Reliance Group's Unlimit has announced a strategic alliance with Fibocom, China's first communications modules and solutions provider, to bring to the country contemporary wireless communications modules and solutions for IoT and mobile Internet.

The partnership will allow innovative design and Next-Gen applications be launched in the Indian market, which will narrow the gap between India and other developing and developed countries with the introduction of a robust infrastructure set-up for digital growth. The partnership is in alignment with the ‘Digital India' plan, which is focused on creating citizen-shared infrastructure, management and services on demand, as also data authority for each Indian citizen.

"With the number of connected devices in India projected to rise from 200 million today to 3 billion by 2020, nearly every part of the economy will be positively impacted by IoT. We are delighted to partner with Fibocom to unlock the full potential of the Internet of Things for our customers, thereby making the benefits of IoT virtually UNLIMITed," Juergen Hase, Chief Executive Officer of Unlimit, said.

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