India - Internet Market

Synopsis

Despite the considerable popularity of Internet in India, the ISP market has been in disarray. There were around 150 operational ISPs in the country, after a period of market rationalisation, but, despite the large number of providers, 10% of the ISPs have 90% of the subscribers. In fact, 5% have 85%. The state-owned – BSNL and MTNL – dominate the market, holding first and second place in terms of Internet subscribers. Cybercafés have certainly been playing a major role in fuelling Internet development in India. About 30% of the total Internet subscriber base has broadband access. Despite this relatively high proportion, development of broadband Internet in India has been particularly slow. This report also takes a look at the wider Internet and e-services market as the country moves slowly towards the New Internet Economy.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Internet market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
    • 2.1.1 Growth path
      
    • 2.1.2 Growth issues
      
    • 2.1.3 Service disruption
      
  • 2.2 Regulatory issues
    
    • 2.2.1 Internet policy
      
    • 2.2.2 National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
      
    • 2.2.3 Pricing
      
    • 2.2.4 Domain names
      
    • 2.2.5 Censorship and security
      
  • 2.3 ISP market
    
    • 2.3.1 Major ISPs
      
    • 2.3.2 Internet telephony licences
      
• 3. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users – 1995 - 2009
• Table 2 – Internet subscribers – 1995 - 2009
• Table 3 – ISP market – leading operators, subscribers and market share – 2008