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India telecom & IT statistics,
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Following are various stats, facts and figures
on telecommunication and the internet in India , picked out of newspapers
(mainly Hindustan
Times), magazines (mainly
India Today), the BBC
and various sources on the web. These figures are not meant to be
comprehensive lists, but rather statistical trivia or factual snippets.
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Indian states, please see the Quick Reference popups on the right
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The stats on this page are divided into following sections:
Stats on e-commerce and
online shopping
Stats on mobile phones
Mobile gaming, music, SMS,
MMS etc
Data on mobile performance
/ quality / congestion
Statistics on Internet in
India
Facts on telephony in India
(mobile & fixed line)
Figures on Indian fixed
line connections
Lines marked with an asterisk (*)
are recently added entries.
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- estimated value
of total e-commerce market (end 2005): 1,180 crore (11.8 billion)
Rs
[HT; Jan 2006]
- * projected growth in online transactions in two years:
300%
(2004-05: Rs 570 crore (73m GBP) -- 2006-07:
Rs 2,300 crore (295m GBP) ) [DNA Jul 06]
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* percentage of internet users who buy train tickets online:
almost 30% [DNA Jul 06]
- * most
common payment method for online shoppers: 38% credit card
--
32% cash on delivery [DNA Jul 06]
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* credit/debit card users in India: approx 40 million [DNA
Jul 06]
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* value of the online matchmaking industry: financial year
(FY) 2006-07:
expected 90crore Rs (11.5m GBP) --
FY 2005-06: estimated 58 crore Rs
(7.4m GBP) [EI
Jan 07]
- * number of marriages
performed in India: 1 crore (10 million) [EB Jan 07]
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* total registration base of India's biggest online matrimonial portal
shaadi.com:
9.1 million [EI Jan 07]
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* number of yearly registrations for online matrimonial portal shaadi.com:
fiscal 2007-08: expected 11.2 million -- 2005-06:
6.2 million [EI Jan 07]
- * number
of reported marriages through shaadi.com: 7.2 lakh people
(720,000) [GG Jan 07]
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* total registration to online matrimonial portal to Bharatmatrimony.com
over the years: nearly 9 million [EI Jan 07]
- * number of yearly registrations
for online matrimonial portal
Bharatmatrimony.com:
2006-07:
expected 2.5 million -- 2005-06: 1.5 million [EI Jan 07]
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* percentage of internet users that search for a spouse online:
12% according
to online survey by JuxtConsult research
firm [DNA Sep 05]
more
general marriage and matchmaking stats under economy
- turnover in online shopping
between Dussehra and Diwali 2005 (13/10 - 03/11/05):
Rs 115 crore (excluding travel related transactions)
[ConSu; Nov 2005]
- turnover in
online shopping between Dussehra and Diwali 2004: Rs 53 crore
excluding travel related transactions) [ConSu; Nov
2005]
- number of e-commerce transactions
between Dussehra and Diwali: 2005: 810,000
online sales -- 2004: 345,000 online sales (excl travel related) [ConSu;
Nov 2005]
- total online shopping
revenue 2004: Rs 570 crore (of this 63% travel related)
[ConSu; Nov 2005]
more on IT and outsourcing on Economy stats page
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| - * number
of mobile subscribers country-wide: Dec 2006: 129.5 million
[Jan 2007] --
Jul 2006: 111 million -- estimate for end 2008: 300
million [DNA Aug 06] --
Dec 2005: 76 million [Sify; Jan 2006]
- Indian population owning a mobile
phone: Dec 2006: 13% [DNA Jan 2007] --
Dec 2005: 8 % [Sify; Jan 2006]
- * average minutes of calls
made by a mobile subscriber: 2006: 300 minutes per
month, of that 10-15% in STD calls [DNA Oct 06]
-- or a somewhat contradictory
figure for 2005: 330 minutes per year [HBL; Sep 2005]
- * world's highest monthly mobile
subscriber increase, Summer 2006: India,
with 7 million new mobile subscribers every month [DNA
Sep 06]
- * increase of mobile subscriber
base between Apr-Aug 2006: 19% [DNA Aug 06]
- growth in cell phone market 2000-2005:
almost 2,700% [HBL; Sep 2005]
- previous average new mobile phone
connections per month: Jan 2006: 3 million
[PhysOrg; Jan 2006] -- Apr to Sep 2005: 13 million
[Sify; Oct 2005]
- previous number of mobile phone
subscribers in India: 1995: 0.077 mil --
2000:3.6 mil -- 2002: 6.4 mil [v2020; Apr 2003]
- growth in mobile phone market
for 2003-2004: 89 % [ConSu; Nov 2005]
- government target for mobile phone
subscriptions: 200 million by 2007 [BSNL;
Jan 2006]
- * market share of major mobile
providers in India end of August 2006:
