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India's Internet Penetration Grows By 17% In A Year - Comscore Study

India’s Internet Penetration Grows By 17% In A Year – Comscore Study

The Indian Internet space suffers from statistics problem as different research agencies predict a different number of the total internet penetration in India. IGF statistics last year pegged it at 80 million Indian Internet users and then there was IAMAI which pegged it at 46 million way back in 2007 which got reduced  to 39 [...]

Broadband Internet A Legal Right In Finland - When Will India Have One?

Broadband Internet A Legal Right In Finland – When Will India Have One?

(With inputs by Abhishek Kapoor)
In the era of stringent Tweeting bans compared to performance drug tests, this news will not come as a shock to many. An unshakable belief in something without need for a proof or evidence could be the importance of internet in each one’s life today. With India working up their internet [...]

India To Become 3rd Largest In Internet By 2013: While Wimax To Outgrow 3G Broadband

India To Become 3rd Largest In Internet By 2013: While Wimax To Outgrow 3G Broadband

The internet users in India has seen a lower than expected growth all these years despite major expectations arising from the frivolous rise seen in telecom subscribers count.
A latest report by Forrester, forecasts that India would become the third largest country in terms of internet users across the globe. The report takes [...]

The Internet to Reach Full Capacity by 2010

Jim Cicconi, vice-president of legislative affairs for AT and T, has warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet would not be able to cope with the increasing volumes of video and user-generated content being uploaded.
 
 
According to Cicconi, atleast $55 billion worth of investment was needed in new infrastructure in the next three years in the [...]

The Ubiquitous Internet : Kiosks

 
 

 
 
We have recently blogged about how lower cost (even free!) for internet access by telcos may boost the Internet adoption in India. Kiosks are another idea which can really help the mass adoption of the Internet.
 
Local trains are the de facto mode of transport in Mumbai. And queue for a Mumbai Local ticket can run [...]

The comScore India Internet Usage report

Well apologies for posting this quite late. This report has already been talked about by most of the web tech blogs in India!
 First things first. Who is comScore?comScore is a renowned marketing research company that provides marketing data and services. They track internet data on its surveyed computers and provide great insights into online behavior.
In [...]

Internet! Woh kya hai?

According to a recent study conducted by LIRNEasia (Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies – Asia) along with AC Nielsen, a more-than-considerable number (72%) of people in India have no clue as to what the ‘internet’ is.
Well the first thought going through your head must be – in a country where nearly 70% of [...]