80 Customised Phones with Reliance Jio SIM Cards Given to Top Indian Government Officials
New Delhi: At least 80 high-end Google Pixel “customised” phones with Reliance Jio SIMs have been given to top bureaucrats on a “trial” basis to ensure secure communication among them, according to a person in the IT ministry.
The home ministry had drawn up a list of 100 officials from multiple ministries for the purpose, and 80 of these Google Pixel phones have been handed out so far, the person aware of the matter said. The rest 20 units are in the pipeline, he added. The project is at a ‘pilot’ stage and the sample distribution is for measuring the performance and security of the device.
The Google Pixel phones were found to be compliant with the specifications given by the home ministry, and the “customisation” of the 4G phones was undertaken by the Centre for Development of Adva...
