Reliance Industries’ telecom arm Jio and social media major Facebook will continue to oppose each other over internet calls and messaging services despite the Rs 43,574-crore investment deal signed between the two companies.
Telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, have been demanding “same service same rules” regime which means that mobile applications providing calls and messaging services should also be made to comply with set of rules that are mandatory for mobile service providers.
Mobile app companies providing complimentary calls and messages have opposed the same. “Both Facebook and Jio are independent companies. We will have our independent views. There will be areas where we will collaborate and there will be areas where we will differ and compete. There is no change in what we think about business. We don’t expect it from Facebook either. So no changes or nothing to really comment on those aspects,” Reliance Jio head of strategy Anshuman Thakur said.