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| Festive Pikachu. |
Reliance Jio Infocomm is an official partner of the hit Pokémon GO mobile game in India. Reliance Jio provides high speed 4G LTE mobile data at affordable prices to enable the vision of Digital India for 1.2 billion Indians, publisher and developer of Pokémon GO in association with The Pokémon Company Niantic has disclosed.
This launch is in line with Jio’s mission to empower Indians with opportunities that are fuelled by the power of data and a digital life, and to delight them on an ongoing basis with entertainment-based apps, Jio said. Nearly 3,000 Jio stores and partner locations will become PokéStops and Gyms that trainers can visit to collect items and to battle over.
Said John Hanke, CEO and founder of Niantic, “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.”
This launch is in line with Jio’s mission to empower Indians with opportunities that are fuelled by the power of data and a digital life, and to delight them on an ongoing basis with entertainment-based apps, Jio said. Nearly 3,000 Jio stores and partner locations will become PokéStops and Gyms that trainers can visit to collect items and to battle over.
Said John Hanke, CEO and founder of Niantic, “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.”
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| Part of the game involves catching Pokemon*. |
“With over 500 million downloads globally, we are excited to launch Pokémon GO officially in India on the Reliance Jio network,” said Mathew Oommen, President, Reliance Jio. “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.”
On Jio’s social messaging app, JioChat, Pokémon players have access to an exclusive Pokémon Go Channel. The channel will enable Pokémon Go players to collaborate and be part of an exciting community of players with daily tips, contests, clues, and special events.
During Jio’s Happy New Year offer, their SIM customers will be able to download and play Pokémon GO without incurring data charges till 31 March 2017.
The announcement came in tandem with the availability of the game to trainers in India, and other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
"We appreciate your patience during the last few months while we worked on bringing Pokémon GO to your country. The Niantic team had to resolve a few administrative challenges before launching in order to ensure we could provide the best experience possible," said Niantic in a statement.
Initial feedback on the game, left as comments in the Google Play store, has been mixed as it appears many of the Android phones used in South India do not have an operating system that is powerful enough to play the game.
Interested?
Read the TechTrade Asia blog post on Niantic teaming up with Globe Telecom in the Philippines
*The screen capture shows either a missed opportunity to catch an igglybuff, a new 'baby' Pokemon that was introduced in December 2016, or a glimpse of that Pokemon at a Pokegym.
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