An interesting article by Kurt Salmon partners highlights the real retail winners and that price alone might not be the competitive advantage.
A good read on recent trend.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Internet Users in India
A recent Economist articles shows the Internet users globally. The survey places India in the 7th spot (about 3% of global usage)
However, the survey excludes the mobile-based access and internet cafes. Thus, it might be portraying a very skewed image of the penetration of Internet in India. According to studies, about 100 million subscribers in India have GPRS activated on mobile phones and a sizable chunk of the population still relies on internet cafes as the primary access point.
Thus it might be interesting to find out the exact penetration of internet in the countries. Not sure, but such surveys might be a good surrogate measure for targeting the next IT/BPO hubs and with skewed results the odds might be against India.
However, the survey excludes the mobile-based access and internet cafes. Thus, it might be portraying a very skewed image of the penetration of Internet in India. According to studies, about 100 million subscribers in India have GPRS activated on mobile phones and a sizable chunk of the population still relies on internet cafes as the primary access point.
Thus it might be interesting to find out the exact penetration of internet in the countries. Not sure, but such surveys might be a good surrogate measure for targeting the next IT/BPO hubs and with skewed results the odds might be against India.
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