Startling Facts That Show How HUGE Indian Tech Is - 0 views
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Dan R.D. on 30 May 11http://www.businessinsider.com/india-tech-facts-2011-5#-8 1,210,000,000 current populationmobile phone penetration is 50% higher than TVindians in rural areas 742,500,000 72% of populationtwo-and-a-half times the population of USAmobile subscribers 791,000,000 67%growing by 20,000,000 ever month50% of indians are 25 yrs or belowindian mobile subscribers 791 million vs TV 520 millionnumber of SMSs sent via india's airtel network 90 billion10 billion mobile ads sent each monthestimated value of indian mobile value-added services 2011 = 2011 US 3.5 billion100,000,000 internet users in india 8% populationgrew by 25% in the past 12 monthsaverage indian web users spends 26 min online each day60% of indian web users access via internet cafes31% of indias rural population is unaware of the internet's existence.estimated value of eCommerce in india 2011: US $10 billion18% of india's rural Internet users travel more than 10km to access the internettop reasons rural indians are adopting the internet: entertainmentestimated value of eCommerce in india in 2011: US $10 billionthe value of indian eCommerce grow by more than 60% in 2010number of social media users in india: 33,158,000 - that's 2% of india's populationindian web users spend 3 hours per month on social sites96% of indian IT firms forbid social media use at work