Future of Internet in India linked to mobiles
Posted on | October 30, 2006 |
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So what will it take to make the Internet an integral part of the digital life of the Indian consumer? Will the PC be the primary device of access to the Internet for Indians? Going by trends, the mobile phone is emerging as a strong contender to becoming the main Internet access device in India. The number of mobile users in India has grown to more than 110 million. That is nearly six times the number of PCs in the country. And the growth rate of mobiles is far greater than that of PCs–India is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world and expected to touch 300 million users by 2010. Nearly all but the lowest segment of new-generation mobile phones are Internet-capable. Indian operators are seriously thinking of pre-enabling the Internet and introducing zero-rental GPRS by charging for data usage only.
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November 5th, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
I dont think that internet is linked to mobiles. In fact I think it is pretty independent of mobile.
Mobiles are massively popular in india and their penetration would continue to beat internet penetration by huge margin. But that doesnt mean that internet is going to be on mobile. Mobile would have its own set of cool apps, which may not even exist on the internet. We shouldnt think that internet is going to move on mobile, but instead what are the killer apps for mobile…