Google India bets big on mobile

Storyboard editor Anant Rangaswami and Firstpost CEO Durga Raghunath met up with Google India MD, Rajan Anandan.

This week, media reports said that the tech-media giant was looking to set up brick and mortar stores in the country by next year to promote and retail Android smartphones.

Android, as you would know, is the operating system owned and developed by Google. While Google India has still not confirmed the news, it does say that mobile technology and therefore Android, will be key growth drivers for the Indian market.

Storyboard editor Anant Rangaswami and Firstpost’s CEO Durga Raghunath met up with Google India MD, Rajan Anandan, to find out more.

Written by Anant Rangaswami

Anant Rangaswami was, until recently, the editor of Campaign India magazine, of which Anant was also the founding editor. Campaign India is now arguably India's most respected publication in the advertising and media space. Anant has over 20 years experience in media and advertising. He began in Madras, for STAR TV, moving on as Regional Manager, South for Sony’s SET and finally as Chief Manager at BCCL’s Times Television and Times FM. He then moved to advertising, rising to the post of Associate Vice President at TBWA India. Anant then made the leap into journalism, taking over as editor of what is now Campaign India's competitive publication, Impact. Anant teaches regularly and is a prolific blogger and author of Watching from the sidelines. see more