INDIAN IT IN NUMBERS 

(Updated:  May 9 2012
Total no. of phone subscriptions*:  960 million  
Mobiles:  928 million 
Landlines: 32 million 
(Corrected and extrapolated  according to Govt of India''''s latest numbers published  April 7)

-- Total no. of PCs: 70 million  
-- Internet accounts:  63 million (fixed);15  million (on mobile phones)

Broadband:  13.65 million

-- Active Internet users:  200 million fixed* +  (Mobile internet: 40 million) * An internet connection is tpically shared by  2-4 users

NEW! New! Quarterly PC sales numbers from IDC:Bangalore, May 15, 2012:The India PC market shipments for Q1 2012 (January – March) stood at 2.63 million units i.e. a sequential gain of 7.7% over the previous quarter while the year-on-year growth was noted to be at 3.5%.
 According to Kiran Kumar, Sr. Analyst at IDC, “The growth in PC volumes are reflective of the rise in consumption levels and investment activity for PCs in the recent past. A spurt in commercial spending was backed by a revival in consumer sentiment towards March.
 Backed by one of the biggest deals in India i.e. ELCOT, Lenovo clinched the top spot in the India PC market with a 15.8% market share in Q1 2012. Dell secured the second spot with 15% share, followed very closely by HP with a 14.9% share.

Indian Media & Entertainment Industry 2012 FICCI-KPMG report http://www.indiatechonline.com/indian-media-&-entertainment--industry-report-2012-732.php

India''''s Rs 3.2 trillion economy: BCG study
 http://www.indiatechonline.com/bcg-internet-economy-report-2012-130.php

CENSUS of INDIA on connectivity: We carry the government''''s published numbers ( March 13 2012):The final figures of the first phase of Census 2011 known as House listing and Housing Census was released by Union Home Secretary, R.K. Singh in New Delhi on March 13 2012. As per the House listing and Housing Census 2011, the census houses increased from 25 million to 330 million. There is an increase of 6 cr census houses for residential and partly residential purposes.
As regards mode of communication, there is an increase of 16% in television and a corresponding decline of about 15 pt in use of radios/transistors.
Less than 1 out of 10 households have Computer/laptop with only 3% having internet facility.
The penetration of internet is 8% in urban as compared to less than 1% in rural area. 63% households have Telephone/mobile facility with 82% in urban and 54% in rural area.
The penetration of mobile phone is 59% and landline is 10%.  Link to full release: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=0

NASSCOM numbers for Indian IT-BPO industry 2011-12
 http://www.indiatechonline.com/nasscom-study-of--india-it-bpo-business-2011-12-673.php

 Indian SMBs outpace ICT biggies http://www.indiatechonline.com/indian--smbs--outstrip-it-industry-pace-671.php

 Indian enterprise spending 2012-2015 :Gartner projections: http://www.indiatechonline.com/indian-enterprise-spending-forecast-2012-15--gartner-122.php  

Top 10 broadband and internet operators and their market share in India http://telecomlead.com/inner-page-details.php?id=6032 NEW! Telecom net additions in India plummet. http://telecomlead.com/inner-page-details.php?id=5950

India scores low in global connectivity scorecard. Link to India page of Nokia-Siemens global survey:http://www.connectivityscorecard.org/countries/india

Full text of  Indian Govt new draft policies for IT, Telecom, Electronics:  IT Policy: http://www.mit.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/National_Policy_on_Information_Technology_07102011(1).pdf

Telecom Policy: http://www.dot.gov.in/NTP-2011/final-10.10.2011.pdf 

Electronics Policy: http://mit.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Draft-NationalPolicyonElectronics2011_3102011.pdf