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GE Renewable to supply The seeds of growth have been sown. It is enhancing safety and hygiene standards and workplace practices for offices, stores and operations. Business is re-imagining the store in a post COVID world and reworking its interactions with customers when they come back, how they come back, their shopping journey, checkout and so on. This will enable accelerated roll-out of JioMart Digital Commerce. Business is further building a strong own brand portfolio in apparel and grocery in keeping with emerging consumer trends.
The platform aids busy customers who want to help the under-privileged by connecting them with the under-privileged. These NGOs cater to senior citizens, orphans, destitute and differently-abled.
The store staff have established cordial relationship with these institutions by visiting these NGOs on a monthly basis to donate and also inviting them for the store visits.
The Store Operations team identify and connect with NGOs to carry out donation activities in their premises. A collection bin has been installed in SMART stores in which customers donate items and it also has a money Donation box where customers can voluntarily contribute Re. On an average, 15, kg. Serving and caring the society as a responsible corporate citizen by contributing to improve the living conditions of the less fortunate.
Establishing Reliance Retail Stores as community Stores, a focal point, where people can feel their connection with the underprivileged. Spreading happiness and love among orphans, differently abled and senior citizens.
Reliance Retail is home to almost one lakh employees with diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds. Reliance Retail provides employment and development opportunities to a wide strata of population ranging from unskilled workforce to people with doctoral degrees.
Another initiative named Source-Train- Hire, is run in partnership with Reliance Foundation, through which Reliance Retail trains unemployed youth across nation with the aim of imparting their skills to help them move up the social ladder through gainful employment.
Reliance Retail helps the employees with financial assistance schemes for higher education. Reliance Retail also recognises that there is a huge opportunity to provide upwards social mobility to people with disabilities who constitute 2.
Through the efforts of making Reliance Retail a great and welcoming place to work for people with disabilities, more than 2, PWDs are part of Reliance Retail family. Carrying forward the vision of the Chairman of creating an ease of living for every Indian, Reliance Retail is leaving no stone unturned. This has impacted the lives of millions of people by improving their living standards to a great extent. Unforeseen situations, language barriers and disabilities would never diminish the spark in the eyes of the employees.
They are committed to exhibit the core values of Reliance Retail at all times. There have been bounteous instances wherein the customers have appreciated the quality of hard work our employees have put in for the following areas:.
The journey that started 14 years ago has manifested into a remarkable and robust business that we all are proud of. In an endeavor to serve customers across geographies, segments and consumption occasions, Reliance Retail has built and refined multiple store concepts with a focus to serve diverse needs of its customers.
Reliance Retail has consistently endeavoured to provide best store experience, unmatched value proposition and seamless anytime, anywhere shopping experience, through omni-channel initiatives. This strategy has resulted in strong operating performance, broad-based growth and leadership across consumption baskets.
Reliance Retail engages with its value chain partners and bring out disruptive gains for all stakeholders. In the grocery consumption basket, linkages with the farm have brought about transformational changes in the quality of life of farmers, also enhancing the quality of produce, reducing wastage by shortening the time to move fresh produce and reducing intermediaries in the value chain, thereby benefiting all.
Modern grocery retail has evolved in India and so has the consumers. To remain relevant to weekly and monthly shopping missions of a household, Reliance Retails grocery stores have successfully maintained a fine balance of serving local tastes by offering small brands, as well as national and international brands.
With an undistracted focus and commitment to better the Indian retail landscape, Reliance Retail has emerged as a leader in not only in Indian market context but also global arena. Reliance Retail has currently featured at 1 position amongst the fastest growing retailers in the world, a feat that makes India proud. To connect everyone and everything, everywhere — always at the highest quality and the most affordable price. Jio Store Install and manage your apps on Jio devices.
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JioPOS Lite. Jio continues to drive the digital revolution in India with Jio was built on the core thesis of the transformative power of data with connectivity as an enabler. It has delivered the fastest at scale connectivity user onboarding and is now layering on a robust digital services ecosystem of apps while leveraging its deep technology capabilities.
