Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms | News

By Sankalp Phartiyal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say.

Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said…