India: A Huge Population Heading Online

• Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: IT Business, Market Survey

'So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.'

Since Mark Twain visited and expounded on its beauty, India is still a fascinating place and, in many ways, more ancient than modern. But that may be changing.

Certainly many Indians would prefer that today their country be seen as a high-tech powerhouse, full of vast numbers of educated workers available for outsourcing projects and armies of engineers capable of designing and building the products of the future. And, as shown in the new eMarketer India Online report, India has become one of the most important development centers for software, IT outsourcing, R&D, biotech, customer contact, design and other knowledge-based products and services. And, with GDP growth at close to 7%, India has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

The only thing that does not seem to fit India's image of itself as a high-tech leader is the Internet. Currently, India's online numbers make it look like a laggard.

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