Majority of Children Online to be From India in 2017

Hyderabad: The number of children in the country expected to come online by 2017 is likely to be more than triple to 134 million from about 40 million last year, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

"For India, the study expects 95 million new children to come online by 2017 (in other words, the majority of the new children coming online will be in India).

"In total, the study expects 134 million Indian children to be online by 2017, up from 39.5 million in 2012," the study, which was conducted by BCG for European telecom major Telenor, said.

A total of 176 million children will be online by 2017 in Telenor's 11 markets plus Russia, and the majority of these children will be using a mobile device as their first point of access, the study said.

Telenor Group president and CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas said: "We see that the benefits of internet far outweigh the harm that can result from it, but we cannot afford to be complacent."

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