Internet to Spike India's GDP by 2015

It is speculated in the report that the increasing number of people who will use the internet in India by 2015, will mostly access it on their mobile devices, such as cellular phones and tablet computers. The report said, “three out of four users from India will be mobile-only users.” The hike in the number of internet users could possibly create 22 million jobs by 2015, which is 6 million currently, informed the report.

Anu Madgavkar from McKinsey Global Institute informs that for the internet growth to occur telecom operators must come up with high-speed internet networks and the government must extend the national broadband network. The broadband universal service or otherwise known as universal broadband service is a government plan to ensure all citizens in a given nation have access to Internet services, which isn’t available in India at present. The internet should be made available in variety of Indian languages with more content.

Madgavkar also said that another factor that can amplify the internet user base is lowering the prices on cell phones and tablet computers.

The report informed that the number of internet users could amount to 500 million people in 2015. However this greatly depends on how fast internet is transmitted to smaller cities and rural areas. The report says that at present this is very unlikely to happen. It said “Even by 2015, with overall internet penetration likely to reach 28 percent rural penetration is likely to be just 9 percent,” as reported by Wall Street Journal.

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