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> The advent of 4G and the heavy investment by telcos in earlier generations of telephony has left them unable to compete financially with Jio. The nature of 4G
by signal11 6y ago
> The advent of 4G and the heavy investment by telcos in earlier generations of telephony has left them unable to compete financially with Jio. The nature of 4G technology means that the other telcos’ business models and borrowing structures are now simply unviable, unserviceable.
I'm very curious about why you think this is the case, because in other countries incumbents managed the transition just fine.
Others have accused Jio of predatory pricing -- they managed to accumulate millions of subscribers by offering free services during their test period, a loophole that is now closed by the regulator[1].
[1] https://thewire.in/tech/reliance-jio-telecom-regulation-trai-anil-ambani https://thewire.in/tech/reliance-jio-telecom-regulation-trai...