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INDIAN IT IN NUMBERS 
(Updated  March 22, 2023
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Total no. of  phone subscriptions: 1.170 billion (1170 million)
Mobiles:    1142 million    Landlines: 28 million 
Broadband Internet users:    830 million  including  mobile Internet 790million
and wired broadband 40 million.  

TV owning houses: 210 million  
DTH operators: 6;     Private TV channel  900
NEW! NASSCOM India AI skills study Feb. 2023
Broadband  redefined in India
ASER annual school education report 2022 
Ericsson Mobility Report November 2022
Draft 
 Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Draft Telecom Bill 2022 text September 2022
Internet in India the  2021 numbers, from the July 2022 IAMAI study
GOI Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital media ethics code  2021
Smart Homes in India study July 2022
India Media and Entertainment report 2022- PwC 
India Media and Entertainment report 2021 - EY-FICCI
Vision Document for the electronics sector January 2022

India semiconductor  notified  (December 2021)
 Indian Drone Rules notified  August 25 2021
KPMG Media and Entertainment Report 2020. Read full report
Ericsson Mobility Report Dec 2020 
25 years of Internet in India. The numbers

Feb 28 2019: TRAI  White paper on  5G in India

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  Indian Innovation Fuels Global ‘Science Of Where’
By Anand Parthasarathy March 24, 2023: Knowing where you are can be comforting – especially when you find yourself in strange surroundings. The art of asking a passer-by is dead – thanks to  the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the map application on your mobile phone which can provide the answer, anywhere, anytime. ....
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Bangalore, March  22 2023 : The International Cricket Council  and Nium, the global platform for on-demand money movement, have announced the winners in the the first ever “Next In” global hackathon from over 9550 teams,  aimed at changing the way fans experience cricket. ...
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