India

But mobile Internet user growth is speeding up

NEW YORK (Mar. 17, 2010) -- Although the mobile markets in the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) continue to expand at a healthy pace, the days of triple-digit subscriber growth are long past.

As subscriber bases solidify, it is now the mobile Internet user populations that are increasing rapidly, albeit from small bases.

Messaging currently offers marketers the greatest opportunity

NEW YORK (Mar. 17, 2010)—For marketers looking to break into mobile and get the most from their investment in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), targeting a more specialized audience may help them ring up dividends.

eMarketer projects that mobile ad spending will reach $11.8 million in Brazil, $6.4 million in Russia, $35.4 million in India and $223.2 million in China in 2010.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 17, 2010 -- Zynga, the leading social games provider, today announced it has opened Zynga India in Bangalore, the company’s first office outside the United States. The India operation will focus on game and large-scale infrastructure development to support Zynga’s games played by millions of people every day.

“India offers some of the world’s most sophisticated and rich technical talent bases and we are thrilled to have a local presence.”

Yahoo! News Ranks as Top Indian News Site; Times of India Ranks as the Top Local News Brand

Mumbai, India, December 14, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today published a report on the top online news brands in India based on data from its comScore World Metrix service.

The study found that traffic to online news sites reached a record 15.8 million visitors age 15 and older in October, up 37 percent from the previous year, and representing 44 percent of the online population in India.

December 17, 2009 -- BANGALORE, INDIA – Creatives, online media operations and data services company Theorem Inc. has expanded its India operations, which consists of offices in Bangalore and a campus in Mysore.

The two offices in Bangalore, currently hosting 120 employees, are being combined into one larger space in order to meet further growth demands. Construction has also begun on Phase II of the Mysore campus, which currently has 400 employees.

Opens office in Mumbai at the Bandra Kurla Complex

Mumbai, India and Mountain View, Calif. - December 16, 2009 - LinkedIn, a professional network with more than 55 million members globally and 3.4 million in India, today outlined its plans to connect India's professionals. The company has set up its initial offices in Mumbai at the Bandra Kurla Complex.

comScore to Host Webinar on “State of the Internet with a Focus on Asia Pacific” on Thursday, November 19

Singapore City, Singapore, November 16, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on the growth of Internet audiences in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from its comScore World Metrix service.

Mountain View, Calif. and Mumbai, India – November 15, 2009 – LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 52 million members globally and 3.4 million members in India, today made another important stride in its expansion in India with the appointment of Hari V. Krishnan as country manager.

BSNL and Intel to jointly propagate wireless broadband Internet to build nationwide rural WiMAX network

NEW DELHI, Oct. 27, 2009 – In support of the Indian Government's Bharat Nirman rural development agenda, BSNL, HCL and Intel Corporation today announced a series of wide-reaching initiatives to spur economic and educational opportunities in India by expanding access to wireless broadband Internet and affordable computers.

A suite of jointly created unique products, including managed data services, hosted unified communications, connected branch services and Cisco TelePresenceTM, will be launched in a phased manner

BENGALURU, India - October 6, 2009 - Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom service provider, and Cisco today announced the formation of a strategic business alliance to help drive growth for Indian enterprises.