India Internet

India suffered longest internet shutdowns in 2020 globally

As in previous years, India continued to restrict internet access more than any other country -- over 75 times in 2020.
 

Jan 06, 2021, 13:48 PM IST

India ranked 12 globally in web-borne threats: Kaspersky Lab

About a third of Internet users in the country were attacked by web-borne threats between the July-September period of this year, the report said.

Nov 05, 2018, 11:01 AM IST

'India's Internet users to grow over 2-fold to 730 mn by 2020'

Buoyed by Internet penetration in rural areas, the number of web users in India will see a two-fold rise at 730 million by 2020 against 350 million at the end of 2015.

Aug 17, 2016, 13:01 PM IST

Mobile users may constitute 80% of Internet users by 2017

The number of Internet users in India would reach 500 million by 2017, with as many as 400 million of them getting online through mobile phone, a senior official of search engine giant Google has said.

Feb 20, 2016, 20:17 PM IST

India Internet user base crosses 350-mn milestone in June: IAMAI

The number of Internet users has grown over 26 per cent from 278 million in October 2014. The number of mobile Internet users has also grown about 40 per cent from 159 million users in October last year.

Sep 02, 2015, 15:43 PM IST

46% users in India spend 6 hrs or more on Internet daily: Study

The report captures responses from 9,417 Internet users across six emerging and developed countries - France, Germany, India (2,117), Singapore, the US, and the UK .

Sep 30, 2014, 15:25 PM IST

Cisco chief meets Prasad; talks on transparent taxes

Cisco Chairman John Chambers held a meeting with Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Jun 28, 2014, 12:56 PM IST