, Columnist
Six Hours Will Decide India’s Next Digital Winners
Delhi’s ban on Chinese tech after a border clash gives Ambani and other players a chance to close the app gap.
Who will fill the super-app gap?
Photographer: Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto/Getty
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Time will be the next frontier in India’s digital battlefield; dollars will follow the hours consumers spend online.
India has left a void in their day by banning 59 Chinese apps after a border dispute with its northern neighbor led to violent clashes. The video-sharing platform TikTok, which became a craze in towns and villages as a medium of expression, is gone. So are its smaller cousins, like Bigo Live and Likee.