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DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET IN INDIA |
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India was a latecomer to the Internet. The reasons are low PC penetration and lack of infrastructure and high Internet costs. This scenario changed soon enough, and Internet usage grew at an exponential rate. Cyber cafes played a key role in making the Internet accessible, which helped a great deal. Web-development outfits sprouted first in Bangalore and Hyderabad, and soon in other parts of India. The downturn in software development too proved to be a spin-off factor, prodding more Indians towards the web stream. The number of India's Internet users is forecasted to reach 50 million by 2004. |
According to a recent national survey, 55% of young Indians are opting for careers in web-related activities (design, integration, web services, content writing, database integration, e-commerce etc). Not surprisingly, India is now a potent hub for web-development.
True, India is gearing up its web expertise in a big way, but just how good are its web-shops? India's web gurus have moved far beyond amateur web designing. Developing a great site means much more than adding fancy graphics, killer designs, or sticky content. Any web-guy in India will tell you that these are all necessary factors in site design, but the key to successful web designing is the technology and the idea that it is built on. Web-shops are therefore picky about the expertise and capabilities of people who work with them. They keep up-to date about trends in their field, and can be often found to be on online lists and forums, discussing the finer points of Java, J2EE and client-server technologies. India's web shops are probably the best in the world, and improving constantly.
The state-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) launched Internet Services in India in August 1995. For the first four years , VSNL was the sole provider of Internet Services in the Country. In November 1998, the Government ended VSNL’s monopoly and allowed provisioning of Internet Services by Private Operators.
The Terms and Conditions of the ISP’s License were unusually liberal with no License Fee and allowed unlimited number of players. ISPs could set their own tariffs and even their own International Gateways. |
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