In India, first-time internet consumers are connecting to the web on gadgets that only cost about $20. These inexpensive smart feature phones have physical keypads that are easier to adapt to, than touch screens for those new to mobile phone technology. They provide some basic apps and internet access in...
Alphabet's X Will Provide Internet to Rural Andhra Pradesh
Alphabet Inc’s X research division said that the state government of Andhra Pradesh in India will buy its newly developed technology that has the potential to provide high-speed wireless internet to millions of people without laying cable. Andhra Pradesh currently has a population of 53 million people, of which only...
Google Delivers the Internet on Bicycles in India
Alphabet Inc unit Google has partnered with India's Tata Trusts in launching "Internet Saathi" (Internet partner) to empower women and their communities in rural India by enabling them to use the Internet and benefit from it in their daily lives. The joint initiative is aimed at bridging the technology gender...