Reliance Jio and Microsoft sign 10-year cloud agreement

guest · Aug 13, 2019

Reliance Jio and Microsoft sign 10-year cloud agreement
Jio plans to deploy Microsoft Azure in its data centres, connectivity infrastructure, and use it to develop cloud-based business solutions
August 13, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/reliance-jio-and-microsoft-sign-10-year-cloud-agreement/

Indian carrier Reliance Jio and Microsoft have signed a 10-year agreement to deliver a set of solutions spanning from connectivity, computing, storage, and other applications to the Indian market.

"By working together to develop innovative and affordable cloud-enabled digital solutions built around Jio's world-class digital infrastructure and Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, we will accelerate the digitisation of the Indian economy and make Indian businesses globally competitive," he said.
In addition, the Microsoft Azure cloud platform will be deployed within Jio's connectivity infrastructure, which aligns with the company's cloud-first strategy, [...]

The agreement will also see similar cloud-based tools be made available to Jio's internal workforce, while non-network applications will be migrated to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
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guest · Aug 13, 2019

Reliance’s Azure cloud partnership poses threat to Amazon and Google in India
August 12, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/12/...p-poses-threat-to-amazon-and-google-in-india/

Reliance’s foray into the cloud services market – essentially selling computer services such as website hosting and data storage – could intensify competition in an Indian market dominated by Amazon Web Services (AWS), say analysts.

“Other cloud players like AWS and Google will have to come up with new, perhaps cheaper pricing models for India,” said Satyajit Sinha, an analyst at tech consultancy Counterpoint.
Price war
Jio would provide free connectivity and cloud infrastructure to start-ups, Ambani said, adding the company would offer a “bundle of connectivity, productivity and automation tools” to micro, small and medium business for as little as 1,500 rupees ($21.05) a month.
This pricing of elementary services is really the rock bottom price,” said Naveen Mishra, of tech researcher Gartner.

Amazon’s cloud services unit declined to comment on the matter. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“India is a price conscious nation in general and anything which is competing on price will definitely get attention.”
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