The Wall Street Journal reports that India has added 67 million more mobile users in the last financial year (login required). This is just a continuation of the trend that India has witnessed - the combination of mobility, low cost hardware and clever subscription plans has appealed to the common man. I know a lot of people who have not taken a landline connection and heavily rely on their mobiles for all communication.
The secret behind mobility is the wireless connection, and I cannot help but wonder if affordable wireless connections in other cases, like the Internet, will see the same popularity. The broadband connection is getting better here, but it is hampered a lot of times by the geographical location or existing infrastructure. A wireless connection can be a true solution to all this. Today, the mobile is a gateway to this wireless connection, it can be very easily used as a modem for the wireless Internet connection.
Mobile is the new computer, is another trend finding lot of uses in India. That is the reason a lot of services and innovations around it are growing into a dense ecosystem. In stead of using as a modem, today’s mobiles have the capability to use the Internet connection. One of the applications I would like to see is a seamless integration of VoIP and the mobile. Can the mobile be used to talk when someone calls me on Skype or one of the messengers? Having said I believe this is just tip of the iceberg, we are yet to explore a lot of potential.
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