Providing content for non-English language users have been a bigger problem for many Internet companies. This problem is more visible in India than any other place in the world. China is taking concrete measures to combat the issue. The number of Internet users in India is expected to grow to more than 500 million users in the near future and more than 300 million of them will be non-English users.
Mozilla that controls the open source browser, Firefox notice the need to create content in other than English. It is using India as a test case and developing software using local languages for Firefox based smartphones. Indian e-commerce giant Snapdeal.com is introducing Hindi and Tamil versions of it. They are two main languages used in India. Indian government is also investing heavily to make broadband available to more Indians and planning to spend more than $18 billion. The government expects to connect more than 250,000 villages to the Internet by 2016. Even with the government support it will be up to the private companies to make the Web available in local languages. It will not only benefit them but also helps to strengthens Web technology all throughout the vast and diverse India.