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Case Code: ECON080
Case Length: 12 Pages 
Period: 2017-2019   
Pub Date: 2020
Teaching Note:Available
Price:Rs.300
Organization : Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Industry :Technology & Communications
Countries : India
Themes: Free Market/Monopoly/Industry consolidation
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Reliance Jio: Marching Toward Monopoly

 
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SECTOR

 

The court ruling created panic among the telecom operators, who apprehended a far bigger danger for the sector. Some analysts said if the SC verdict was implemented, it could pave the way for a duopolistic telecom market in India comprising Airtel and Jio, as Vodafone Idea’s very survival was at stake. But duopoly was not a healthy market structure, as consumers would have limited pricing options, they said. Ambareesh Baliga, an independent stock market analyst, warned,..

 
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WAY FORWARD

In October 2019, Mukesh unveiled a plan to set up a US$24 billion e-commerce platform that would help his ambition to dominate India’s Internet shopping space. Industry experts saw this e-commerce platform as an Alibaba-like venture to disrupt the online shopping space, which was being dominated by e-commerce companies like Amazon.com, Inc. and Flipkart Private Limited in India. For Reliance’s digital business, its board proposed investments of Rs1.08 trillion (US$15 billion) into a wholly-owned subsidiary, which in turn would be used to reduce Jio’s debt. A series of capital transfers would help Jio become debt-free by March 2020, company sources said...
 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit I: Cost of 1GB Mobile Data in Top Five and Bottom Five Nations
Exhibit II: Top Broadband Service Providers in India (2018)
Exhibit III: Telecom Service Providers in India by Market Shares and Subscriber Base (As of August 2019)