What are Googles future plans?
Posted on: 16/Dec/2015 3:02:21 PM
Google CEO Sundar Pichai together with top executives of the search engine giant are on a visit to India and delivered the keynote address during the press event in New Delhi - Google for India. They shared the plant for Google`s plans of expanding its services and access to the web here in India.
Google`s serious plans about providing free Wi-Fi in railway stations in the country were hinted by Sundar Pichai. To note, the plan was announced by Google in September during Pichai`s visit to Silicon Valley. Of all the stations, Mumbai central will pioneer in receiving the RailWire Wi-Fi by January 2016. Google has targeted to connect nearly 100 more stations by the end of the same year.
There are plans to expand the program together with Tata Trust. This program will enable women in rural areas of the country to stay connected. This will be achieved through a fleet of internet bikes. So far, the program is taken to 1000 villages and in the next three years down the line, 3 lakh villages will be covered.
Plans about expanding its Hyderabad campus was discussed as well. Google is eyeing to train over 2 million Android developers in the following three years in association with over 30 universities.
Project Loon, a project that provides internet with the use of balloons will soon be pitched in India, said Marian Croak, VP, access strategy & emerging markets at Google.
Other important features of Google intended to provide better access on slow connections were also showcased. A small Chrome OS device called the Asus Chromebit that can convert a monitor into computer was also announced. This will be priced Rs 7999 in the Indian market and will be made available from January 2016.