As a first step towards creating the digital services ecosystem in the country, Reliance Jio has been the key catalyst in creating the broadband data market in India.
To further facilitate this from the perspective of a business organisation, Jio has consolidated all its technology capabilities, investments and connectivity businesses into a single-holding company called Jio Platforms Limited.
This will be built on the transformative power of data, where connectivity becomes the enabler for digital platforms, improving lives of every citizen of the country.
Jio remains committed to its vision of connecting everyone and everything, everywhere — always at the highest quality and the most affordable price. Coverage Coverage refers to anytime, anywhere mobile broadband access. This coverage is backed by pan-India 4G spectrum across three bands and the best fiber and tower infrastructure in the country, providing the best network experience and farthest reach.
Quality Jio offers services on an all-IP, LTE network with best-in-class customer service, easy app-based customer interaction for query resolution and recharges, and AI-based bots to provide seamless onboarding and service experience. Affordability Affordable and simple pricing plans have been the key to the large-scale adoption of Jio services. Jio has been able to offer these on the back of superior technologybased operating efficiencies, enabling it to offer services at the most affordable price.
The platform company will not just provide world-class fixed-mobile converged connectivity, but also digital solutions across business verticals and the customer life cycle. Increasing availability of devices, improving network penetration, higher affordability for data services and emerging new use cases are likely to sustain this exponential growth in data demand.
Jio with affordable data plans has been the primary driver of data boom in India over the past three years. Prior to the launch of Jio services, the total mobile data traffic across all networks in India was 0. At present, Jio network alone carries over 4. As per data in the Ericsson Mobility Report , mobile data in India is expected to grow 3X during CY E, with mobile broadband subscriptions expected to double during the same period.
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report. This has led to a significant improvement in voice traffic mix as misusers of free voice services have left the network and Jio is now a net receiver of IUC. Jio continues to believe that transition to the BAK regime will hasten the adoption of more efficient technologies like VoLTE, which has a negligible cost for carrying and servicing essential voice services. During the year, TRAI has also initiated consultation process on feasibility of establishing a floor price for mobility services in the country.
As a responsible corporate citizen, Jio would continue to actively engage with the regulator and industry stakeholders to drive growth for all.
In addition, the Honorable Supreme Court of India had, in its verdict related to the pending AGR matter, directed operators to pay the outstanding dues before January 24, The government has also expressed its intentions of conducting the next round of spectrum auctions during the fiscal year Jio with its 5G-ready network and extensive fiber assets, would play a key role in the development of the 5G ecosystem in India, based on market dynamics.
Fiber penetration in low single digits is significantly lower than global benchmarks. Jio is approaching Fiber to the Home FTTH services as a huge greenfield opportunity to potentially connect 50 million homes and 15 million enterprises with high-speed fiber across 1, cities. Jio had connected approximately one million homes with JioFiber services until March Also, Jio has been an active supporter of local storage of critical and sensitive customer data in the interest of national security and protection of customer privacy.
Data localisation is also expected to drive investment and create employment in the country. The regulatory framework through the Personal Data Protection Bill, is currently being finalised by the Government of India to ensure adequate measures are taken by corporates with respect to data protection.
Reliance with more than million customers across consumer businesses and one of the largest data lakes across corporates in India would abide by the law in letter and spirit. Jio with the widest 4G coverage is the only provider of mobile data services to almost million citizens of the country would play a pivotal role in digital inclusion in India.
India is the second-largest smartphone market in the world after China, with approximately million unique smartphone users. Notwithstanding, smartphone penetration has been low, constrained by availability of good quality affordable devices for the lowest economic strata.
Over the past two years, JioPhone marketed by Reliance Retail has successfully transitioned over million erstwhile feature phone users to 4G network. The 'JioPhone Diwali' offer introduced in October has been very successful in accelerating data adoption as subscribers have seen enormous value in the affordable bundle of device and digital services.
