{"id":29188,"date":"2022-08-09T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5paisa.com\/finschool\/?p=29188"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:43:31","slug":"microsoft-to-launch-shopping-app-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5paisa.com\/finschool\/microsoft-to-launch-shopping-app-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to Launch Shopping App In India"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29188\" class=\"elementor elementor-29188\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-993586f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"993586f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09a8c58\" data-id=\"09a8c58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ab6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7ab6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) an Indian government-backed platform created to provide a level playing field to all e-commerce companies.<\/p><h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Microsoft and India Relations<\/strong><\/span><\/h6><ul><li>Microsoft Corporation\u00a0is an American\u00a0multinationaltechnology corporation\u00a0which produces\u00a0computer software,\u00a0consumer electronics,\u00a0and personal computers.<\/li><li>It was founded by Bill Gatesand Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.<\/li><li>Microsoft India Private Limited\u00a0is a subsidiary of American software company\u00a0Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in\u00a0Hyderabad, India.<\/li><li>The company first entered the\u00a0Indian marketin 1990 and has since worked closely with the\u00a0Indian government, the\u00a0IT industry, academia and the local developer community to usher in some of the early successes in the IT market.<\/li><li>India has always been a vital part of Microsoft&#8217;s plans. The company has been in India for more than two decades and have a footprint of sales research, development, and customer service operations.<\/li><li>Microsoft has more than 6000 employees in India and over 10000 partners in India. It creates thousands of jobs and vibrant technology ecosystem.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Microsoft becomes first multinational technology firm to join ONDC<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>The Company intends to introduce social eCommerce, i.e., group buying experience in the Indian Market.<\/li><li>The US headquartered tech major intends to launch a shopping app for Indian customers, along with their social circle, harnessing the ONDC network to discover the best pricing among retailers and sellers.<\/li><li>ONDC network is not just a model but a flexible idea that has a lot of explored and yet to be explored potential.<\/li><li>By utilizing the strength of our open network users, Microsoft, too, can implement their creative ideas like social commerce swiftly.<\/li><li>This collaboration will help widen the models available on the network and create a level playing field for stakeholders<\/li><li>Microsoft and Oracle are looking to partner with ONDC to offer technology solutions that will enable companies to onboard the platform allow it to operate smoothly and scale up in future.<\/li><li>He had said ONDC was forming several components that were beneficial for network\u00a0participants and policy makers.<\/li><li>For example, in the works were a registry of buyers and sellers and logistic\u00a0providers, a network-wide reputation index, and an online dispute resolution framework.<\/li><li>Cloud will be an important enabler for a project of this magnitude because it helps reduce IT infrastructure costs, helps faster time to market, is elastic, which means it can increase or decrease demand capacity on an as-needed basis.<\/li><li>More importantly, it can offer scalability for unplanned growth and demand and is secure since the platform will be generating a lot of data.<\/li><li>By 2030, the Indian eCommerce industry\u00a0is anticipated to reach $400 billion, increasing at a 19% CAGR. 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