I recently attended the conference on “Mobile Web Initiative in India – Indic in Digital Universe” conducted by IAMAI and W3C India. I rarely come across events which have a focus on Indian languages on the internet, I was excited to see such a niche topic – Indian languages on mobile web! An intro about […]
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India is all set to have 121 million internet users by December 2011
The growth of the number of internet users in India is still very slow. Still a long way to go
Small towns finally making its presence felt on India’s internet map
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 of the metro population is on the net. Wrong. The findings from […]
IAMAI initiates a Working Group for Local Languages in India
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 are only 110-120 odd […]
Will language support give the steroids for ecom growth in India?
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,