According to sources Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani who has disrupted the mobile telephony market with Reliance Jio, is set to take on Internet and video streaming giants like Google, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify. Meanwhile according to an article in the winter 2019 issue of Foreign Policy magazine, "the second stage of Ambani's plan is more ambitious" after creating a mega base of 28 crore Jio subscribers with ultra cheap data plans and sending rival telecom operators into a tizzy.
The article read "Jio's real competitors aren't local cellular providers, such as Airtel or Vodafone India; instead, insiders say Ambani has long had his eyes set on competing with Google, Netflix, Spotify, and Facebook”. Furthermore Jio services now include attractive lifestyle products a streaming TV service with hundreds of channels, a digital payments system, a music library, a health care app, a connected home system, a messaging platform.
Previously Reliance Jio Infocomm last week reported a 65% increase in its standalone net profit for the October-December 2018 period. Moreover the journey of Jio has been truly remarkable and has surpassed all expectations. Ambani said that India can be transformed when people get "Pehla TV, pehla camera, pehla Internet and pehla Artificial Intelligence (AI) at just Rs 100 per month.
