Our Vision
India is one of the fastest-growing digital consumers’ markets in the world, representing 700 million internet users while preparing to connect another 500 million. Improvement in connectivity, lowering costs of user-end devices as a part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, increasing use cases since 2014 led by the government through the creation of digital public assets and digital public infrastructure, and a robust start-up ecosystem has put India on the fast track in digital economy creation. With effective policies and inclusive participation, the Indian digital economy is likely to accelerate innovation, job creation, inclusion, empowerment and livelihood; and social parameters such as health and education are poised to improve significantly. Since 2004, the Internet and Mobile Association of India [www.iamai.in] has played an instrumental role in shaping the digital economy. IAMAI has been advocating free and fair competition, progressive laws for the sector, and supporting equitable access, the best quality of services to consumers, and safe and secure internet for users. Undoubtedly, our efforts over the years have played a small but significant role in bringing the digital industry into the mainstream of India’s socio-economic progress. Building on our success, our focus in the next five years is to connect 500 million Indians to the internet and to make India the second-largest digital economy in the world. We intend to achieve this by building consumer trust, reducing the digital divide, becoming a springboard for start-ups and supporting innovation by handholding new business sectors
Our Future Focus
IAMAI is constantly working with the government, members and other stakeholders such as academia, media and consumer groups to create a sustainable digital economy in India and disseminate its benefits to the society at large. We aspire to see one billion internet users, a digital economy contributing 25% to our country’s GDP, with responsible disruption, progressive and effective regulation through co-regulation or self-regulation, and safe and open internet for all citizens in the next five years.