Facebook Jio Deal

Regulators must ensure a level playing field for all e-commerce players. This will benefit the consumer and turbo charge the MSME sector, and the Digital India and Make In India components of the government’s vision

RIL: Bandwidth of technology investors expands with General Atlantic; Deleveraging on track

First, Facebook, then Vista and Silver Lake, and now General Atlantic. Jio continues to be a big draw for technology investors. The zero-debt goal for RIL has just got more fuel.

Technology investors make a dash for Jio; RIL’s deleveraging takes wing

Jio Platforms has now raised a massive Rs 60,596 crore from leading technology investors in less than three weeks

Facebook-Jio Deal | Kirana stores will be put at the nerve centre of India’s e-commerce revolution

The Indian retail space is ripe for disruption and there has never been a better time to be a part of India’s digital revolution for the kirana store.

Jio+Facebook: Shaping the digital future of world’s largest democracy

The partnering of these two powerful platforms will not only give rise to richer consumer experiences, but also open up access to the Digital Indian dream for 400 million consumers.

Facebook-Jio deal | M&A landscape will take on many shades

It’s going to be a buyer’s market, and the deal terms will reflect this dynamics

Facebook-Jio deal | A deal that can change the e-commerce space

The Jio-Facebook alliance should trigger healthy rivalry and transform digital economy, benefitting all stakeholders

JioMart sees 6,000 kirana stores going onboard to offer WhatsApp grocery shopping

Launched in January, the web-only arm of Reliance Retail allows consumers to purchase from among 50,000 products including groceries and other essential items along with private labels owned by Reliance Retail.

Jio-Facebook could usher in Uberisation of India’s hyper-local micro shopping

The alliance offers an opportunity for the emergence of a new class of fintech companies to replicate the success of consumer durables financing schemes in micro and hyper-local shopping.

JioMart gets a WhatsApp number, rolls out services in areas near Mumbai

Launched in January, the web-only arm of Reliance Retail allows consumers to purchase from among 50,000 products including groceries and other essential items.

Facebook-Jio Deal | A big boost for India's retail sector

Millions of kirana stores are likely to become part of JioMart and reap benefits of scale and convenience for their customers. This will set an example of how, with clean practices, both physical and digital retail can co-exist and flourish.

Facebook-Jio Deal has the potential to change India’s e-space

This partnership has the potential to deliver significant results for India across multiple domains. Vision and ambition aside, both the companies need to realise each other’s strengths and core competencies to deliver on their promise.

Mukesh Ambani Asia's richest again, net worth up by $4.7bn after Facebook-Jio deal

Facebook acquired a 9.9 percent stake in Reliance Jio for $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore), a deal that was announced on April 22.

Facebook-Jio deal | Here’s what Mukesh Ambani and Mark Zuckerberg said after the multinational dollar deal

The deal is a win-win for both companies. The investment values Jio among the top five listed companies in India by market capitalisation.

Facebook-Jio deal | Will it help RIL deleverage and re-rate?

Our back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest net debt can decrease by 80 percent if the inflows from the deals with Facebook, Aramco and BP are used to deleverage.

Exclusive | What does Jio-Facebook deal mean for their other startup investments?

The $5.7-billion investment will have a ripple effect through India’s startup and consumer internet ecosystem, say insiders.

Facebook deal to accelerate Reliance Jio's listing push

The gargantuan all-cash investment of Rs 43,500 crore is a vindication of Mukesh Ambani’s big bet on Jio not as a telecom company but as a tech and platform player.

Jio's Facebook deal enhances its share of a digital consumer's life

Ambani’s belief, and the ambition to transform the lives of 1.3 billion Indians got a big validation today

The Facebook deal is a huge positive for RIL

Our back-of- the- envelope calculations suggest that net debt can decrease by 80 percent if the inflows from the deals with Facebook, Aramco and BP are used to deleverage.

This is why the Facebook-Reliance Jio deal is unprecedented in several ways

The deal is unparalleled in the way it will add to consumer's choices

Reliance Jio-Facebook partnership: Here's how the deal stacks up for both entities

A look at some key takeaways from the big deal.

Deal with Facebook good for Jio's IPO, say experts

Since last year, Mukesh Ambani has been exploring options to take Jio public.

Reliance Jio-Facebook deal | Anand Mahindra lauds Mukesh Ambani's business acumen

Anand Mahindra, who is quite active on the micro-blogging site Twitter, took to his official handle to congratulate Ambani on his latest business move.

Opportune moment for the Jio-Facebook deal, fair value of RIL stock at Rs 1,800: Experts

Facebook deal is a part of deleveraging balance sheet by Reliance Industries and RIL wants to sell stake in key segments to reduce the debt burden, experts feel.