Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Billionaire Changed That • Hacker News Board

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Post by atomicnumber1 » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 9:34 AM UTC

THIS. For mere $6 I can have 1.5GB of data everyday for 84 days. Not to mention unlimited calls and 100 messages/day.

Edit: Also, they have free services like Cinema, TV, Music, Cloud, etc all included with that $6 plan.

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Post by sgr » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 9:38 AM UTC

I'm on Jio and paying $5 for 84 days. I get

1. Free voice calls

2. 100 SMS/ day

3. 1.5GB High speed data/ day (20+ MBPS)- Post which unlimited @ 64 Kbps

4. Subscription to Jio apps like Music/ Movies/ News

The page shows pricing at $5.7, everyone I know has always received a discount voucher for Rs 50. https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans

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Post by cooper12 » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 9:41 AM UTC

What a crap title and article, which spends half its time bootlicking Mukesh Ambani and how he's so rich, when the second paragraph says:

> has shelled out $35 billion of the company’s money

I'm also tired of all these publications that brainlessly give credit for achievements to the CEO like those that suck Elon Musk off for things his engineers have done. Not that I should expect anything better than a journal named after Wall Street.

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Post by carlsborg » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 9:45 AM UTC

From Steve Blank's recent blog post: [today’s theory is that] “massive capital infusion owns the entire market." This is yet another example.

Question is: What strategies can competitors adopt when faced with a market participant like this?

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Post by seunosewa » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 9:49 AM UTC

cooper12 wrote: post #8

What a crap title and article, which spends half its time bootlicking Mukesh Ambani and how he's so rich, when the second paragraph says: > has shelled out $35 billion of the company’s money I'm also tired of all these publications that brainlessly give credit for achievements to the CEO like those that suck Elon Musk off for things his engineers have done. Not that I should expect anything better than a journal name…

It really doesn’t bother me because he is the chairman, managing director and largest shareholder of the company in question. Leaders get credit for the things they ask their followers to do all the time. No one can actually accomplish anything significant without lots of help from other people.