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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9759)	11/24/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

India unravels the web 11/24/99 New Delhi: Internet subscribers in India will grow by 130 per cent to reach 5.3 lakh by March 2000, as against 2.3 lakh by the same time last year, according to IDC (India) Limited. The subscriber base is further expected to reach 13 lakh by March 2001, a 145 per cent increase over the previous year. This high growth rate is also affected by the increase in number of installed PCs. The high penetration rate of Internet-ready PCs in the home segment is leading to fast Internet adoption rates by the home user, the latest IDC report on the Internet/Intranet said. Although competition amongst the few ISPs operating in the country is increasing, there still remains large untapped potential for Internet subscribers. The real impact of a large number of national as well as regional ISPs will be apparent by the end of 2001. The Internet subscriber numbers will continue to be greatly influenced by PC shipments in the country. Only after obtaining a substantial critical mass, will one witness a proliferation of Internet use in the country, the report said. As on July 31, 1999 when this survey was conducted, the small/medium organisations had the largest portion at 1.3 lakh or 41.7 per cent of the subscriber base. Large organisations were next, with a subscriber base of nearly 97,000 or 31 per cent of the total subscribers. The home segment showed a healthy growth in its subscriber base share over its November 1998 share of 8.9 per cent. In the next few years, the home and small/medium sized segments will experience unprecedented growth in terms of Internet connectivity. UNI