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Wow! Very interesting news. (Bad for us consumers ofcourse.) Reliance Jio is focusing on vertical integration by even building and rolling out their own 5G tec
by webmobdev 6y ago
Wow! Very interesting news. (Bad for us consumers ofcourse.)
Reliance Jio is focusing on vertical integration by even building and rolling out their own 5G tech (https://content.techgig.com/jio-develops-in-house-5g-tech-aims-to-reduce-cost-and-foreign-dependency/articleshow/74548652.cms https://content.techgig.com/jio-develops-in-house-5g-tech-ai...). And I am sure they plan to expand to other countries in 5 years or so. It will be very interesting to watch how they change the telecom industry in these countries too, in the future.
Speculating because I don't know the details, but feels like Facebook got the better end of the deal - FB bought WhatsApp, a messaging platform, for $19 billion. $5.7 Billion for 10% stake in one of the largest mobile network in the world sounds a real bargain ... right?
- missedthecue 6y ago>(Bad for us consumers ofcourse.) explain?
- webmobdev 6y ago- They've crippled the indian telecom industry by driving out many competitors through their anti-competitive behaviour of offering FREE services for nearly a year under the guise of "testing" their network. They were aided in this by the government who ignored the protests from the other players. - Then they offered services for very LOW prices. - Once the competitors were driven out, they've RAISED prices. And are now lobbying with the government to reduce inter-connection charges and to stop "Free" calls which their remaining competitors are still offering. - They are also extremely INVASIVE in collecting data on you through their services, apps, and even deep packet inspection of your secure connections. They are also suspected of creating shadow profiles and trying to link it to real profiles by data from their other businesses (e.g. Reliance Retail stores) and also through data they purchase from data brokers. - They lobbied AGAINST NET-NEUTRALITY and tried to offer Facebook services for free, but luckily for us failed. - I can bet that Facebook and Jio will now SHARE DATA and use each others service more. Goodbye privacy. For ever.
- missedthecue 6y agoThis sounds like something Vodafone would write up. Jio prices now are lower than all their competitors prices were 5 years ago. Even if Jio raised prices a little higher than they ever were, it doesn't therefore follow that the indian consumer is worse off for having the new player. And vodafone and others didn't leave the indian market. Jio isn't the only player in India. They'll always have competition that keeps them from raising prices to confiscatory rates.
- rgrs 6y agoSource please? Are these your opinions or do you have articles (not blogs or tweets) to support your claims?
- webmobdev 6y agoSorry, can't help you with your scrubbing. You can Google for it.
- sbmthakur 6y agoLow prices enabled millions of Indians to get connected to the Internet. Interest of millions of Indians will be always given precedence over interests of a bunch of companies that want to keep data prices high to ensure their profits. Please share citations for your other accusations.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 6y agoIndia went from charging some of the costliest data plans in the world to some of the cheapest, thanks to Jio. What exactly was holding back the hands of the entrenched players when they charged INR 10 per MB of data?
- intended 6y agoHow? India had some of the cheapest plans in the world, and the indian telecom market is famous for having the lowest if not among the lowest ARPU rates in the world. Do you have a source or reference point for this?