Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that it is important to make products rather than remain as employees, emphasising that products guarantee 100 per cent revenue.
Inaugurating the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL) Swadeshi 4G Mobile Network in Vijayawada, the chief minister noted that Indians are downloading 24 per cent of apps made by others, ending up paying 95 per cent to foreign companies.
“We are doing job work (jobs), that is not what we should do. Money is in products. If we can make products, we will get 100 per cent revenue and also royalties,” Naidu said, adding getting a patent is also crucial.
Highlighting that his dream was to see everybody owning a smartphone in the country, he said Andhra Pradesh will demonstrate how smartphon