Jio Platforms is positioning itself to become one of the first companies to offer AI token services at scale, according to Mathew Oommen, Group CEO of Jio Platforms, during a session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Oommen said the global technology landscape is undergoing a major reset as artificial intelligence reshapes industries, making it necessary to rethink the structure of the telecom and digital ecosystem.
A token service provider manages the tokens, or units of data, used by AI models during processing. In the emerging AI economy, these tokens are increasingly viewed as a new digital currency powering AI applications and services.
Oommen noted that Jio plans to make AI tokens affordable, similar to how the company previously disrupted India’s telecom sector by offering low-cost voice and data services.
“We believe Jio will be one of the first scalable token services provider. We are determined to deliver the lowest cost of dollar per token per watt. We do not want to be the largest token pipe. The question is: can we become the fabric of that AI infrastructure and become the owner of the tokenomics? That is the opportunity, so we can be the largest token generator opportunity,” he said.
He added that both telecommunications and AI infrastructure will play a central role in the emerging intelligence economy, forming key components of what he described as “intelligence endpoints.”
According to Oommen, this vision will be supported by an AI Command Architectural Framework, which will function as the foundation for a 7-layer intelligence architecture.
He also suggested that the currency of telecom services is evolving rapidly, shifting from minutes to bytes and now to tokens in the AI-driven digital landscape.
Speaking about workforce changes in the AI era, Oommen said the industry will require a complete reset of talent strategies, rather than simply focusing on reskilling existing workers.
He explained that businesses are witnessing a structural transformation of workforces, as AI becomes embedded across critical economic systems and national infrastructure, leading to large-scale disruption of traditional business models.
Oommen highlighted the massive scale of global AI investments, noting that more than $3 trillion is expected to be invested in AI in 2026, with around $810 billion allocated by a small group of hyperscale technology companies.
He described the current transition as a generational shift from the industrial age to the AI era, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence infrastructure and digital capabilities.
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