VRISHTI BENIWAL | The Financial Expresss, India
NEW DELHI, MAR 25: Have you ever heard of Internet? As strange and shocking as this question is the fact that a sizeable chunk of India’s population doesn’t know what Internet is! About 72% people in the lower socio-economic strata of the country have never heard the word ‘Internet’, according to a study whose key findings were recently presented to the Cellular Operators Association of India and Universal Services Obligations Fund. The study will be released next year.
[Note: This study, Teleuse@BOP was released in Singapore on 28 February 2007.]
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zzainudeen
This story was also picked up by Indian Television:
http://us.indiantelevision.com/mnd/y2k7/mar/26margm2.php
samarajiva
A related piece in a tech news website: http://alootechie.com/News/2209.asp
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