Thursday, September 09, 2010
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Love it, hate it! Indians have serious concerns about online security -- yet they embrace mobile e-biz and banking: Check out the paradox in our special KPMG feature
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INDIAN IT IN NUMBERS 

(Updated: Sep 5 2010

Total no. of phones: 706 million
Mobiles  670 million 
Landlines: 36 million  
Total no. of PCs: 40 million  
Internet accounts: 16 million 
Broadband: 9.5  million
 -- Active Internet users:  81 million*

* New! Boston Consulting's Internet usage study

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Indians say 'yes' to mobile banking, e-biz: KPMG

 



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