The Facebook-Reliance Jio deal gives the social media giant an opportunity to bring its WhatsApp chat service to the service of local kirana stores
As part of Facebook’s purchase of a 9.99 percent stake in Reliance Jio for $5.7 billion, the two companies plan to focus on a partnership between JioMart, Jio’s newly launched ecommerce platform, and WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging service that has 400 million users in India.