Barcelona | Mumbai: Reliance Jio aims to emerge as one of the world’s first scalable token-based service providers by deeply embedding artificial intelligence across its operations, Jio Platforms Limited Group CEO Mathew Oommen said at Mobile World Congress.
Oommen described the AI era as a structural reset rather than a technological upgrade, warning that telecom operators embracing AI would thrive while others risked falling behind. He said the industry’s economic model was shifting from minutes to data bytes and now to tokens, positioning Jio to lead that transition.
Highlighting Jio’s scale of over 525 million subscribers and among the world’s lowest data rates, Oommen said the company now aims to deliver the lowest “dollar per token per watt.” He clarified that Jio does not intend to remain merely a connectivity provider but seeks to shape and own the emerging “tokenomics” layer of AI-driven networks.
He noted that telecom infrastructure would form the backbone of large-scale intelligence systems spanning energy, finance, transport and security sectors. Jio plans to build a unified AI command architecture integrating networks, devices and workflows in real time.
Calling AI a multi-generational shift with trillion-dollar potential, Oommen said the transition from connectivity to intelligence represents a defining opportunity for telecom operators willing to reinvent themselves.
