Talk:Emerging strategic priorities/ESP 1 key questions/How will Internet use in India change over the next 5 to 10 years?

Yet the no of people using internet in India is very high(compared to other countries) since it is second most populated country in the world and that the no of users is not up to the mark , India is a potential country since having only about 10% of people computer literate ..as the literacy goes up the demand will be more ..and also the localization (the people with the knowledge of a single language) can increase the potential ..also there may be lacking knowledge about the Wiki ..the ubiquity is the next factor that can boost up the usage .. --सरोज कुमार ढकाल 16:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The usage will explode. Not only will improving infrastructre help this, but mobile/cell phone infrastrucure that's far superior to US (and in some cases Europe even) will mean more mobile internet users.

अभय नातू 02:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

India has the fourth largest number of Internet users in the world, with 81 million users. India is behind the US (220 million), China (210 million) and Japan (88.1 million). A report here in the Economic Times.^[1](Will come back with more figures)

A the end of June’09, India has 14050657 internet subscribers as compared to 13.5 million in March’09 and 11.66 million in June’08. The quarterly growth rate of 3.8 % is slower than the 5.3 % growth rate reported in the preceding quarter. The share of broadband services in the total internet services is increasing with almost 94 % of new internet connections connected between June’08 to June’09 being broadband connections. The broadband subscriber base stands at 6.62 million.

India’s subscriber base for wireless internet services stands at 126.97 million at the end of June’09 as compared to 75.97 million at the end of June’08 resulting in a growth rate of 67%. With wireless subscriber base at around 430 million, the percentage of mobile subscribers with wireless data services comes out to nearly 30 %.^{TelecomTiger.com Oct 2009}Mahitgar 07:37, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In India Internet use will be like the mobile use presently in India. As in last five years mobile growth was very high and it's still goin on, same will be with internet.--Lalit82in

Will more non-English speakers gain access to the Internet?

As technology and infrastructure penetrate rural areas, more and more non-English speakers (either by choice or lack thereof) will jump on the internet.

अभय नातू 02:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes,Union Government has come up with heavyly subsidised special schemes that take care of all type of costs in very resonable rates.The scheme for rural customers has been launched under the universal obligation service fund (USOF) scheme and the USOF is providing a subsidy of around Rs 4,500 (aprox 100USD) on each PC,". plan for rural customers comes at Rs 1,900 plus taxes and urban customers have to pay Rs 2,999 plus taxes, which will approximately add up to Rs 5,000 in both the cases. The operating charges for broadband in both the plans is Rs 175 and additional costs for high-end plans. ^{Times of India} —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahitgar (talk • contribs) --Fasten 09:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Problem for them is going to be non availability of enough content in local languages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahitgar (talk • contribs) --Fasten 09:29, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, as now the growth will be in rural areas. Where non-English speakers are more. --Lalit82in

Will increase in Internet use come primarily from increases in mobile devices or computers?

More from computers but mobile-users' share will be non-trivial, if not significant.

अभय नातू 02:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is true but it is not the only thing it will be on mutiple fronts.

It is due to both reasons, but mobile devise has given more technical access to the people especially in rural areas. --Lalit82in

It is rapidly growing ,couple of Rural parts of Nepal has been connected to the Internet for that the Volunteer Mahabir Pun was awarded Magsaysay(It was personal Effort) ..and FOSS Nepal is constructing E-libraries in Remote underprivileged schools in Bhutan the scenario is similar lots of Students are studying in foreign Universities and the consciousness is growing,those days are not that far all the parts get connected into the global network. सरोज कुमार ढकाल 18:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]