MapmyIndia stays competitive as Google cuts prices in the mapping API market

A couple of months back Google slashed the price of its Maps APIs (application programming interface) for developers by up to 70%. Ahead of that Ola Maps had made an entry into the market and was offering its APIs for free. While Google’s response may have appeared to be an immediate reaction, experts believe the timing was simply co-incidental and that the company had planned the price cut.