Google Invests in Glance InMobi and VerSe Innovation to Boost Digital Transformation in India
CIO Insider Team | Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
In the last two years alone, 100 million new internet users have come online from rural India
In a Google blog post, Caesar Sengupta, VP, Google wrote, “In the last two years alone, 100 million new internet users have come online from rural India. Data shows that rural consumption now accounts for roughly 45 percent of overall mobile data usage in the country, and is primarily focused on online video. But many of these internet users continue to have trouble finding content to read or services they can use confidently, in their own language.”
Caesar added, “Teams at Google have been working over the years to solve this challenge in a number of ways. We’ve built new products and features that enable people to create, consume and communicate more effortlessly across more Indic languages, and through that, better serve not just the needs of over a billion people in India, but many more people around the world.”
He also added that the investments underline Google’s strong belief in partnering deeply with India’s innovative startups, and its commitment to working towards the shared goal of building a truly inclusive digital economy that will benefit everyone.