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Jio Mart, Reliance Retail’s answer to Amazon and Grofers, went national Saturday. Given that its success, if it happens, will also depend on sister concern Jio Platforms’ 380 million and growing subscriber base, there are concerns around how privacy and…
Read More Jio Mart’s Policy On Privacy, Data Handling May Need Revisit
Less than a month after starting a WhatsApp Ordering Service in Navi Mumbai, Reliance has rolled out JioMart widely. The ecommece platform, which Reliance calls a "single virtual store", will deliver products in 200 towns and cities in India, including…
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio platform saw a lot of cash inflow into the company. Unlike its competitors, the telecom giant saw a surge of investors. It is venturing into own operating systems, music, OTT and digital payments. After Facebook‘s $5.7…
Read More A Round-Up Of All Reliance Jio Investments And What Follows
Taking cues from many tech giants, Facebook is now trying to get small businesses to sell directly from its platform. The feature, called Shops, will be rolling out to both Facebook and Instagram and allows pretty much anyone to set…
Read More Facebook Takes Another Shot At eCommerce With Shops Platform
For the past few weeks, speculations are rife in trading circles regarding a mega-investment deal between Microsoft and Reliance Jio. Observers of the stock market foresee a considerable investment by Microsoft in the telecom giant. Before buying stakes in a…
Read More After Facebook, Microsoft Mulling Investment In Reliance Jio
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Read More 4 Weeks, 4 Investments, 4 Majors, USD 9B In Jio Platforms And RIL Isn’t Done Yet!
US private equity giant General Atlantic has invested $870 million (approximately Rs 6,598 crore) in Reliance's Jio Platforms in its largest deal in Asia so far. The investment gives General Atlantic a 1.34 percent stake in Jio Platforms on a…
Read More General Atlantic Invests $870M In Reliance’s Jio Platforms In Its Largest Asia Deal
Four days after Reliance Jio struck a deal with Silver Laker Partners, it has earned fresh investments from another US-based tech-focused private equity fund. Vista Equity Partners has acquired 2.32 percent stake in Jio Platforms for an estimated $1.5 billion…
Silver Lake Partners on Monday invested ₹5,665 crore in Jio Platforms for a 1.15% stake. This was at a 12.5% premium to Facebook’s ₹43,574 crore ($5.7 billion) deal for a 9.99% announced on 22 April. So, what has made Jio Platform a…
Read More What Makes Jio Platforms Command a INR 5 Trillion Valuation
Queuing up at his local store for grocery worried Naman Jain. With coronavirus cases rising, it was too much of a risk for the resident of the Mumbai suburb of Thane. RIL’s ambitions for Jio are bigger and deeper, says…
Read More JioMart’s Jio Moment – Can The RIL Company Disrupt Indian Retail?
