Mobile subscribers are increasing by tens of millions each month and that is no secret but what everyone is keeping an eye on is how much of this subscription is actually translating into mobile internet users? As per a recent JuxtConsult report India has about 11 million (1.1 crore) mobile internet users which means Indian mobile internet market has doubled since last year when it was pegged at 5 million.
Compare that to the total internet access via PCs which is still pegged at around 51 million. Now the reason that I feel for this growth has been because of the rise of the Qwerty blackberry clones be it Micromax, Lava or the recently introduced MVL G81. All these phones come bundled with facebook, twitter and internet enabled browsers as well.
As per the India Mobile Report 2010 check the active mobile market share in India:
As you can see from above – Low end phones like Micromax, Maxx and chinese phones have made some inroads into the market. This seems to be the reason for the growing use of internet from mobile as well. Most new nokia, LG and Samsung handsets too now come bundled with social networking applications indicating that subscribers would by default buy them to access the web. Some reports state that by 2015 the number of mobile internet users in India could be as big as 260 million!
I expect the mobile internet usage to grow even more next year and possibly over take the PC access in 2-3 years from today. Unless wireless broadband brings in a revolution for home PC internet connections I believe India will be largely a mobile accessed internet market.
Hello Bro..
ya its seem great.. it means that many people of India are connecting with cyber it’s very useful for Indian economic..
Thanks for posting this useful information..
Please keep posting,
Warm Regard’s
Karan Variava