Google is seeking to boost its position in the Indian market and is reflected in its attempt to acquire the application of the most famous trains in India, "Where is my locomotive," in a deal has not yet announced the price.
As the name implies, the application helps travelers track incoming and outgoing trains and bookings. This is not easy in a country like India, with daily trains estimated at 14,000 trains all over the country.
The application works on Android devices, supports eight languages and competes with other applications supported by contact companies such as RealAutere and AnyXGo.
Founded in 2013 by four former executives at Tevo, the leading entertainment company, Sigmund Labs is the developer of the application.
The newspaper "The Economic Times" that the company has about ten employees.
The price of the deal was not officially set, although the paper said it would not exceed $ 40 million, and was rewarded by Google after a competition from Chinese phone company Xiaomei.
Google said Ayna Qatari will continue to work on the development of the current application.
It seems that the application will not be closed immediately, despite rumors that Google wants to integrate the application into one of its services, such as Google Maps.
The deal is part of Google's drive to develop products and services that connect emerging markets to the Internet. The company has focused its efforts in India, where Google has developed light versions of its popular applications such as YouTube to operate on the weak Internet networks there.
It also initiated initiatives such as providing public Wi-Fi to India's rail network, which is used by more than 8 million people.