Bharti Airtel: 20.8% -- Reliance Communications: 20.1%
-- BSNL: 18.2% [DNA Sep 06]
- * net profits in last quarter
of 2006 of Bharti Airtel (India's largest private
phone company): 12.1 bn Rs (138m GBP); compared
to 5.44 bn Rs for the
previous year [BBC Jan 07]
- * increase of subscription base
(telecom) in 2006 of Bharti Airtel: 92 % [BBC Jan 07]
- * increase of value of Bharti
Airtel share within last quarter of 2006: 34 percent
[BBC Jan 07]
- * number of Bharti Airtel mobile
towers / masts: 30,000 (with an additional 10,000
planned) [DNA Jan 07]
- * number of mobile subscribers
by Hutch: 22 million [DNA Dec 06]
- mobile tele-density in India =
number of mobile phones per 100 inhabitants:
1991: 0 -- 2002: 0.65 -- 2004: 3.16 -- 2005: 4.83 (mid
2005) [FL; Aug 2005]
- mobile phone penetration (mobile
subscribers in proportion to total telephones):
1995: 0.6 % -- 2002: 14.6 % [v2020; Apr 2003]
- combined customer base of all
9 GSM carriers in India: 58.5 million in Dec 2005
(GSM: Global System for Mobile communication) [Sify;
Jan 2006]
- number of new GSM customers:
Nov 2005: 2.3 million -- Dec 2005: 3.2 million
[Sify; Jan 2006]
- average revenue per user (ARPU)
per year: 9.04 USD (CDMA 5.74 USD --
GSM 8.89 USD) (GSM = Global System for Mobile communication;
CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access) [HBL; Sep 2005]
- Indian land area covered by mobile
networks: approx 30% [Sify; Jan 2006]
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- number of prayers
sent by text message to Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai:
more than 10,000 SMS within a week of start of SMS
prayer service [BSNL; Jan 2006]
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percentage of mobile subscribers using MMS (Multi Media Messaging):
pre-paid: 27% -- post paid: 37 % [ConSu; Nov 2005]
- number of game downloads onto mobiles:
0.45 million per month [ConSu; Nov 2005]
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mobile phone owners who use mobile games: 5 % [ConSu; Nov 2005]
- mobile data users who play games
on mobile every month: almost 32 %
[BSNL;
Dec 2005]
- prognosis for growth
in Indian mobile gaming market: growth of 700 % by 2010
to annual revenues of 200 million USD [BSNL; Dec 2005]
- mobile users who would prefer music
from their mobile: 26 % [ConSu; Nov 2005]
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mobile owners actually listening to music on their mobile:
9 % [ConSu; Nov 2005
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* amount of digital music revenue: over Rs 400 crore (approx
73m Euro) [DNA May 06]
- * percentage
of digital music revenues from the mobile sector: 85% [DNA
May 06]
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- TRAI parameters
for congestion limits: 1 call out of 200 between two operators
is permitted to encounter congestion problems [Sify;
Jan 2006]
- numbers of cities
in which mobile congestion is above regulatory limit: 404
[Sify; Jan 2006]
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numbers of cities in which mobile congestion is more than 10 percent
of
regulatory limit: 200 [Sify; Jan 2006]
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mobile operators not meeting performance parameters 2005: 5
(out of 11)
[PhysOrg; Jan 2006]
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spectrum allocated by India's Department of Telecom (DoT) to mobile
operators:
4.4 MHz for GSM (Global System
for Mobile communication) --
2.5 MHz for CDMA (Code
Division Multiple Access) [PhysOrg; Jan 2006]
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global average of spectrum allocated to mobile operators: 20
MHz for GSM --
10 MHz for CDMA [PhysOrg; Jan 2006]
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- * number of
broadband connections: Dec 2006: 2 million --
Sep 2006: 1.7 million [DNA Sep, Dec 06]
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* expected number of broadband connections by end of 2007:
9 million
(according to Communication and IT Minister
Dayanidhi Maran) [DNA Dec 06]
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* internet subscriber-to-user ratio: 1:10 according to Nasscom
estimate [DNA Jul 06]
- * number
of people using the internet: 70 million according to estimate
by
Nasscom or 39 million according to Google India
director [DNA Jul 06]
- previous
numbers of Internet users in India: 1992: 1,000 -- 1995: 250,000
--
1999: 2.8 mil -- 2000: 5.0 mil [v2020; Apr 2003]
--
2004: 25 million -- Nov 2005: 38.5 million
[HT, Jan 2006]
- number of internet
subscribers in India (end 2005): 6.13 million [ID; Jan 2006]
- target of high-speed Internet users
by end of 2005: 3 million (not achieved)
[IndiaDaily; Jan 2006]
- * internet
penetration in March 2006 (internet users, not necessarily subscribers):
4.5% of India's population [DNA Apr 06]
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* market share of BSNL for broadband subscriber base: about
50% [DNA Dec 06]
- price for BB
