DataWind
Named to MIT Technology Review’s2014
50 Smartest Companies List Recognizing World’s Most Innovative Companies
50 Smartest Companies List Recognizing World’s Most Innovative Companies
New Delhi, February 19, 2014 —DataWind
has been identified as one of 2014’s
50 Smartest Companies in
MIT Technology Review’s annual list of the world’s most innovative technology companies.
The honorees are nominated by MIT Technology Review’s editors,
who look for companies that have demonstrated original and valuable
technology over the last year, are bringing that technology to market at
significant scale, and are clearly influencing their competitors. The
companies on the list represent the disruptive
innovations most likely to change our lives.
“At
times it seems impossible to keep pace with important emerging
technologies. This issue celebrates organizations at the forefront,
displaying ‘disruptive innovation’ that
will prove to surpass the competition, transform an industry, and
change our lives,”states Jason Pontin, publisher and editor in chief of MIT Technology Review.“DataWind
has an innovative approach: sell inexpensive hardware and make money
instead on advertisements and apps. After beginning by selling
inexpensive tablets in India, the company is now selling in several
other countries and could significantly expand the tablet
market.”
DataWind
was chosen for its breakthrough internet delivery platform and
disruptive business model that allows it to deliver the world’s lowest
cost tablet computers with ‘free’ internet
access. Delivered to the Indian government as Aakash and commercially as the
UbiSlate computers, DataWind’s products break the affordability barrier and deliver internet
access across traditional mobile networks as the company executes a vision to empower the next three billion internet users.
Since
its launch in India, DataWind’sUbiSlate tablet computers have
positioned the company consistently among the three largest tablet
suppliers in the country, which was followed
in late 2013 with the US, Canadian &UK launch at $37.99 and £
29.99for the UbiSlate 7Ci model
“We
are honored and humbled to be recognized by MIT Technology Review as
one of the most innovative technology companies in the world,”said
Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind.“Such
recognition provides further encouragement for us to pursue our vision
of making the power of computing and internet access available to all.”
DataWind and the other honorees will be featured in the March/April edition of
MIT Technology Review, published online today and available on newsstands worldwide starting March 4.
About DataWind
DATAWIND
is a leading provider of wireless web access products and services.
Based on several international patents, DATAWIND’s breakthrough
technologies solve the bandwidth limitations
of cellular networks by accelerating content delivery by factors of 10x
to 30x – resulting in a superior mobile web experience at a lower cost.
Most
recently, DATAWIND’s Aakash/UbiSlate tablets have received worldwide
attention, as the company executes a vision to empower the next 3
billion people with computing and internet
access.
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