internet

Internet users expected to double by 2020, mostly from rural India

Internet users expected to double by 2020, mostly from rural India

August 22, 2016

According to "The Future of Internet in India”, the report compiled by Indian body The National Association of Software & Services Companies (Nasscom) and American internet solutions company Akamai Technologies, the number of internet users in India are expected to double b...

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Facebook to launch Express Wi-Fi in India

Facebook to launch Express Wi-Fi in India

August 12, 2016

With the increasing number of smartphone users in India, the internet potential is also growing. After the failure of ‘Free Basics’, Facebook has yet another opportunity to bring internet access to all by aiming to launch express Wi-Fi in the country.

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India passes the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank

India passes the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank

June 4, 2016

Immediately after the Indian Union cabinet passed the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB), it created ripples in the Indian market. Various private firms are approaching union government with offers of joint venture, equity partnership and many other mutual benefits.

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Internet users base grew at 40% in India in 2015

Internet users base grew at 40% in India in 2015

June 3, 2016

Internet users in India reached to 277 million, making it the only country in 2015 with a growth rate of 40%. India became the world’s second largest country in terms of Internet users, ahead of US and behind China, even if retail online sales have been much less dynamic recent...

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Community-driven hospitality

Community-driven hospitality

April 22, 2016

In a move to have a greater penetration in the ever growing Indian market, world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, Airbnb, has joined hands with India’s leading media conglomerate, The Times Group. Airbnb, which is already big elsewhere in the world, has only a ...

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Whatsapp, the app of choice

Whatsapp, the app of choice

March 15, 2016

According to a study by Jana, 96 pc smart phone owners in India are using WhatsApp According to a research by a start up organisation, Jana, approximately 97 pc of smart phone users in India use applications to communicate every day and amongst the apps, the most famous is WhatsA...

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Un rapport de Greenpeace

Un rapport de Greenpeace

February 24, 2016

Greenpeace affirme dans son dernier rapport que les niveaux de pollution de l’air en Inde ont dépassé en 2015 ceux en Chine, pour la première fois au cours de ce siècle, après avoir étudié des données satellitaires de l’agence spatiale américaine NASA. L̵...

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Greenpeace report

Greenpeace report

February 24, 2016

Greenpeace says in its last report that India’s air pollution levels overtook that of China in 2015 for the first time in this century, after studying satellite data from American space agency NASA. The Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) adds that India’s pollution monitorin...

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