Internet Users

India now has 600 mn open Internet users: Report

In the last year, four in five consumers (80 per cent) increased their consumption of the open internet, according to the report by global advertising technology leader The Trade Desk and Kantar.

Cause for worry? 15% of India's internet users are between 5-11 years

An estimated 66 million children aged between 5-11 years in India access internet on devices of their family members, constituting about 15 per cent of the country's active internet userbase, as per IAMAI.  

China's internet users reach 854 million

According to a report issued by the China Internet Network Information Centre, the number of internet users saw a hike by 25.98 million from the end of last year, with the internet availability rate up by 1.6 per cent.

AMU Jinnah portrait row: Internet services suspended in Aligarh district

"There will be no internet services from 2 pm today to 12 midnight tomorrow," district magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said.

Cyber agency CERT-In advises Internet users against Aadhaar details sharing on social media

India, China home to 39 per cent of young Internet users: UN report

The data released by ITU shows that of the 830 million young people online worldwide, 320 million, or 39 per cent, are in China and India.

Number of internet users in India to double by 2021, predicts Cisco

The number of internet users in India will increase from 373 million (28 per cent of population) in 2016 to 829 million (59 percent of the Indian population) in 2021, according to Cisco forecast.

Internet users lose Rs 32,400 on average per cyber attack

A study conducted by security software firm Kaspersky Lab has revealed that internet users lost about USD 476 or Rs 32,400 on an average to cyber attacks. Also, over half (52 per cent) of Internet

‘SuperHour scheme’: Vodafone to offer 'unlimited data' for an hour

The country’s second largest operator Vodafone on Friday launched pocket-friendly SuperHour scheme for its users under which it will offer unlimited 3G or 4G data for one hour at a starting price of Rs 16

India to log 236 million mobile internet users by 2016

New Delhi:  India is projected to have 236 million mobile internet users by 2016, with the figure reaching 314 million by 2017, a report said here on Monday.The country will have over 500 million internet

Surfing internet positive for education: Pew survey

Washington: A majority of people in emerging and developing nations say the internet is good for spreading education, reveals a new survey done across 32 countries.A majority also see the internet as a good influence

Soon, internet without servers!

London: Scientists have designed a revolutionary architecture that aims to make the internet more "social" by eliminating the need to connect to servers and enabling all content to be accessed on a peer-to-peer basis.The prototype,