Mobile Internet Set To Grow In India

There seems to be a burgeoning market for mobile Internet in India as is clear by the number of companies jumping on the cell technology bandwagon! Last month, for instance, July Systems was trying to create technology that would stream IPL matches on mobile screens using the existing 2G bandwidth.

This firm is big in the mobile media segment and has ambitious plans for mobile streaming of sports. With the number of GPRS handsets growing, the wide availability of mobiles and 3G services getting launched, mobile streaming is set to become big in India. The company’s proprietary technology is called MIX (Mobile Internet Experience), and is the first nextgeneration mobile publishing platform that offers features like cross-platform publishing and distribution, reports The Economic Times. Thanks to this software, users could download IPL matches clip-by-clip.

Anupam Srivasatava of Intel Capital explains, “Mobile internet usage in India will become very big with 20 per cent of 500 million users possessing GPRS handsets. With such handset prices falling and the advent of 3G, it will gain a new growth curve in next two years.”