(available from): 199 Rs per month [HT; Jan 2006]
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Internet users per 100 inhabitants: 2004: 1.5 [GTF; 2005] --
2001: 0.68 [v2020;
Apr 2003]
- number of travel related
web searches by Indians during xmas & New Year
period 2005: 8 million, estimate [Business Standard,
Dec 2005]
- percentage of Internet
users who access government services via internet:
2001: 22 % -- 2002: 31 % [v2020; Apr 2003]
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PC availability per 100 inhabitants in 2004: 1.2 [GTF; 2005]
- number of computers in India:
1992: 0.4 million -- 1995: 1.2m -- 1999: 3.3m --
2000: 4.6m [v2020; Apr 2003]
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number of internet cafes in India: 105,000 [ConSu; Nov 2005]
- number of jobs created in Internet
cafes: 600,000 estimate [v2020; Apr 2003]
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annual growth in cybercafe market in India: 45 % (average over
past 5 years)
[ConSu; Nov 2005]
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estimated number of computerised bank branches: 12,000 (out
of a total of 45,000)
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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- * countrywide
total tele-density (mobile & fixed): Jul 2006: 14.40
(tele-density: phone subscribers per 100 people) [DNA
Aug 06]
compared to 1991: 0.6 -- 2002:
4.48 -- 2004: 7.17 -- 2005: 9.80 according to TRAI
(TRAI = Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) [FL; Aug 2005] or:
1991: 0.6 -- 2002: 3.75 -- 2004: less than 5 according
to the ITU
(ITU = International Telecommunication
Union) [FL; Aug 2005]
- number
of total new phone connections in 2005: 32 million (includes
mobile +
fixed line) [Sify; Jan 2006]
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average new phone connections (mobile + fixed line) per month:
around 5 million,
majority in mobile [Sify; Jan
2006]
- percentage of phone users
within the population: 11.43 % [IndiaDaily; Jan 2006]
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largest telecom operator in India: BSNL with 60 million subscribers
[Sify; Jan 2006]
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- * number of
fixed line connections: Jul 2006: 47.4 million [DNA Aug 06]
- * increase of fixed line connections
between Apr-Aug 2006: 1.2% [DNA Aug 06]
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* demographics of fixed landlines: 70% of fixed lines in urban
areas [DNA Jul 06]
- * average
minutes of calls made by a fixed line user: 1,000 minutes per
month,
of that 20% in STD calls [DNA Oct 06]
- previous number of fixed telephone line users 2005:
49 million [Sify; Jan 2006]
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previous number of fixed telephone lines: 1995: 12.0 million
-- 2001: 34.7 million
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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number of new fixed telephone lines December 2005: 460,000
[IndiaDaily; Jan 2006]
- number
of telephone lines per telecom staff: 1991: 15.6 -- 1999: 63.0
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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annual growth of operational telephone lines: 19.4 % during
1995-2000
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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fixed line tele-density in India = number of main telephone lines
per 100
inhabitants: 1991: 0.6 -- 2002: 3.83 -- 2005:
4.25 [FL; Aug 2005]
- number of
main villages covered by telephone network 2001: 0.4 million
(of
0.6 million main villages in total) [v2020;
Apr 2003]
- number of main villages
covered by private sector telephone network 2001: 718
(the rest covered by public sector) [v2020; Apr 2003]
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percentage of digital main telephone lines: 1995: 87 % -- 1999:
99.8 %
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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number of PCOs (Public Call Offices): 1993: 0.2 million --
2001: 0.9 million
[v2020; Apr 2003]
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data sources &
key:
AT: Asia Times,
BBC: BBC online,
BRIT: Britannica
2002, BSNL: BSNL
Telecom Trends, BSt: Business
Standard, CIA: CIA
Factbook India, CIN: censusindia.net,
CNEI: Chandigarh
Newsline, c/net: c/net
news, ConSu: Content
Sutra DI: Daily
India, DNA: DNA
India, EB: EquityBull,
EI: ExpressIndia,
EW: EconomyWatch,
FE: Financial
Express, FL: Frontline,
GG: Gujarat
Global, GTF: Global
Technology Forum, GBoWR: Guinness
Book of World Records, HT: Hindustan
Times, ID: IndiaDaily,
IInfoLine: India
InfoLine IND: The
Independent, ITo: India
Today, NPBS: Nature
PBS, PhO:
PhysOrg, RED:
Rediff, REU: Reuters,
Sify: Sify
Broadband, TH: The
Hindu, TNJ: The
News (Jang), ToI: Times
of India, TT: The
Tribune, v2020:
Vision 2020 report (pdf), |
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