印度首富的公司推出視頻會議應用，對標Zoom
彭博社, Saritha Rai
2020-07-06
Zoom是新冠疫情期間為數(shù)不多的成功案例之一，如今，印度首富穆凱什?安巴尼瞄準Zoom，推出JioMeet應用程序，意圖進軍視頻會議市場。
安巴尼旗下的信實工業(yè)有限公司在經(jīng)過測試后推出了JioMeet視頻會議應用程序，該公司的數(shù)字業(yè)務已經(jīng)從Facebook和英特爾獲得了數(shù)十億美元的投資。JioMeet在上周四晚發(fā)布后，已經(jīng)在谷歌應用商店上擁有超過10萬次的下載量。
與谷歌Meet、微軟Teams和其它服務一樣，JioMeet為用戶提供無限制的高清晰度通話。而且與Zoom不同，該程序沒有規(guī)定的40分鐘時間限制。Jio平臺表示，電話可以持續(xù)24小時，所有會議都是加密的，并有密碼保護。
在JioMeet發(fā)布的同時，字節(jié)跳動旗下的TikTok和阿里巴巴旗下的UC Web等數(shù)十款熱門應用程序卻在印度全國范圍內(nèi)被禁用，理由是這些應用程序威脅了用戶安全和數(shù)據(jù)隱私。上周五，JioMeet在社交媒體上與“印度制造”標簽一起走紅。
JioMeet是安巴尼打造數(shù)字帝國的一部分。上周五，信實工業(yè)宣布，英特爾資本已經(jīng)向其移動通信子公司Jio Platforms注資2.53億美元。這家美國芯片制造商的子公司是近幾周來第11位宣布支持Jio Platforms的投資者，該平臺目前已經(jīng)完成了約1.2萬億盧比（約合157億美元）的巨額融資。
“JioMeet將是一個非常可信的行業(yè)顛覆者。”Bexley Advisors的董事總經(jīng)理烏特卡什?辛哈說道，“它沒有通話的時間限制，Zoom迎來了強勢的競爭對手。”
Jio Platforms從音樂流媒體到線上零售和支付，迅速轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橐粋€電子商務巨頭，不斷擴大服務范圍。與其他國家一樣，新冠疫情期間，視頻會議應用程序已經(jīng)成為數(shù)百萬印度人的重要工具。
JioMeet的登場，也正值Zoom用戶指責該服務存在安全漏洞之際。（財富中文網(wǎng)）
助理報道：P R Sanjai
編譯：于佳鑫
Zoom是新冠疫情期間為數(shù)不多的成功案例之一，如今，印度首富穆凱什?安巴尼瞄準Zoom，推出JioMeet應用程序，意圖進軍視頻會議市場。
安巴尼旗下的信實工業(yè)有限公司在經(jīng)過測試后推出了JioMeet視頻會議應用程序，該公司的數(shù)字業(yè)務已經(jīng)從Facebook和英特爾獲得了數(shù)十億美元的投資。JioMeet在上周四晚發(fā)布后，已經(jīng)在谷歌應用商店上擁有超過10萬次的下載量。
與谷歌Meet、微軟Teams和其它服務一樣，JioMeet為用戶提供無限制的高清晰度通話。而且與Zoom不同，該程序沒有規(guī)定的40分鐘時間限制。Jio平臺表示，電話可以持續(xù)24小時，所有會議都是加密的，并有密碼保護。
在JioMeet發(fā)布的同時，字節(jié)跳動旗下的TikTok和阿里巴巴旗下的UC Web等數(shù)十款熱門應用程序卻在印度全國范圍內(nèi)被禁用，理由是這些應用程序威脅了用戶安全和數(shù)據(jù)隱私。上周五，JioMeet在社交媒體上與“印度制造”標簽一起走紅。
JioMeet是安巴尼打造數(shù)字帝國的一部分。上周五，信實工業(yè)宣布，英特爾資本已經(jīng)向其移動通信子公司Jio Platforms注資2.53億美元。這家美國芯片制造商的子公司是近幾周來第11位宣布支持Jio Platforms的投資者，該平臺目前已經(jīng)完成了約1.2萬億盧比（約合157億美元）的巨額融資。
“JioMeet將是一個非常可信的行業(yè)顛覆者。”Bexley Advisors的董事總經(jīng)理烏特卡什?辛哈說道，“它沒有通話的時間限制，Zoom迎來了強勢的競爭對手。”
Jio Platforms從音樂流媒體到線上零售和支付，迅速轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橐粋€電子商務巨頭，不斷擴大服務范圍。與其他國家一樣，新冠疫情期間，視頻會議應用程序已經(jīng)成為數(shù)百萬印度人的重要工具。
JioMeet的登場，也正值Zoom用戶指責該服務存在安全漏洞之際。（財富中文網(wǎng)）
助理報道：P R Sanjai
編譯：于佳鑫
Zoom, one of the few success stories of the Covid-19 pandemic, now faces a new competitor in an app backed by Asia’s wealthiest person Mukesh Ambani.
Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., which has scored billions of dollars of investments from Facebook Inc. to Intel Corp. for its digital businesses, has launched the JioMeet video conferencing app after beta testing. The app has already garnered more than 100,000 downloads on the Google Play Store after becoming available last Thursday evening.
Like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and other services, JioMeet offers unlimited high-definition calls—but unlike Zoom, it doesn’t impose a 40-minute time limit. Calls can go on as long as 24 hours, and all meetings are encrypted and password-protected, the company said on the JioMeet website.
The launch coincided with a nationwide ban on dozens of popular apps from Chinese technology giants including ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s UC Web, on grounds they threatened security and data privacy. JioMeet went viral last Friday on social media alongside the hashtag #MadeinIndia.
The app is one facet of Ambani’s rapidly expanding digital empire, which includes India’s largest telecom operator with nearly 400 million users. On last Friday, Reliance announced Intel Capital has invested $253 million into Jio Platforms Ltd., a unit of Ambani’s oil-to-retail conglomerate. The U.S. chipmaker’s arm is the 11th investor in about as many weeks to announce its backing for the digital services platform, which has now raised about 1.2 trillion rupees ($15.7 billion).
“JioMeet will be a very credible disruptor in the space,” said Utkarsh Sinha, managing director of boutique consultancy Bexley Advisors. “Just the fact that it has no time limits on calls makes it a serious challenger to Zoom, despite its entrenchment.”
Jio Platforms is amassing a wide range of services from music streaming to online retail and payments, fast turning into an ecommerce juggernaut that can take on Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc on its own home turf. Like elsewhere, video conferencing apps have become lifelines for millions of Indians working in cramped homes during Covid-19 lockdowns.
JioMeet is also debuting at a time Zoom users have accused the service of security flaws.
--With assistance from P R Sanjai.
