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Wireless & Broadband touch 325 Million and 5 Million respectively - A Look At State Of Internet More Recent Articles Search WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India "Wireless & Broadband touch 325 Million and 5 Million respectively - A Look At State Of Internet" from "WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India" Wireless & Broadband touch 325 Million and 5 Million respectively - A Look At State Of Internet The Trai has released subscriber numbers for the month of October for mobile and for broadband and yet again mobile growth has been clocking 10 million a month taking the total wireless subscribers above 325 million. Key highlights for the month of October are: 10.42 million Wireless Subscribers added in October 2008. Broadband subscribers reaches 5.05 million mark. Tele-density reaches 31.50% mark. In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has decreased to 38.22 million in the month of October 2008 as against 38.35 million subscribers. Another report released by Akamai which looks at the state of the internet had the following interesting statistics: India ranked No. 20 in terms of number of observed IP addresses with 2.6 million connections. In Q3, the growth in IP addresses was 23%. The percentage of Internet connections from India with speeds above 256 Kbps was at 74%, indicating gradual shift from dial-up speeds to high speed connectivity The percentage of Internet connections from India with speeds above 2 Mbps was at 5%, growing 16% compared to Q2 The above statistics are surely great for internet throught the growth % is over a very small base of subscribers for broadband. It may take India 3-5 years to achieve sizable (10-15 million) broadband (wired) subscribers. In the meanwhile 3G and Wimax auction and rollout and its impact would be closely followed by people from this space. Related Posts Mobile Number Portability (MNP) - Why It Could Redefine Fortunes Of The VAS Players More Money in DoT’s Kitty? Courtesy, Spectrum Allocation Blues! New TRAI’s Directive to Allow You to Talk More Pune Slated to be The First 3G Enabled Indian City while DoT Delays the Bidding Canaan Partners Upbeat On Investing In VAS Space (Read to Know Why) Also Check Out: WATShow.com - Our Video Show WATJob.com - Our Job Site WATGame.com - Our Gaming Blog WATSearch - Our Search Engine • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • More Recent Articles Rediff Launches WebinMail - A Way To Access Web via Mail The Mumbai Terrorist Attack Situation.. And how to help.. Inviting You To WATBlog Panel On Bridging the Digital Divide At New Delhi On 12th December Mobile Number Portability (MNP) - Why It Could Redefine Fortunes Of The VAS Players Mumbai & Delhi Rank As Largest Ecommerce Hubs - Why Ecommerce Is Key For Online Advertising Growth?

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