Internet Users In India

Nokia study projects average data usage per user per month will grow over 136 per cent by 2027

Even as usage rises, internet reach and growth has stalled

The study revealed that female active internet users grew by a whopping 61% since 2019

The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has recommended that the Union government should not shutdown the Internet services in every case.

The report suggests that even though the internet penetration in urban India is over two times than rural areas, the usership in rural areas has been growing at a faster rate on a year-on-year basis.

The digital adoption is fast increasing in rural India with a spurt in smartphone usage, as the total active internet population is likely to touch 900 million by 2025 from 622 million last year

Due to lack of trust, new merchants usually see 30% higher cart abandonments on the checkout page as compared to established merchants; Razorpay is aiming to change that

Reliance Jio led the chart grabbing 52.3 per cent of the overall market share, followed by Bharti Airtel (23.6 per cent share) in the quarter ended March 2020

People use the internet more when they are at home, for work, and for entertainment, leading to a fall in download speeds because of increased load.

Though TV viewership surged during lockdown, subscribers deleted channels from their package to cut costs

The data released by Nielsen and the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) shows that internet usage has grown sharply in cities over the last one month, touching 54 per cent

Data usage has darted up 25-30 per cent since the lockdown began on March 25, the note said

Data consumption the past few days has gone up by 15-20% and consumption of high definition data requires 6-7 times higher bandwidth

The cheaper mobile internet access and smartphone has made India to see the highest growth in terms of app downloads

As much as 70 per cent of Indians are non-English speakers, and the global mission is to bring the next billion people online making the Internet more friendly for their language

Monthly ARPU for wireless service was down 2.55%, from Rs 69.15 in April-June 2018 to Rs 67.39 in July-September 2018, and was down by a fifth on yearly basis

Digital platforms look to engage brands and users beyond multi-lingual entertainment content

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