Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Indians want hi-tech products

Technology companies in the West should stop thinking about India as a place to dump cut-price, low-tech versions of their products, a senior Indian researcher has said. Ajay Gupta, who heads the Indian labs of Hewlett Packard, said it was a myth that Indians wanted cheap goods. During a visit to the computer giant's UK headquarters, he urged companies hoping to boost computer use in India to <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4902838.stm">offer innovative solutions and value.</A> Mr. Gupta's comments came two weeks after chip maker Intel announced a computer specifically for the Indian market.

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