Reliance Jio to offer fixed line digital service
What's the story
Reliance Jio has partnered with Team F1 to roll out a fixed line digital service via an advanced home gateway solution. The partnership will focus on developing 'connected-home experiences' for television, telephone, gaming and other forms of media. Reliance and Team F1 have been partners for years: F1 provides Jio with solutions to power their devices across several OEMs.
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Jio's entry a catalyst
Jio's entry led to a significant growth in the number of internet users in India. Given increasing IP-connected devices and proliferation of rich-content, applications such as media streaming, video-on-demand, security surveillance, online gaming, etc will be supported by Jio deployed devices.
The big picture
Goal of Jio-F1 partnership
Team F1, a subsidiary of subsidiary of D-Link, is one of the most renowned names in security software. Developing and using Home Gateway Systems suffer from a key challenge of security and by roping in Team F1, Reliance Jio will be able to offer a next generation of residential gateways, which could provide lighting, security, storage, sharing of media, home automation and more.
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TeamF1's future vision
Dr. Ted Kyo, CEO and Chairman, Team F1: "Going forward, our 'connected-home' partnership will explore solutions for home surveillance through IP cameras and video analytics, and for smart home through IoT sensors and actuators, data analytics, and machine learning technologies."
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Jio's impact on telecom space so far
Launched in September, Jio has completely changed the Indian telecom landscape. Mukesh Ambani's massive investment of $20-25 billion and unprecedented offering of free voice and data for six months to new subscribers have already prompted the Idea-Vodafone, RCom-Aircel mergers. Last week, Airtel had announced its plans to acquire Telenor. Additionally, since Jio's launch, all major telecom players have slashed their prices several times.