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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by qart on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:42AM (#25977802)
Jio is not a monopoly by any stretch of imagination. My family is entirely on Airtel. No one has felt the need to switch. Among all my friends, only one person uses Jio.
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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by xrisk on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:58AM (#25977853)
... You realize that it set pricing across operators forcing literally every single one of them into losses?
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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by qart on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:12AM (#25977921)
No one can "realize" fake facts. Here are some real facts: https://assets.airtel.in/teams/simplycms/web/docs/Bharti_Air...
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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by xrisk on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:52AM (#25978156)
You've linked me to a subsidiary [1] (that too one that sells telecom hardware)? Airtel the co has made 300M INR in losses for 2019-2020 [2]

[1]: https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/IN/Bharti_Airtel_Se...

[2]: https://assets.airtel.in/teams/simplycms/web/docs/Airtel-Int...

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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by qart on Sunday January 31, 2021 @07:24AM (#25978295)
I linked you to Airtel's Indian telecom business, i.e. the business in direct competition to Jio. The document you linked to says it's about "Operations in 18 countries including India and Sri Lanka", offering many kinds of services unrelated to telecom.
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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by xrisk on Sunday January 31, 2021 @07:26AM (#25978301)
From [1]:

> Bharti Airtel Services Limited (BASL) engages mainly in selling of hardware for internet and satellite business.

Also please do elaborate on what sources of revenue that Airtel has that cause its 300M in loss while (as you claim) it makes profits in their telecom?

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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by qart on Sunday January 31, 2021 @08:10AM (#25978537)
https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/8155686Z:IN

"Bharti Airtel Services Ltd. provides telecommunication services. The Company offers mobile, voice, and data services, as well as fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, and DTH services. Bharti provides telecom solutions for enterprises and international long distance service carriers."

> Also please do elaborate on what sources of revenue that Airtel has that cause its 300M in loss

Not interested. The bottom line is that Bharti Airtel Services, the direct competitor of Jio, is making a profit, contrary to your beliefs. Jio is not a monopoly.

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