EXPAND INTERNET TO SERVE AS LOW COST BACK OFFICES TO BILLION DOLLAR MNCs

editorial:

Access to internet in today's world can be equaled to having a television and a telephone in the yesteryears. Just that the internet has no geographical limitations. The whole concept of low cost outsourcing, for which India is very popular in the West, rests on this. It would thus be shocking for readers to know that India still lags far behind its Asian peers in internet penetration. Many call it 'the digital divide'. With less than 10% of India's population having access to internet, the country lags far behind her neighbours. Also, imagine what would happen if this figure moves up to even 50% in the next 5 years. We could have the remotest towns of India serving as low cost back-offices to billion-dollar MNCs!