Disruption : The New Survival Strategy

Context :

Three years after launch, Reliance Jio is ready with more disruptions  

Highlights :

#   Launched on Sept 05, 2016

#   Subscriber base of more than 340 million / second largest in the world

#  To serve the under-penetrated SME market / large enterprises and bringing in IoT

    applications. RJio is the only company with a complete portfolio from devices to cloud

#  In the past 3 years, RJio had entered into a series of partnerships for its digital

    initiatives, with following firms, for a cumulative investment of $ 1226 million :

Ø  Shopsense Retail Technologies ( Fynd )

Ø  Haptik Infotech ( Haptik )

Ø  Grab a Grub Services  ( Grab )

Ø  C-Square  ( Pharma Retail Solutions )

Ø  SankhyaSutra Labs

Ø  Surajya Services  (  “ Easygov “ )

Ø  Reverie Language Technologies ( Indian language translations )

Ø  NEWJ

Ø  Hathway

Ø  Den

Ø  Radysys

Ø  Individual Learning (  Embibe  )

Ø  Saavn

Ø  KaiOS Technologies  ( KTI   )

Ø  Eros International PLC

Ø  Infibeam

Ø  Balaji Telefilms

Ø  Netradyne Inc

#  RJio is also setting up a pan-India Edge Computing and Content Distribution network, as

    it readies to bring the Internet of Things ( IoT ), home broadband, enterprise broadband

    and broadband for SMEs.

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Here is what I envisaged 2 years back ( re: disruptions likely to be caused by Reliance ) :

What Business Are You In ? …………………………………………………..[  22  July  2017  ]

Extract from my blog :

It is high time for the giants of  Telecom Industry  to ask of themselves :

WHAT  BUSINESS  ARE  WE  IN  ?

Are we in the business of  “ MOBILE  TELEPHONY “  or are we in the business

of  “ MOBILE  ENTERTAINMENT “ ?

Then , after 5 years , what business should we be in ?

Should we continue to remain in   “ MOBILE  ENTERTAINMENT “  or should we consider

ourselves in the business of “ MOBILE  SOLUTIONS “  for ANY / EVERY problem faced by a

user ?

[Eg: https://yourstory.com/2019/09/reliance-jio-apartment-security-app-jiogate-mukesh-ambani ]

And should we continue our “ Backward  Integration “  into the  ENTERTAINMENT

INDUSTRY  or should we  integrate with Start Ups  in  HEALTH-CARE / EDUCATION /

EMPLOYMENT  ?

The writing is on the Wall – for professional executives who can read !

In another blog   [  Disruption : The Inevitable / 08 July 2018 ], I prepared the following

partial list of Industries which have been disrupted :

Extract :

What will this do to 1 Gbps  JioGigaFibre announced by Reliance just 3 days back ?

Short answer  :  Disrupt

“ What / Who”  else is in the process of getting “ disrupted “ or about to get disrupted – even if difficult to perceive as such  ?

( Current Industry )   getting disrupted by   ( New Comers )

*    Coal based Power Plants      >  Solar  Power  Plants

*    Banking Industry                >  FinTech Mobile Apps

*    Airlines  / Railways             >  Hyperloops   >   Holo-portation

*    Petrol –Diesel Cars             >  Electric Cars

*    Paper-based Newspapers    >  Walls of homes

*    Electric Transmission Lines  >  Roof Top Solar Panels

*    Mobile Phones                    >  Wear-ables  ( tattoos – glasses – watches etc )

*    Humans Effort                    >  Robots

*   Supply Chain  Delivery         >  Drones

*   Car  Ownership                    >  Autonomous  Ride Sharing

*   Manual Stock Trading           >  Algorithm-based trading 

*   Black  Money                       >  Currency notes embedded with RFID sensors 

