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Dropbox looking to work with telcos and ISPs to enter Indian market

Cloud-based storage service Dropbox seems to be following the strategy followed by WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter in India and says it wants to engage with telcos and ISPs in India to target Indians, reports The Economic Times. The company says that it has no plans to set up an office here and that it would rather partner with Indian mobile service providers and web companies. Sujay Jaswa, vice-president and business development head at Dropbox told the publication that Dropbox is in talks with "several Indian companies, including large corporations", which could be potential customers. This announcement comes at a time when Google dropped the fee for Google Drive threatening the business of Dropbox, Box and Microsoft's OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive). That being the case, it is important for the company to get bigger corporations who will sign long-term deals rather than focus on individual customers who might be more interested in getting the cheapest available option. Box and OneDrive have been focusing on enterprise for a while and Google had also shifted its priority to enterprise ever since it rebranded Google Docs to Drive in 2012. Till last year, storage service providers were tying up with phone manufacturers to get more people to use its services. Dropbox had a tie-up with Samsung and HTC, while its competitor Box was offering 50 GB of storage to people who bought certain models of LG and Sony devices. Microsoft's OneDrive was offering 20GB storage space to those who bought Nokia devices, while was offering 20GB free space to those who bought Motorola's…

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