Yahoo said it would like to focus on Pune to build a sound ecosystem and leverage its platforms to start-ups and entrepreneurs and that it will soon launch a centre of excellence in Bangalore.

The company already has an up-and-running Bangalore-based research and development (R&D) centre since ten-odd years and it said it will soon launch a new centre of excellence at the same location to focus on cutting edge areas to develop and evolve research on cloud and to build content for personalisation.

We want to make India a product hub and shape our India growth story that way. We want to concentrate on building an ecosystem. Our focus will also be on content in regional and local languages. We currently host content in two languages (Hindi and English) and we will expand to six by end of 2011, Shouvick Mukherjee, vice president and chief executive officer, Yahoo! India R&D told Business Standard.