RIL’s arm Jio partners with Niantic to bring Pokemon Go to India

14 Dec 2016 Evaluate

Reliance Industries’ (RIL) telecom arm - Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) has partnered with Niantic, the company that has published and developed the augmented reality game Pokemon GO in association with The Pokemon Company, to launch Pokemon GO in India. With this partnership, thousands of Reliance Digital Stores and select partner premises in India will appear as ‘PokeStops’ or ‘Gyms’ in the Pokemon GO game beginning, December 14, 2016. 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, such as ‘Pokemon GO,’ the leading app in the gaming category.

The two companies will work together to bring Indians a richer and more enjoyable mobile entertainment experience for Pokemon GO, including activating Jio retail locations and charging stations as PokeStops and Gyms within the game and allowing Indians to catch, train, and battle at any of Jio’s outlets throughout the country.

RIL is an India-based private sector company, with business in energy and materials value chain and in retail and digital services. The company operates in four segments: refining, petrochemicals, oil & gas and organized retail. The refining segment includes production and marketing operations of the petroleum products.

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