Netcore CEO Rajesh Jain: 'In India, the Future of the Internet Will Be Built around the Mobile Phone'

Seven years ago, Rajesh Jain ignited a dot-com storm in India when his portal, IndiaWorld, was sold to Sify, an Internet service provider, for $115 million. Today, he is CEO of Netcore, a Linux-based messaging software firm, and also maintains an active blog, emergic.org. Jain met with Knowledge@Wha...

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Main Author: Knowledge@SMU
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1168&context=ksmu
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Summary:Seven years ago, Rajesh Jain ignited a dot-com storm in India when his portal, IndiaWorld, was sold to Sify, an Internet service provider, for $115 million. Today, he is CEO of Netcore, a Linux-based messaging software firm, and also maintains an active blog, emergic.org. Jain met with Knowledge@Wharton at his offices in Mumbai to discuss how mobile phones could hold the key to the Internet's evolution in India and other emerging economies.