Following Pokemon GO‘s long-awaited release in South Asia, Niantic has announced that Reliance Jio Infocomm is now an official partner in India. “Reliance Jio has disrupted the Indian digital services space by providing high speed 4G LTE mobile data at very affordable prices to enable the vision of Digital India for 1.2 billion Indians,” the developer explains on the official Pokemon GO blog. “We’re excited to join them on this journey. With this partnership, nearly 3,000 Jio stores and partner locations will become PokéStops and Gyms that Trainers can visit to collect items and to battle over.” In addition, During Reliance Jio’s “Happy New Year” offer, their SIM customers will be able to download and play Pokémon GO without incurring data charges.
Reliance Jio Infocomm becomes an official partner of Pokemon GO in India