12 strategic partnerships, potentially taking its technology to up to 1.5 billion additional users. The company sees opportunities ranging from the US and Germany to East Asia, South America and Africa.
Jio has spoken earlier about taking its in-house technology stack to overseas markets. What is new now is the potential scale being attached to that ambition. The company is no longer talking only about international expansion in broad terms; it is beginning to frame the opportunity through the number of partnerships it could build and the user base those partnerships could potentially address.
Ambani said Jio’s opportunity is not limited to developing economies. Even developed markets such as the US and Germany, where fibre rollout has lagged in parts, could offer opportunities for its broadband technology. East Asia, large parts of South America and Africa are also among the markets being evaluated.
The plan is not necessarily for Jio to enter each market as a telecom operator. Instead, the company wants to work with local operators and offer its technology stack through strategic partnerships. Jio sees its integrated home broadband stack as one of the key global opportunities. Ambani said creating technology and successfully scaling it are two very different capabilities — and Jio believes it has demonstrated both in India.
That also gives the story a larger India dimension. For years, India has been one of the world’s biggest markets for global technology. Jio now wants technology developed and scaled in India to travel in the opposite direction — to global markets. Ambani has previously said Jio’s proprietary end-to-end technology stack gives India the potential to move from being an importer of technology to an exporter of technology.
Home broadband may be only one part of that opportunity. Jio believes different parts of its technology stack could address different needs across international markets.
If these partnerships take shape, they could create a new international revenue stream for Jio. More significantly, they could mark a shift in India’s technology story — from being a massive consumer of global technology to increasingly building, scaling and exporting technology of its own.
