Tag: 25 years of Internet

AI in India Will Help Add Rs 37 Lakh Crore to Economy by 2025, Says NASSCOM Report

NASSCOM, India’s premier IT governance body, has launched its annual report on artificial intelligence, titled ‘Unlocking Value from Data and AI: The India Opportunity’....

25 Years of Internet: Cassette Tapes to Streaming Apps, Our Music Listening Habits Have Changed

Access to music has become seamless thanks to the internet. Today you can listen to any song, almost anywhere, and in most cases, for...

PUBG Mobile, Ludo King and Internet: Waking India Up to the World of Gaming

Over the past 25 years of the internet, those growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s became the first to use computers and the...

Industry Dialogue | Internet And Innovation Has Transformed India In The Last 25 Years

Today, wireless technologies are advancing at a pace that’s, in many cases, faster than their adoption. Use cases are developed, services are launched, and...

Beyond Entertainment & Information: Will The Pandemic Push India To Use Internet For Economic Growth?

In September 1918, a physician stationed at Camp Devens, a military base west of Boston during World War I, penned a letter to his friend describing...

The Next Billion: 25 Years In, Vernacular India to Give Our Internet a New Path

As India comes around to celebrate 25 years of the internet, we stand at a crucial juncture of connectivity for the entire country. For...

25 Years of Internet: Remembering India’s Cyber Cafes, Where We First ‘Surfed’ the Web

For most of us growing up in the '90s, the first experience of the internet came from cyber cafes. While the concept would seem...

How the Internet Came to India: An Inside Account of India’s First Dial-Up Network

On August 15, 1995, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) introduced internet to the common user in India, heralding a new era of connectivity throughout the...

Industry Dialogue | Small Businesses Going Online Now Is The Big Push Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses like never before. Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have been hit...

India’s First Internet Connection: VSNL’s 1995 Plan Offered 40mins Per Day Usage at Rs 15,000

When the very first commercially available internet plan was introduced to the public, it was by state-operated telecom body, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL)....

Industry Dialogue | India’s Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready

The Covid pandemic has proved to be the biggest change agent for the education system. No regulatory authority or leadership has been able to...

Industry Dialogue | Digitisation And Affordable Tech: 14 Lakh Pre-Owned Smartphones Sold In 2019

Do you remember the time when purchasing a smartphone was a ‘day out’ activity planned with a friend or family member? You needed to...

Online Ads Then and Now: Looking Back at the Earliest Internet Ads in India

While the internet has been around in India for over 25 years now, for a vast number of people in our country, the internet...

What Next For Broadband In India: Fibre Broadband And 5G Will Define How You Work From Home

It is easy for forget the times gone by. Yet, more often than not, it is the history that guides us into the future....

25 Years of Internet: Two Defining Moments That Changed India’s Mobile Internet Forever

25 years ago, in 1995, if your home in India had internet connectivity, you would have been singled out as the lucky, elite few...

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