History of Internet
in India
India Internet 2011
India Internet Users Forecast:
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) launched Internet
Services in India in August
1995 and was the sole provider of internet services in India till 1999. In late 1997 after
several months of speculation, India ’s
Department of Telecommunications (DOT) announced a new policy for Internet
service providers (ISPs).In November 1998; the Government ended VSNL’s monopoly
and allowed provisioning of Internet Services by Private Operators. There are 153 ISPs in operation today, although the
majority market share (62 percent) remains with the public-sector corporations
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) (43 percent) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
Limited (MTNL) (19 percent).
With penetration level of 8% of
1.2 billion populations online, India
is third ranked after USA
and China
in the list of countries with the most Internet users. Boston consulting Group sees India Describing India as a "low-maturity
and high growth market". India 's
Internet use is concentrated mainly in the Urban, where many users are migrants
from rural. Internet users in India
are predominantly college going students(30%), Young men(28%), school going
kids(14%). Major activities done, according to Juxt India
Online 2011 Report is:
According to Google India Country Head, India has about 100 million Internet users, and the number will
increase to 300 million by 2014.
According to BCG India will see its number of internet
users triple to 237 million from the 81 million (2010) by 2015.
McKinsey research
states that by 2015, the Indian Internet user base would touch 450 million from
the 2010 estimates of about 81 million and digital-content consumption can rise
as high as $9.5 billion with rising adoption of mobile internet.
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