India, Jan. 18 -- India's newest service provider, Reliance Jio Infocomm, is planning to relaunch its low-cost 4G feature phone, JioPhone, in the first half of 2021, according to media reports.

The company is also working on 4G and 5G Android smartphones in collaboration with Google, for later this year.

Jio had discontinued the sale of JioPhone last year because of supply constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has now moved to a new supplier, Flex, to address supply chain issues.

The handset initially launched in 2018, and helped the company acquire a considerable number of subscribers because it was extremely economical.

The collaboration with Google will focus on low-cost 4G and 5G devices, which are also lik...