Jio believes that the availability of digital services at affordable price points would drive adoption of Internet-based services by all and give the right tools in the hands of young Indian entrepreneurs to drive revolutionary growth. This has created a portfolio of world-class, legacy-free and future-proof digital assets. As a part of restructuring of the digital businesses that Jio undertook during the year, a single platform company named Jio Platforms Limited has been created.
This has been done to bring together digital assets of Reliance spanning across connectivity and technology investments under a single wholly-owned subsidiary. Read more. The companies will work closely to ensure that consumers are able to access the nearest kiranas who can provide products and services to their homes by transacting seamlessly with JioMart using WhatsApp.
This year commitment combines the world-class capabilities of both companies to offer a detailed set of solutions comprising connectivity, computing, storage solutions, and other technology services and applications essential for Indian businesses. It will span the broad Reliance Industries ecosystem including its existing and new businesses. The aim of the partnership is to enhance the adoption of leading technologies such as data analytics, AI, cognitive services, Blockchain, IoT, and edge computing among SMEs to make them ready to compete and grow, while helping accelerate technology-led GDP growth in India and driving adoption of next-gen technology solutions at scale.
In addition, Jio will leverage the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to develop innovative cloud solutions focused on the needs of Indian businesses. The initial two data centres, which can house IT equipment consuming up to 7.
These are targeted to be fully operational in CY The network built as a mobile video network carries more than 4 Exabytes of data monthly and is future ready to transition to 5G and beyond.
Network capacity too is being augmented by adding incremental sites, Wi-Fi access points, small cells and expanding fiber backhaul. Even with The entire scale-up of Jio has come alongside sustained network performance underlining its quality and capacity. During the year, Reliance has signed a binding agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and its institutional partners for investment in the units to be issued by the Tower InvIT.
Discussions with potential investors for Fiber InvIT are in progress. The core and aggregation layers of the Jio network have been converged and 5G-ready from the time of inception. This will allow Jio to offer services across the fixed mobile connectivity layers, leading to not just enhanced experience but also efficient pricing. Each of the sites on the network radiates all three bands. The average life of the spectrum is 13 years with all spectrum liberalised, which can be used to roll out any future technology.
To further improve customer experience, Jio also launched nationwide voice and video over Wi-Fi services. Jio, with its partners, is a part of two undersea cable network consortiums:. In addition to this, services are also sold through the MyJio application, the best-in-class full-service prepaid and post-paid payments, loyalty coupons, troubleshooting, addition or deletion of services self-care application.
Till date, Jio has filed patents for the pioneering initiatives it has undertaken, of which 29 have been granted. In FY alone, Jio filed for 31 patents and was granted These patents span across devices, network, cloud, digital media, branding and customer experience.
Across technologies and customer needs, Jio endeavours to create scalable and globally exportable platforms. Digital services to the customer would expand from the current media and entertainment to also include education, commerce, healthcare, agriculture and e-governance.
India has a rich and fast-growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are using technology to solve customer problems across the strata of population. Reliance is playing an important role in developing this ecosystem through investments and collaboration. Digital services reported another year of strong revenue and EBITDA growth driven by continued momentum in wireless subscriber addition.
Net subscriber addition of 81 million in FY was well ahead of the industry peers. Jio continues to transform the Indian telecom industry with key performance indicators as follows:. Jio envisages a significant opportunity in building a digital society for the citizens of the country, which besides catalysing the productivity and overall economic growth would also generate adequate shareholder returns over the next several decades.
Over the next few years, Jio would focus on creating a robust wireline network across the country, offering high-speed connectivity and a bouquet of digital services to every home and enterprise. Jio is geared up to touch the lives of over a billion Indians through its wireless as well as wireline offerings.
JioPhone is one of a kind product that combines the affordability and ease of use of a feature phone with the functionalities of a smartphone for first-time mobile Internet users.
Over million Internet-deprived feature phone users are brought onto the mobile broadband platform. An affordable 4G-enabled handset for the large feature phone user base in India, to make the transition towards using Internet and digital media over mobility network.
