Yesterday we reported that Apple's CEO's busy agenda included meeting with Reliance Jio Infocomm which is planning to start nationwide commercial 4G services this year, making them key to Apple's iPhone strategy. Today we've learned a little more about Cook's meeting.

According to an Indian report, Apple and Reliance have agreed to forge a long-term relationship wich includes supplying millions of VoLTE iPhones that will work on Reliance Jio's 4G Network as well as deploying an enterprise sollution.

According to the Economic Times, Apple's CEO made a pitch for potential deployment of Apple Pay in Reliance Jio's retail stores and Reliance noted that that they were interested in having their representatives use iPads and iPhones with MobileFirst Apple-IBM sollutions.

Home to the world's second largest population of 1.2 billion, India is a young nation with 63% of its population under the age of 35 years. It has a fast growing digital audience with 800 million mobile connections and over 200 million internet users. Reliance thoroughly believes in India's potential to lead the world with its capabilities in innovation. Towards that end, Reliance envisages creation of a digital revolution in India.

Reliance Jio aims to enable this transformation by creating not just a cutting-edge voice and broadband network, but also a powerful ecosystem on which a range of rich digital services will be enabled – a unique green-field opportunity.

The three-pronged focus on broadband networks, affordable smartphones and the availability of rich content and applications has enabled Jio to create an integrated business strategy from the very beginning, and today, Jio is capable of offering a unique combination of telecom, high speed data, digital commerce, media and payment services.

Reliance Jio promises to shape the future of India by providing end-to-end digital solutions for businesses, institutions and households and seamlessly bridging the rural-urban divide.

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