NEW DELHI: India is expected to have over 907 million internet users by 2023, up from 398 million in 2018, a report by Cisco said on Tuesday.
Also, it is estimated that there will be 2.1 billion networked devices by 2023, with machine-to-machine (M2M) modules accounting for 25 per cent (524.3 million) of all networked devices.
According to the report, there will be 907 million internet users (64 per cent of population) in India by 2023, up from 398 million (29 per cent population) in 2018.
It added that there will be 966 million total mobile users (68 per cent of population) by 2023, up from 763 million (56 per cent of population) in 2018.
Also, one in 20 connections will be 5G with 67.2 million connections by 2023, it said.
“In India, devices and connections are growing faster (7 per cent compound annual growth rate) than the population (1 per cent CAGR). This trend is accelerating the increase in the average number of devices and connections per household and per capita,” the report said. (AGENCIES)
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