Customers of Airtel Thanks will now get free, unlimited access to ZEE5’s premium content library as part of their exclusive benefits, the companies announced. Airtel, like rival Reliance Jio, has been inching towards a bundled app ecosystem powered by content.…
Read More Airtel-ZEE5 Extend Partnership As Telcos Inch Towards Bundled App Ecosystem
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telcos, has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services.…
Read More Airtel Selects IBM And Red Hat To Build Open Hybrid Cloud Network
Bharti Airtel has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new 5G-ready telco network cloud to support core operations, monetise the telco’s pan-India 4G network with the help of new services and be more competitive against main rival Reliance…
Read More Airtel Selects IBM And Red Hat To Build 5G-Ready Open Hybrid Cloud Network
IBM on Monday announced a major deal with Bharti Airtel to build a new open hybrid cloud network that will be more efficient and flexible than what exists now, will enable new digital services, and be ready for emerging technologies…
Reliance Jio has cut three equity deals with three major investors in three weeks. First came the $5.7 billion stake sale to Facebook, making it the largest minority shareholder in Jio, followed by another 1.15 percent dilution to Silver Lake…
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has been able to attract the third big investor - Vista Equity Partners - which is the world’s largest tech fund following its landmark deal with Facebook. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound research…
Read More 3 Deals In 3 weeks: Vista Equity Now Invests $1.5 Billion In Reliance Jio
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is a man on a mission: to dominate India’s consumer Internet market -- from online retail to digital payments. He just sealed three deals in as many weeks to raise a combined $8 billion, including from Facebook…
Read More Vista Stake Caps $8 Billion Deal Run for Asia’s Richest Man
Reliance Jio Platforms (Jio Platforms), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), is selling 1.15 per cent stake to private equity (PE) firm Silver Lake for Rs 5,655.75 crore. The investment — the second in a fortnight - highlights its focus…
Read More Silver Lake Checks Into Jio Platforms, Snaps Up 1.15% For Over Rs 5,600 cr
American private equity giant Silver Lake Partners' investment in Reliance Jio comes in less than two weeks of the Facebook deal. Silver Lake has paid a 12.5 percent premium over Facebook. Its $750 million infusion in Jio Platforms takes the…
Read More PE Giant Silver Lake That Backed Alibaba, Airbnb, Others Takes Reliance Jio Closer To IPO
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Read More Silver Lake Investment A Shot In The Arm For Jio Platforms
Facebook and Reliance Jio hit the headlines early Wednesday morning, in a break from the daily lockdown news. Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post that the technology giant will acquire a 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) through a fresh issue of shares worth…
Read More Reliance Jio Connects With Facebook For $5.7 Billion Equity Deal
India’s small and medium businesses (SMBs), which are struggling due to the covid-19 pandemic, got a shot in the arm on Wednesday with social media giant Facebook announcing a $5.7-billion investment in Jio Platforms Ltd, which is owned by Reliance…
Read More Facebook-Reliance Deal To Boost JioMart, Open Door For Small Businesses
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Read More Facebook Investment In Jio Is Deeper Than It Appears
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia as Keynote Speaker at HYSEA BizSummit 2020 on January 23, 2020 (Hyderabad, India). At this event, SVG will share the stage with U. S. Consul General in Hyderabad, Mr. Joel Reifman, who is the Chief Guest for…
Read More Sanchit Vir Gogia To Give CxO Keynote at HYSEA BizSummit 2020
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia chair a CxO Panel Discussion at Redis Day Bangalore 2020 on January 22, 2020 (Bengaulru, India). Here’s the topic for Panel Discussion... About the Summit: Redis Day Bangalore is a free conference about anything and everything Redis.…
Read More Sanchit Vir Gogia To Chair CxO Panel Discussion at Redis Day Bangalore 2020
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia as Keynote Speaker at Redis Day Bangalore 2020 on January 22, 2020 (Bengaulru, India). Here’s the topic for Sanchit's keynote... About the Summit: Redis Day Bangalore is a free conference about anything and everything Redis. Its purpose…
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Technology companies offering niche services to banks face a challenge as public sector lenders consolidate, with issues around shrinking revenue, reduced clients and heightened competition, industry experts have said. Banks may consider changing their technology infrastructure, analysts said. This means,…
New-age internet companies across the eCommerce, food-tech and fintech sectors are increasingly using soft-skill providers to train their workforce. These human resource development programmes have traditionally been used by the manufacturing and automobile industries for their staff. “Even larger companies…
Read More New-Age Internet Companies Are Going Big On Soft-Skill Training
On October 9, 2019, I noticed my Twitter timeline was abuzz with a hashtag, #BoycottJio. Until then, I hadn't heard about the announcement by Reliance Jio to charge users 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to other networks.…
Read More #BoycottJio Controversy: No More Than A Storm In A Teacup
Banks may take 2-3 years to standardise core technology, products and customer applications after the government proposed to merge some prominent public sector lenders last week, analysts said. “The integration process would take 24-36 months. Website, mobile apps, IVR —…
