41% of India’s internet users belong to smaller towns and cities: Report : Alootechie

41% of India’s internet users belong to smaller towns and cities: Report : Alootechie: "41% of India’s internet users belong to smaller towns and cities: Report

December 17, 2007 | News | Share This

According to the I-Cube (Internet in India) 2007 report jointly published by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, 41 per cent of the total internet users (46 million) in India are from the smaller towns and cities with less than 1 million (10 lakh) population.

The I-Cube 2007 report also states that cities and towns with a population of 2 to 10 lakh have shown the fastest rate of growth in the internet adoption since 2000. In contrast, the share of top eight metros by population has fallen from 77 per cent in 2000 to 38 per cent in 2007.

Mohan Krishnan, senior vice president, IMRB International, has said, “The distribution of internet users among the four classes of cities covered by the I-Cube has been steadily becoming more equitable, a sure sign that internet is being gradually but steadily expanding to the smaller towns and cities.”

Subho Ray, president, IAMAI, has added, “The town class distribution of internet use in 2007 certainly reflects the aspiration of sections of non-metro population to ‘live locally but connect globally’."