Chipmaker AMD is taking its “50×15” plan to India in a partnership with telecommunications company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) in a move analysts said blurred the lines between consumer and computing devices. VSNL will market AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) to Tata Indicom Broadband customers as part of a bundled Internet service, beginning in five Indian cities. The “50×15” stands for AMD’s project to deliver affordable Internet and computing access to 50 percent of the world by 2015.
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AMD Hopes PIC Unlocks High-Growth Markets
Posted by: Susan B. Shor October 28, 2004 09:40 AMChipmaker AMD is taking its “50×15” plan to India in a partnership with telecommunications company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) in a move analysts said blurred the lines between consumer and computing devices. VSNL will market AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) to Tata Indicom Broadband customers as part of a bundled Internet service, beginning in five Indian cities. The “50×15” stands for AMD’s project to deliver affordable Internet and computing access to 50 percent of the world by 2015.