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The social media company is helping local entrepreneurs and companies with software that would provide internet in rural areas of the country.

Singapore Technologies Telemedia bought the stake from the Indian teleservices provider.

More Indians are switching to smartphones, and many first-timers are buying 4G phones, as they become available in the $100 range.

Apple will launch the iPhone 6S in India on Friday, and thanks to a strong dollar and weak rupee, the cheapest model will be $300 more expensive than in the U.S.

A senior Facebook official defended the company's controversial Internet.org program in India, saying it wasn't exclusive, according to the Times of India.

India's smartphone-led Internet penetration is allowing consumers to increasingly transact online.

Ridesharing is a hotly contested business in Asia where SoftBank-backed local competitors are taking on California's Uber.

Despite India's physical infrastructure woes, no one wants to be left out of a potential opportunity offered up by the country's fast-growing economy.

India's efforts to connect its remotest villages through mobile phones and broadband Internet is under way.

India's potential as a market across sectors, from smartphones to solar energy, is drawing global investors.

Online access could change the lives of millions in India, but supporters of an independent Internet there say large companies are seeking to control it.

Chinese vendors like Xiaomi and Lenovo are targeting the subcontinent with slick, low-cost handsets.