How close are Indian ISPs to becoming informediaries?
Not close at all. They have a long way to go. But they will come to it once the market expands and there are more users. Should ISPs in India take an initiative to localise computing? They should localise and provide the service for a premium. You see, this is value-added service. But so far, no ISP in the world has done it. But I am sure it will happen sometime. How has the Indian response been to your institute? Quite good. We have 18 franchisees in India and in the last 12 months we have had 2,000 students whom we have equipped with Internet education. Now, they are capable of providing Web based solutions. This figure is going to double next year. What is the criterion for becoming your franchisee? We are only looking for entrepreneurs who want to get into the Internet business.
