If Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is trying to build a future ready Internet City, called Neom, in his country in the next few years, the Telangana government in India is already on the job —of developing Hyderabad as an Internet City, where Internet of Things (IoT), media, animation, gaming and entertainment sectors will converge into a hub, also called IMAGE.
Already one of the top Information Technology (IT) exports centers in the country, Hyderabad, backed by its strong logistics and favourable topographical advantages, is poised to emerge as the hub of Internet allied fields, thanks to a policy initiative to boost the sector which is estimated to be the future of the world and India. Named after the sectors, the IMAGE policy 2016 will also have a tower by the same name in the next three years here.
The global digital landscape has been at the receiving end of a major transition on the technical, social and economic fronts, thanks to IoTs, commonly addressed as IoT. The advent of IoT has led to direct advancements in development of consumer products, automobiles, industry components and sensors, to name a few, a preface of the policy says.
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