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India now
third biggest internet user
Tuesday December 14, 2010 08:11:55 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: With a user
base of 100 million, India now stands third in the world in terms
of the number of people surfing the net, an official of internet
search engine Google said here Tuesday.
"China has the highest number of internet users at 300 million
followed by the US with 207 million. India comes third with the
number of internet users now soaring to 100 million," Vinay goel,
head of products, Google India, told mediapersons.
Of the internet users in the country, 40 million access the net
through mobile phones.
"Our estimate is that by 2012, the number of mobile internet users
will surpass those entering the net via their laptops or desktops.
The number of mobile internet surfers in India is growing rapidly.
In 2007, the country had only two million such users. Now the
number has gone up 20 times," Goel said.
However, he pointed out that there was a massive scope of
increasing the user base in the mobile internet space as the
figure of 40 million comprises only eight percent of those
carrying mobile phones.
Goel said most of the internet users in the country search for
songs.
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