Cisco to invest US$100mil in India's digital push


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  • Monday, 21 Mar 2016

CONSEQUENCES FELT: US technology companies including Cisco Systems Inc, International Business Machines Corp and Microsoft Corp may face new challenges selling their goods and services in China as fallout from the US spying scandal starts to take a toll. — Reuters

NEW DELHI: Cisco Systems Inc will invest over US$100mil (RM406.75mil) in India to support the country's ambitious plan to connect thousands of its villages to the internet and create jobs, executive chairman John Chambers said. 

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a series of initiatives under the 'Digital India,' 'Skill India,' and 'Startup India' schemes to connect millions of Indians to the Internet, create more tech jobs and move more services online. 

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