The laptop, to be called JioBook, will be embedded with a 4G sim card and will be available to customers such as schools and govt institutes from this month, sources said.
Addressing investors at Reliance Industries Ltd’s 45th Annual General Meeting, the billionaire said the company was committed to making India a data-powered economy ahead of China, US.
While Adani group bought spectrum in the 26 GHz band, which is not for public networks, Jio acquired the coveted 700 MHz spectrum that can provide 6-10 km of signal range.
Ambani this week put in motion his own succession plan -- eldest Akash to helm Jio, twin Isha expected to head retail while youngest Anant to preside over oil-to-chemicals business.
Beating Amazon, Disney and Sony to the Indian Premier League was only half the battle. Now the world’s seventh-richest man needs to work out how to make money from it.
From Walt Disney to Sony, Viacom18 — a joint venture between Paramount Global & Ambani’s RIL — outbid all to bag the streaming rights, while Disney acquired the TV broadcast rights.
Amazon’s surprise pullout leaves the field open for Ambani’s Reliance, Disney & Sony Group, who’re betting the game will help them dominate an Indian consumer market increasingly going online.
Ambani is aiming for consumers while Adani is sticking mostly to infrastructure, which helps India generate fiscal resources by monetising public assets and also as a foreign-policy tool.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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