R-Jio not to limit itself to Telecom mobile services, but also expand its offering to media, commerce, entertainment, storage services, payments, e-government etc. Viability of routing VoLTE (4G) calls on 2G/3G network has been confirmed in lab testing, and could accelerate adoption of 4G services.
India promises scale with the highest proportion of young population (~90% in 15-44 age group) along with increasing affordability levels. By 2020, India will become the second largest digital population in the world and digital commerce market is expected to grow by > 13x in next 10 years.
Despite having third largest internet user base in the world, poor infrastructure is impeding internet usage growth. In next 10 years, internet users will increase to 700-900 mn. People are willing to pay for high quality data / FTTH services. Rapid emergence of LTE Technology may make 2G/3G obsolete in long-term. China launched LTE services in 2014 has seen remarkable adoption of the technology.
