Subhodeep Bhattacharya,
Regional Director, India & SAARC, Netgear Technologies
NETGEAR is a company focused on the home, SMB and SME and telecom markets. The future of India lies in the growth in broadband penetration, development of SMB Infrastructure and growth of 3G/4G Networks. These are exactly the areas NETGEAR focuses on and is developing products for. We believe in empowering the masses with quality technology products which are innovated in the Silicon Valley and represent the best that one can have in the world of digital living, SMB Infrastructure and that is our vision. NETGEAR is not focused on a part of India or a few cities – we are pan India and hope to be a pioneer in digital inclusion.
The most critical challenge lies in improving the digital infrastructure and that would start by improving the quality of internet connectivity across villages and cities in India. We need faster and reliable broadband. The second aspect is development of vernacular interface so that the citizens from all walks of life and all corners of India can use internet and computing to do real things which make sense and bring value to them. We need technology adoption and training at the grass roots so that all are comfortable in using technology. All this is possible if we have electricity available to all followed by availability of reasonably priced access devices.
