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PM Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley stresses the importance of Indian language content

BG Mahesh · September 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Few basic stats of the internet space in India,

  • 320 million internet user base (~25% internet penetration)
  • Demography: 16- 25 years (37%), 26-35 years (38%), 36-45 (16%), Others (9%, which includes me!)
  • Urban internet base 62%, rural internet base 38%
  • Total mobile internet is over 250 million – 121 million 3G mobile users, 2G still bigger than 3G in India.
  • Urban mobile internet users 75%, rural at 25%. Growing at 55% year-on-year.
  • Smartphone penetration in India: 10% against the global penetration at 25%.
  • 88% of India’s population is non-English speaking.
  • Local language internet user base 127 million, growing 47% year-on-year.

Clearly, regional langauge users will dominate the growth of internet user base in India. The internet eco system cannot afford to ignore this big user base which is yet to be tapped.

Glad to say Oneindia has been serving this user base for over 10 years. By 2020 the market size of language advertising in digital space is estimated to reach $1.1 billion – can you afford to ignore this?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in September 2015 has been a huge success, especially in the Silicon Valley. CEOs of major media houses met Modi in New York for round table meet on ‘Media, Technology & Communications-Growth story of India’.

Explained to media CEOs why India is a great opportunity for them & how many regional languages makes India even more special to invest in.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2015

Rupert Murdoch arrives for round table meet on 'Media, Technology & Communications-Growth story of India' #ModiInUSA pic.twitter.com/2ryltvg5HI

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 24, 2015

Great hour with Indian PM Modi. Best leader with best policies since independence, but massive task to achieve in most complex nation.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) September 25, 2015
Image source NarendraModi.in

In San Jose on September 27 PM met few of the most important CEOs over dinner to discuss his vision on Digital India. In his speech to a packed audience he said,

For me, access also means that content should be in local languages. In a country with 22 official languages, it is a formidable, but an important task.

And a Digital Technology dinner to end the day, serving to take @_DigitalIndia to greater heights pic.twitter.com/lFhCQGm6HP

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) September 27, 2015

I am glad he brought up the issues of Indian languages in his speech. The only way more internet users will be motivated to get onto the digital highway is if they find good content and services in a language they understand.

Access also means content in local languages: PM @narendramodi https://t.co/pF65trCobI

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 27, 2015

Am SO glad he said this. the most important issue.All Indian phones should have OS and keyboards in Indian languages https://t.co/epsuuEikGR

— Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) September 27, 2015

@bgmahesh This shall ruffle many feathers in NewDelhi elite zone.Which PM emphasized on regional languages @pragnik @narendramodi @Oneindia

— sundeep bhatera (@bhasaby) September 27, 2015

India PM Modi reiterates access also includes content in Indian languages +1 https://t.co/T2xNxuWamu

— Alolita Sharma (@alolita) September 27, 2015

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