Mavin’s Gigato app launched, to cut Internet access costs

Mavin Inc on Thursday launched <g data-gr-id="14">Gigato</g>, a data sponsoring application that reimburses users for data spent on partner apps, a move that will make surfing cheaper. The data reimbursed by <g data-gr-id="15">Gigato</g> can be spent by smartphone users on any application or website. The app is available for pre-paid consumers on Android devices across all operators and networks. The Silicon Valley-based mobile startup is founded by Shailesh Nalawadi, a former Google official and Raina Kumra, who has worked with the US Federal Reserve. Explaining the new app, Nalawadi said: "<g data-gr-id="10">Gigato</g> is focused on bringing down the cost of data in emerging markets such as India by allowing app developers to sponsor the data for their end users."