India's internet users is expected to touch 402 million by December making it the second largest internet base in the world after China, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International claimed on Tuesday. India currently has 375 million internet users.
IAMAI spokesperson Nilotpal Chakravarti said the agency calculated unique users to arrive at the 375 million internet users. Of which, 276 million users accessed internet on mobile phones.
On October 17, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the telecom industry regulator said that in August India had 117.34 million broadband users, of which 100.88 million were users of mobile phones and dongles. Broadband internet speeds is counted at 512 kbps or more.
"While Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million, it took only a year to move from 300 to 400 million users. Clearly, Internet is main stream in India today. And the large internet users base is definitely a good news for the overall growth of the digital industry," IAMAI and IMRB said in a statement. This year's growth was 49 per cent more than 2014.
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IAMAI spokesperson Nilotpal Chakravarti said the agency calculated unique users to arrive at the 375 million internet users. Of which, 276 million users accessed internet on mobile phones.
On October 17, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the telecom industry regulator said that in August India had 117.34 million broadband users, of which 100.88 million were users of mobile phones and dongles. Broadband internet speeds is counted at 512 kbps or more.
"While Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million, it took only a year to move from 300 to 400 million users. Clearly, Internet is main stream in India today. And the large internet users base is definitely a good news for the overall growth of the digital industry," IAMAI and IMRB said in a statement. This year's growth was 49 per cent more than 2014.
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