Reliance Jio Brings Pokemon GO to India

Five months after its official launch Pokemon GO arrives in India, thanks to the partnership between Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) and Niantic Inc.

John Hanke, Chief Executive Officer and founder of NianticWe are delighted to partner with Jio to launch Pokémon GO in India. It’s exciting to see Pokémon fans in India step out and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pokémon and Jio’s disruptive high speed 4G LTE Network will be an excellent way to experience the game.

The incredibly popular Augmented Reality game that is based on a popular animated TV show Pokemon was officially launched in most parts of the globe on July 7 this year.

The AR game uses geo-locations to place Pokémon across important landmarks and areas in cities. Players then need to walk around their city with their smartphones and try to find and catch Pokémon that appears on their screens superimposed on the background of what their camera sees.

Pokémon trainers also have to traverse through the city to look for Pokémon Stops to resupply, and fight at Pokémon Gyms to take control of them for their own team. The game requires a smartphone with an active data connection, camera and GPS to run.

Reliance Jio connections, which are already riding high on promotional offers of free data, voice calling, roaming and more to all users until March 2017 are set to push up further with the Pokemon GO tie up.

Mathew Oommen, President Reliance Jio

Pokémon GO has over 500 million downloads globally. Our partnership with Niantic not only brings access to the Pokémon GO app but also opens the door to more opportunities for our customers to enjoy content on Jio’s one-of-a-kind mobile broadband network.