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Facebook Invests in Jio Platforms, The Building of Jio, Understanding the Deal

Posted onWednesday, April 22, 2020Thursday, April 23, 2020 Author by Ben Thompson

Jio showed how the best way to serve the poor is to create a market for them, not simply give them charity like Facebook tried to do with Free Basics. That is why it makes sense for them to work together.

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