India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC

Jio platforms have a digital arm of digital ARM of Indian Congo has initiated Virtual Desktop Service for Set-Top Box users. This is the richest man in India, chairman of the belief Mukesh Ambani, hopes to turn millions of TVs in the PC in the world’s largest population.

Named JiopcThe service offers a cloud-based PC experience for free combined or ₹ 5,499 ($ ​​64) with the Telco’s home broadband service. Currently available in the free trial and waiting list, users can access the virtual desktop inside a keyboard and mouse after receiving an invitation and set up their accounts.

At present, there is no support to external peripherals such as the service, including cameras and printers. Similarly, supports pre-installed open source libreoffice. Users to use Microsoft Office applications should be included through the existing browser.

He said: “The action with Ambani Jiopc and hopes on the paper.

Tarun Pathak, a research director on a counterfeit point, is a very effective way for Jiopc’s Mumbai headquarters in Techcrunch, already enhances the user base More than 488 million users.

About 70% of Indian households have television, but only 15% of a PC has PCAK. However, Jio platforms can be filled with marketing and explanations. “You need to convince people you can still use a computer on your TV using a set-ball box.”

India’s Active Payment-TV Set-Top User database stands About 57 millionAccording to government data. However, the traditional direct home (DTH) television market decreases, as more consumer internet-based services pass. From March, the active DTH subscribers database reduced 8% compared to the annual year.

Prabhu Ram, Industrial Research Group Vice President (IRG) Kibermedia Research (CMR), with JiOPC, Jio’s new set of villages and low-income segments can look into cotton.

“Although there is a wide range of potential, success will depend on the execution point – especially in touching gaps and digital literacy – and the effective communities are the ability to be scaled outside the early adoption.

Experienced in India’s overall PC market in India More than 8% increase over the year According to the seventh quarter, the seventh quarter of the growth reaching 3.3 million units, 3.3 million units. However, the PC reputation in the country remains relatively low, Be late behind the key marketsIn particular, the United States and China, mainly due to limited lump sum income and the widespread dissemination of smartphones as the basic computing devices.

Pathak will require a partnership with several applications and productivity solutions to reach the potential PC recipients with Jio’s Jiopc and provide valuable productivity to consumers.

Companies including Microsoft And many other cloud providers offered virtual desktop services that target enterprise customers for a while. However, Jio’s movement represents the first serious consumer-oriented movement.