Critical in bridging the digital divide in the country. Jio offered double data benefits across its data voucher recharges, bundled voice minutes in the data vouchers, additional voice minutes and SMS to JioPhone users, access to incoming services despite expiry of validity of existing packs.
Enabling continuity of services for every Jio subscriber. Jio educated users on benefits and ease of doing digital recharge. Jio launched the app, JioPOS Lite, a virtual recharge store that allows peer-topeer recharges on a commission basis. Introducing innovative methods of recharge to substitute traditional physical channels. Real-time medical consultation, and communication of patient updates in real-time through connections to electronic health records, business and office apps.
Enabling Indian citizens to stay safe, allowing for remote care and prevention of unnecessary pressure on the medical system. Remote audio and video meetings, meeting recording, collaborative conversations, screen sharing and file sharing, unlimited messaging, scheduling, chat and search app capabilities; enabling students and teachers to go beyond video calling to scheduling classroom sessions, document and screen sharing and informal chat channels for real-time doubt clarification.
Ensured a one-stop solution for all communication needs and enabled remote working, remote learning and remote engagement.
Network18 aims to be a channel-agnostic provider of top-drawer content, across genres, regions and languages. Network18 boasts of 56 channels in India spanning news and entertainment and an additional 16 international channels. Its uniqueness lies in the cross-section of its media properties and an innate ability to create and nurture brands that resonate with viewers across geographies and demographics.
As it grows in size, stature and significance, its news and entertainment arms are constantly at the cutting edge of innovation. Network18 strives to be channel-agnostic to ensure its content reaches seamlessly to consumers through their platform of choice. Network18 is future-ready with its relentless focus on the identified axes of growth: regional content and digital delivery.
This twopronged approach enables the Company to reach its audiences regardless of geography, language or demography. Network18 is steered by a professional and experienced team that helps it to consistently strive to host thought leadership on-air, online and on-ground. At Network18, the focus is on driving the highest standards of creative excellence by fostering a culture of innovation to build new content formats across platforms, thereby creating strong brands across diverse media.
Growth projections for the sector are at risk considering the impact of COVID pandemic on the macro-environment, which directly and indirectly affects advertising. With economic activity faltering amidst a country-wide lockdown, advertising may remain suppressed for much of H1 FY Policy interventions for protecting the affected, fiscal stimulus for kick-starting economic activity and monetary easing to infuse liquidity are expected to drive H2 towards normalcy.
However, the severity of the pandemic and pace of its containment remain a key monitorable. Nevertheless, with robust media consumption underpinned by demographic trends and improving content availability as well as access-economics, this key sector of the Indian economy is expected to bounce back along with the macro-environment in due course.
The unbundling of existing bouquets resulted in creation of customised language bouquets as well as segmentation of the market by price. The order enabled choice for the consumer, which resulted in an obvious drop in reach of certain channels versus the previous regime. Channels that were not opted for by consumers faced erosion in not just subscription but also ad-revenue. A B2C regime resulted in a reset in pricing, and strong channel bouquets gained as a result.
Broadcaster yields, i. The first half of the fiscal had multiple major sporting events IPL, Cricket and Football World Cups , which saw viewership and ad-spends gravitating towards the highly concentrated sports genre, and away from the broad-based general entertainment genre.
A relatively benign festive season was the result of absence of some major advertisers in sectors such as Auto, Handsets, Telcos, among others from the roster. In a tepid adenvironment, advertisers pivoted spends towards targeted genres and platforms to improve Return on Investment ROI.
Further, a rapid growth in sports, vernacular and digital content consumption and measurement drove up their shares in the consumption pie. As a result, while national GEC ad - revenue faced headwinds, sports channels, regional TV channels and Digital gained handsomely.
Overall viewership on TV remained stable in , indicating that TV still has a long road ahead of itself in the country. However, Digital is growing at a fast clip alongside, with different consumer cohorts emerging based on price-point as well as use-case. Advertisers have gained comfort with the Digital medium and raised their share of spends on Digital across the board.