*   Fiat based Currencies           >  Crypto Currencies 

*   Lithium-ion Car Batteries      >  Metal Air ( Alu ) Batteries   

*   Job Portals                           >   Google  Job  Search 

*   Battery Charging Stations     >   Piezo-Electric Generating roads 

*   Data Protection Law ( Draft )>    Privacy is Dead

*   Construction Industry          >     3 D Printed Houses

*   Telecom / ISPs                    >     Powerline Broadband  with  Li  Fi 

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05  Sept  2019

Rsvp :  hcp@RecruitGuru.com

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Towards Nasscom 2.0

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digitalisation-is-now-forcing-nasscom-to-reinvent-itself/articleshow/70928079.cms  

  

Highlights :

INDIAN IT BPM INDUSTRY IN FY 19  { Y-O-Y growth }

#   Revenue…………………… 6.1 %  [  $ 177  billion  ]

#   Exports…………………….  8.3 %  [  $  136 billion  ]

#   Domestic Inflow……….  7.9  %  [  Rs 2.9 lakhcrore  ]

#   Employees………………… 4.3  %  [  4.14  million  ]

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Way back on Aug 01, 2017 , Business Line carried following article :

Brain Inc 2.0 

Highlights from my related blog : Brain Inc 2.0  /  21 Aug  2017  ]

*   5 lakh ( 500,000 ) engineers work in “ Tech R&D firms “ in India

     *   $ 22 Billion was the worth of their work in 2015-16

    *   This will nearly DOUBLE to $ 40 Billion in 2020

Now consider this :

·         By employing 5 lakh engineers , India’s “ Tech R&D Firms “ earned $ 22 billion . That works to a billing of $ 44,000 per man-year of R&D ( Export of Services )

·         I presume that the “ Manpower Cost “ constitute approx. 50 % of Billing Rate ( rest being OVERHEADS and MARGIN )

·         Hence , Indian R&D firms must be paying an average of $ 22,000 per year to its employees ( approx. Rs 1.2 lakh per month )

·         As against this , both , Indian as well as American firms pay ( on an average ) , $ 88,000 per year to H1 B visa holders

[  Current  Scenario in Aug 2017 , as per Shri Keshav Mrugesh- Chairman, NASSCOM :

 “  According to a research by HIS Markit, average wages for Indian IT professionals in the US was nearly $ 94,800 , while Indian companies paid $ 96,300, he says. This demolishes the myth on low wages “  ]

delhi@nasscom.in

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     Now with the disappearance of this “ Cost Advantage “ which existed in 2017 , is there a possibility to do better than the projected earnings of $ 40 billion in 2020 ?

My take :

It is possible if the Central Government considers following suggestions :

·          Back  Factory  of  the  World  ?   [ 09  Sept  2015  ]

     https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/09/back-factory-of-world.html

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·         Agenda  for  Reforms                   [  01  Oct  2015  ]

     https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/10/agenda-for-reforms.html

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·         Vishal’s  Vision                               [  15  April  2016  ]

    https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/04/vishals-vision.html

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·         Will  holograms  beat  H1 B  visa  ban ?  [ 31  Jan  2017  ]

    https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/01/will-holograms-beat-h1b-visa-ban.html

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·         Worm  Holes  across  the  World  ?      [  03  March  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/03/wormholes-across-world.html

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It is high time our Policy Makers launch a new initiative ( of Export of Intellectual  Property ) , called :

INDIA  :  the  BRAIN  FACTORY  of  THE  WORLD

Dear,

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji ,

Shrimati Nirmala Sitharamanji, 

Shri Prakash Javadekarji and 

Dr Harshvardhanji ,

With a measly 5 % GDP growth in the latest quarter , it does not seem possible to REVIVE the ECONOMY , by focusing on MANUFACTURING

Given the urgency of such a revival , SERVICE SECTOR acceleration is the only answer !

And , right now, that happens to be :  IT  BPM ( including IT hw/sw R&D export )

I urge you to consider my suggestions ( listed in above-mentioned blogs ), for your next OUT-of-BOX reform announcement

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01    Sept  2019

  Rsvp :  hcp@RecruitGuru.com