August 15, 1995 is an important day in India. Internet access was made available on that special day by VSNL (now part of Tata Communications). For the past few days, many articles have been published about the 25th anniversary of the internet in India. It is good to see the people behind bringing the internet […]
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Nearly 50% of India’s population has access to the internet in 2019: KPMG Report
The recently released report from KPMG titled “India’s Digital Future: India’s Media and Entertainment Report 2019” has covered various topics that would interest internet entrepreneurs in India. To begin with some basic numbers – India has a population of 1.3 billion with a teledensity of 91% with 1.7 billion mobile connections and 700 million unique subscribers. The […]
Internet penetration & smartphone ownership low, social media usage high in India
A recent study from Pew throws light on internet penetration and social media usage in developed and developing countries. As expected the growth of social media in developed countries has plateaued. The next wave of growth is going to be from emerging and developing countries. India becomes very important for all internet companies outside India […]
Digital India: Internet users doubles but digital transactions lags
The Indian internet user base has been growing impressively, thanks to the mobile internet. But the number of internet users transacting online is still low.
46% of online Indians primarily consumed local language content: Mary Meeker
cross IndiaIt is that time of the year. The entire internet eco-system wants to read Mary Meeker’s annual internet report. This year there has been a substantial focus on India (55 slides – slide 232 to 287). Internet penetration is at 27%, 355 million of 1.3 billion in India are online (there is still a lot […]