Reliance will continue to evaluate options to support Jio’s long-term growth: Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will continue to evaluate strategic options to broaden stakeholder participation and support Jio’s long-term growth, said its Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

“We will continue to evaluate strategic pathways that can broaden stakeholder participation and support Jio’s longterm growth, always guided by the principle of sustainable value creation,” Mukesh Ambani said in the oil-to-telecom conglomerate’s annual report for FY26.

Ambani said that RIL aims to position Jio at the forefront of the global digital revolution, driving innovation across connectivity, artificial intelligence, cloud, and digital services. “From connecting India to empowering India, Jio is now poised to help lead India into the digital future,” he said.

Jio is planning a mega $4-billion initial public offering (IPO). However, it has run into challenges exacerbated by the war in Iran, Bloomberg reported recently.

Jio Platforms (JPL) and its subsidiaries cumulatively filed 6,817 patents in the fiscal year 2026 (FY26), with a strong focus on next-generation digital technologies, 5G, and sixth-generation (6G) technology.

Of these, 2,393 were filed in India and 4,424 in foreign jurisdictions. Of the total filings, 1,009 patents have been granted globally, comprising 538 grants in India and 471 across foreign jurisdictions, as per Reliance Industries’ (RIL) annual report for FY26 released on Thursday.

With this, the telecom company has emerged as one of India’s largest creators of intellectual property (IP).

From JPL’s tally, Jio’s patent count stood at 3,476 in FY26 – up by 4.04% year-on-year. The telco, with over 524 million subscribers, filed 3,341 patents in FY25.

Jio’s patents span 6G, 5G, AI-LLM, AI-Deep Learning, Big Data, devices, the Internet of Things (IoT), NB-IoT, and homegrown 5G stack technologies, including its multi-user Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), JioBrain, and AI-based offerings.

The Mukesh Ambani-controlled conglomerate’s total research and development (R&D) expenditure for FY26 stood at ₹4,682 crore. This compares with ₹4,185 crore in FY25.

Reliance has a workforce of 1,000+ scientists, engineers and specialists driving extensive in-house R&D. The company has a structured IP governance framework to manage and strengthen its patent portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic business priorities.

Reliance Jio Infocomm had a turnover of ₹1.28 lakh crore in the financial year that ended March 31, 2026, with a net profit of ₹28,173 crore. Its networth was ₹2.83 lakh crore, as per RIL’s report. JPL’s turnover was ₹16,167 in FY26, with a net profit of ₹1,281 crore, and a networth of ₹2.10 lakh crore.

India’s largest telecom carrier, Reliance Jio, comprises the bulk of JPL’s operations.

In FY26, Jio’s networks carried 241 exabytes (EB) of data traffic, and served more than 268 million 5G subscribers and over 27 million homes.

It had a headcount of 74,822.

“Jio’s unparalleled coverage and capacity are enabling global scale engagement on its network which carried over 241 Exabytes of total data traffic during FY 2025-26, growing 30.8% year-on-year and making it one of the largest data operators globally,” said RIL in the report.

Global ambitions

After large-scale development of 5G and FWA stack in India, Jio – as a managed services provider – would provide its proprietary network technologies in select international markets in partnership with local operators, said Reliance. This will include cloud-native RAN, 5G core, OSS/BSS platforms, UBR-based FWA, JioBharat, JioTV+ and Jio set-top-box (STB).

“Jio’s digital service offerings are based on indigenous technologies which enables control over the entire value chain,” it noted.