Small towns finally making its presence felt on India’s internet map

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_2277" align="alignleft" width="167" caption="Diwali - Festival of Lights"][/caption] Diwali is being celebrated from October 25-27 in India. Wishing you all a Happy Diwali. Yesterday's press release from IAMAI (in association with IMRB) about India's internet penetration is very interesting. For those, like me, who live in Tier-1 cities "assume" that most ...

IAMAI initiates a Working Group for Local Languages in India

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

From the newsletter (Sept 22, 2011) of IAMAI (Internet & Mobile Association of India): Focus on Local Language: Those tracking internet numbers in India are entering a mathematical roadblock soon. Internet user numbers are reaching 100 million soon and will get to 300 million by 2014/15 according to some. But there ...

Will language support give the steroids for ecom growth in India?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Today's article in Mint "Data indicates an e-commerce boom" talks about the good growth of ecom in India. The study was conducted by India's leading market research firm JuxtConsult. Some notable points from the article are,

Indian Language in print, internet, TV: Report

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

IAMAI & IMRB have released a report "Report on Vernacular Content: 2009". I had conveyed my thoughts on this subject to IMRB for this report. Some of the highlights from this report are,

Is the web catching up in rural India?

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Read in few papers today that the user base of Rural web users in India will grow by 30% in 2010 (as compared to 2008). This study was conducted jointly by IAMAI & IMRB (the site hasn't been updated forever).