siliconindia | | OCTOBER 20214The entire idea of Internet is brought to reality via the Internet Service Providers. To promote internet connectivity, there needs to be stronger government-industry partnerships. As per a recent press release by PIB, for making available high quality and high speed internet access tothe States of North Eastern Region of the country, Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) has signed an Agreement with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on 18.08.2021 for hiring of 10 Gbps International Bandwidth for Internet Connectivity to Agartala from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bangladesh via Cox Bazar/Kuakata. With over 560 million internet users, India is the second largest online market in the world, ranked only behind China. It was estimated that by 2023, there would be over 650 million internet users the country. Despite the large base of internet users, the internet penetration rate in the country stood at around 50 percent in 2020. This meant that around half of the 1.37 billion Indians had access to internet that year. There has been a consistent increase in internet accessibility compared to just five years ago, when the internet penetration rate was around 27 percent.In this edition, we're highlighting the country's fast growing ISPs. These ISPs have grown in no time and are contributing directly to the internet usage and indirectly to the country inclusiveness to connectivity. We recognize their phenomenal contribution to the Digital India Initiative.This edition is throwing light to the country's ISPs who have taken a giant task to connect the nation on fibre; be it businesses or end-consumers. These ISPs have significantly realized India's vision to get complete internet connectivity by 2035.Do let us know what you think.Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comIndia's Ambitious Growth in the World Wide WebEditorial Vol 10 · Issue 10 · October, 2021 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor Emmanuel Christi Das Assistant Editor Ananth V Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Avinash Roy Abantika Bhattarcharjee Komal Banchhor Mandvi Singh Rakesh P VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar GM - Sales & Marketing Rohit Kumar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2021 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Suanya Chakraborty Group Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Shivam AgarwalCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashwini D Naik Naganidhi Shivam AgarwalCorrespondentsSambit Satpathy Subhadarshani MohantyAFFILIATE MARKETING UPCOMING ISSUESAR VR COMPANIESBEVERAGE BRANDS
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