India is all set to beat the US as world’s
second largest internet market, according to a report by the Internet and
Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International.
Buoyed by strong growth in Internet
consumption on mobile devices, the number of people online in India is forecast
to touch 302 million by the end of this year, the report said.
The number of Internet users in India is
expected to grow 32 percent to 302 million this year from 213 million at the
end of December last year. The Internet user base in the country is further
estimated to grow to 354 million by June 2015, it added.
The Internet in India took more than a
decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 million to
200 million. However, it took only a year to move from 200 to 300 million
users. Clearly, Internet is mainstream in India today, the report said.
Of the 278 million users, 177 million
are in urban India, higher by 29 percent from last year. This is expected to
reach 190 million by December 2014 and 216 million by June 2015.
At present, China leads with more than
600 million Internet users, while the US has an estimated 279 million users.
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