Facebook, Google bet on Jio pact to tap into opportunities in India; plan to take solutions global

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the partnership "will be to wire up and get thousands of kiranas, small businesses across India, onboarded onto WhatsApp to do commerce there". In the investor call of Alphabet, its chief Sundar Pichai said the company has announced a 'Google for India' Digitisation Fund to help Indian Internet users.

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