Reliance Industries announces launch of JioMart on WhatsApp

Reliance Industries announces launch of JioMart on WhatsApp

Reliance Industries said that Jio Platforms is partnering with social technology company Meta to launch ‘JioMart on WhatsApp’ — an end-to-end shopping experience on WhatsApp to enable consumers to shop from JioMart from their WhatsApp chat itself. JioMart on WhatsApp will let users in India, including those who are yet to shop online browse through […]

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s IAX cable project to have landing in Maldives

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s IAX cable project to have landing in Maldives

Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) said that the next generation multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress undersea cable system (IAX cable project) will land in Hulhumale, Maldives. According to the Jio Platforms subsidiary, the high capacity and high-speed IAX cable project will directly link Hulhumale with major internet hubs in India and Singapore. Uz Fayyaz Ismail — Maldives Minister of […]

Reliance Jio Platforms to invest $200m in lock-screen platform Glance

Reliance Jio Platforms to invest $200m in lock-screen platform Glance

Glance, a leading AI-driven lock-screen platform, announced today that it has agreed to raise US$200 million from Jio Platforms Limited (“Jio”) in its Series D round of funding. Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has announced an investment of $200 million in Glance, an artificial intelligence (AI) driven lock-screen platform. The investment is part […]

Jio, SES create Indian satellite broadband JV – Jio Space Technology

Jio, SES create Indian satellite broadband JV – Jio Space Technology

Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has created a 51:49 satellite broadband joint venture (JV) called Jio Space Technology with SES, a Luxembourgish satellite-based content connectivity solutions provider. Jio Space Technology will be engaged in providing satellite broadband services in India. The joint venture will utilize multi-orbit space networks — a […]

Google to acquire stake in Reliance Jio Platforms for $4.5bn

Google to acquire stake in Reliance Jio Platforms for $4.5bn

Internet giant Google has agreed to acquire a stake of 7.73% in Jio Platforms, the digital services platform of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, for INR 33.73 billion ($4.5 billion). Google’s investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of INR 4.36 lakh crore. Through the latest transaction, Reliance Industries has secured a total investment of […]