Title:
India on Way to Topping US in Internet Users
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India could pass the United States in the number of
Internet users in less than two years. A new report
says India reached one hundred twelve million users
in September. India is the third largest Internet
market after China and the United States. China
reported four hundred eighty-five million Internet
users in June, and there are two hundred forty-five
million in the United States.The Internet and Mobile
Association of India says Internet growth was
especially strong among people in smaller towns and
cities.There was also a large increase in Internet
use among school-aged children and college students.
This is partly because of the growing number of
e-learning services and educational websites. Subho
Roy is president of the Internet and Mobile
Association of India. He says another big change
this year is that more and more people are using the
Internet from home, and not just at cyber cafes or
offices. "People are probably buying their own
broadband connections and accessing it from their
own devices rather than going to common service
points." This growth in Internet use has also led,
not surprisingly, to an increase in online
businesses. Deepinder Goyal owns Zomato.com. His
website provides information about restaurants and
nightlife activities across India. Mr. Goyal got the
idea for Zomato while working at a consulting firm
three years ago. He and his coworkers kept
restaurant menus in their office so they could order
lunch from different places. "We scanned these menu
cards and put them online. So starting an Internet
venture was actually an experiment and it worked out
really well, and currently we are getting around two
million people just looking up menu cards on our
website every month." Zomato now provides
information on more than seventeen thousand
restaurants across India. It covers areas from the
Dehli national capital region to Mumbai, Bangalore
and Chennai. Deepinder Goyal says Zomato used to
depend mostly on business people going online at
work, often to order lunch. But now, with the rise
in home use, "weekends are also very heavy traffic
for us." In a separate report, GSMA, the global
trade group for the mobile industry, says Africa is
the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.
Africa has the second largest number of mobile phone
connections after Asia. For VOA Special English, I'm
Alex Villarreal.
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