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I found this neat site that compiles statistics on India, called NeonCarrot: "Following are various stats, facts and figures
on telecommunication and the internet in India , picked out of newspapers
(mainly Hindustan
Times), magazines (mainly
India Today), the BBC
and various sources on the web. These figures are not meant to be
comprehensive lists, but rather statistical trivia or factual snippets.
For basic general facts and figures about India as well as several
Indian states, please see the Quick Reference popups on the right
hand side of this page, or go to the main page of India
statistics, facts and figures . For a full list of links to
our statistics pages, see the About
India index or the bottom of the right navigation bar on this
page." There's a whole section on Indian Telecom and IT sectors - some Internet figures with source are: - * number of Internet users in India: 2004: 25 million -- Nov 2005: 38.5 million [HT, Jan 2006] - * number of internet subscribers in India: 6.13 million [IndiaDaily; Jan 2006] - * Broadband subscribers in India: 835,000 [IndiaDaily; Jan 2006] - * target of high-speed Internet users by end of 2005: 3 million (not achieved) [IndiaDaily; Jan 2006] - * price for BB (available from): 199 Rs per month [HT; Jan 2006] - * previous numbers of Internet users in India: 1992: 1,000 -- 1995: 250,000 -- 1999: 2.8 mil -- 2000: 5.0 mil [v2020; Apr 2003] - * Internet users per 100 inhabitants: 2004: 1.5 [GTF; 2005] - * Internet users per 100 inhabitants: 2001: 0.68 [v2020; Apr 2003] - * number of travel related web searches by Indians during xmas & New Year period 2005: 8 million, estimate [Business Standard, Dec 2005] - * percentage of Internet users who access government services via internet: 2001: 22 % -- 2002: 31 % [v2020; Apr 2003] - * PC availability per 100 inhabitants in 2004: 1.2 [GTF; 2005] - * number of computers in India: 1992: 0.4 mil -- 1995: 1.2 mil -- 1999: 3.3 mil -- 2000: 4.6 mil [v2020; Apr 2003] - * number of internet cafes in India: 105,000 [ConSu; Nov 2005] - * number of jobs created in Internet cafes: 600,000 estimate [v2020; Apr 2003] - * annual growth in cybercafe market in India: 45 % (average over past 5 years) [ConSu; Nov 2005] - * estimated number of computerised bank branches: 12,000 (out of a total of 45,000) [v2020; Apr 2003] 5:49:46 PM  comment [] trackback []
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