Microsoft-Jio tie-up will define the new decade: Ambani

MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani and Microsoft Corp. chief executive Satya Nadella on Monday expressed hope and excitement about their nascent technology alliance, with Ambani terming it the “defining partnership of the decade”.

“What this decade will offer is that we go from no technology to pole-vault in tech and adopt a full service,” Ambani said during a fireside chat at the Future Decoded Tech Summit in Mumbai.

“Between Jio and Microsoft, we will give the full stack of service that will propel India forward in the coming decade,” he said at the summit organised by Microsoft to engage with Indian industry leaders.

In August 2019, Reliance Industries announced a 10-year technology partnership with Microsoft for its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, including for cloud-based solutions.

“A tech-enabled society will not only be better for business, helping improve the ease of doing business, but also improve the ease of living and build a society that is equal and empower everyone to find their potential,” Ambani said at the chat about how technology has evolved over the last decade.

Ambani, who shared his vision for development of a techenabled society, expressed optimism about India’s future as a gaming nation, saying that gaming has huge potential and can become bigger than music, movies and TV shows put together.

According to India-born Nadella, the two companies will expand their partnership to bring more offerings to India.