Share of programmatic advertising and native advertising continues to jump. D2C Subscription models proliferated through sachet pricing, though monetisation was still small.
Amidst rising competition from local as well as global players, some platforms Viu, Hooq made an exit. Others began partnering and integration with peer platforms, syndicating content to other digital players, and deep integration with Telcos. Network18 improved its financial performance even amidst substantial weakness in the advertising environment, as business mix pivoted towards subscription and syndication. Broad-based cost controls across verticals further helped improve the business profitability, amidst an uncertain macro-environment.
Revival in rankings of flagship entertainment channel, national elections and continued growth in digital platforms were offsetting factors. Distribution improvements through tie-ups with cable and telecom platforms have boosted the reach and enlarged the value-proposition of our channel brands. Digital partnerships B2B are a new revenue stream which has boosted profitability, as the strategy of being platform-agnostic is playing out across broadcasting as well as webseries production.
Digital properties continue to benefit from consumption tailwinds that have been further boosted during the lockdown. Entertainment has been impacted the maximum as broadcasters have replaced original programming with re-runs due to the shuttering of content production at present.
This merger is subject to all necessary approvals and the appointed date for the merger shall be February 1, For more details, see the press release. Highlights of the year: Amidst choppy markets, the business news channels continued their dominant leadership in their respective genres.
Highlights of the year: News18 India was the 2 Hindi News channel in the pay category. Highlights of the year: The cluster has the highest reach million viewers and viewership in the country 6.
Colors Rishtey has climbed to 2 amongst repeat-programming pay - GECs. Colors Cineplex is under ramp-up and viewership share has risen to 5. Highlights of the year: MTV Beats has raised its viewership share to Highlights of the year: Nickelodeon has been the No. Highlights of the year: Colors Marathi maintained its strong 2 rank in the genre, with viewership share rising to Film business includes Viacom18 Studios and Jio Studios. Highlights of the year: Andhadhun broke ground in an untapped market like China, and went on to become the third highest grossing Indian film ever.
Digital Content includes Moneycontrol. Publication business has a portfolio of highly reputed magazines comprising Forbes India, Overdrive, Better Photography and Better Interiors. Network18 has been striving to improve its portfolio as well as enhance its outreach to segment the market and fill critical whitespaces. This group would add the latest high-performance, high-functionality single-chip solution along with touch sensing and voice recognition offerings for the contactless operation to the popular RX Family.
This product utilizes a proprietary integrated transformer technology to allow designers to reduce their power solution size in half for usage in high-voltage environments like hybrid EVs, electric vehicles EVs , motor-drive systems, and grid-tied inverters.
These products would boost the X-Series lineup to 24 power semiconductor modules appropriate for highly large-capacity, small-sized inverters utilized in traction motors, large industrial machinery, DC-power transmitters, and other high-voltage, large-current equipment.
This product line focused on leveraging the high power density and efficiency of GaN to offer industry-related device ranges in V and V clusters, facilitating scalability, compactness, and outstanding performance. In addition, the highly integrated device would allow power supply designs, which can operate with universal mains 90 — Vac at recommended power levels up to W.
Jun Mitsubishi Electric unveiled T-series 2. This module is well-suited to boost the efficiency and decrease the size of renewable-energy power converters. Through this launch, Toshiba would aim to improve products with the TOLL package to contribute to device downsizing and enhanced efficiency.
These SiC MOSFETs would substantially enhance performance over the equivalent silicon switching technologies, enabling engineers to fulfill these challenging design objectives. Geographical Expansions: Nov Texas Instruments expanded its geographical footprint by constructing new millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman, Texas.
Sep Infineon Technologies expanded its footprint by opening its high-tech chip factory for power electronics on millimeter thin wafers at its Villach site in Austria. This factory would help the company to serve its users across the world with better capabilities. This facility would strengthen its power device business by expanding production capacity and continue to contribute to advances in energy-saving. Reportlinker finds and organizes the latest industry data so you get all the market research you need - instantly, in one place.
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