Bernard Leong

Analyse Asia - 77: Facebook Internet.org, Android One & India with Newley Purnell - Facebook Internet.org, Android One & India Startup Talent

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Episode Synopsis: In this episode, Newley Purnell, journalist from Wall Street Journal joined us to discuss the recent controversy of Facebook’s Internet.org initiative in India and the implications of the initiative with reference to net neutrality, privacy and security among the different stakeholders. We discussed the relaunch efforts of Google’s Android One, and understand how US technology companies are figuring out how to expand their reach in emerging markets such as India. Last but not least, we discussed the talent shortage issue in India’s nascent startup ecosystem and whether it has the propensity to grow its own home grown Internet giants like China’s BAT with the external competition from US to China and an open market system.