develop a paragrah on the view : Internet is the need of independent India
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Fast and affordable access to the Internet remains a luxury mainly for India's urban elite, a new report says, and most families still can't even afford a computer.
As India's economy continues to blossom, the report by global management consultancy Booz and Company warns that the country could be held back by the lack of mass access to the Internet.
In a nation of over a billion, only around seven million people are broadband Internet subscribers, and most are concentrated around central business districts and high-end residential areas.
The government aims to boost this to 20 million by the end of the year and is also auctioning off the broadband spectrum.
But more needs to be done to encourage investment in infrastructure, researchers say, as India only has around 45 million fixed lines.
"India simply does not have a sufficiently large base of wired households ready to upgrade," the report says.
There are also around 90 million cable subscribers but most of the systems are analogue and unregulated, researchers say, and the vested interests of a handful of operators may often want to keep it that way.
"A lot of local cable operators are unorganised local groups," Ashish Sharma, one of the report's authors, told AFP Tuesday.
"It is often not in their immediate interest to upgrade and digitise as this would make subscription figures transparent."
It is believed some operators do not pay the correct fees for the content they use - and digital usage can be measured a lot more easily than analogue.
"Only the government can step in and force through the necessary changes," Sharma added. "The lack of fast and affordable Internet access will hold the country back.
"There will be no mass penetration of broadband unless the government makes fixed line infrastructure attractive to investors and cracks down on vested interests."
Broadband costs less in India than in most countries, but is still way out of reach of most people in a country where the 500 dollar cost of a locally-made computer is more than the monthly income of an average middle-class household, the report says.
The report adds "broadband is almost a class phenomenon, with semi-urban and rural areas virtually excluded."
As India's economy continues to blossom, the report by global management consultancy Booz and Company warns that the country could be held back by the lack of mass access to the Internet.
In a nation of over a billion, only around seven million people are broadband Internet subscribers, and most are concentrated around central business districts and high-end residential areas.
The government aims to boost this to 20 million by the end of the year and is also auctioning off the broadband spectrum.
But more needs to be done to encourage investment in infrastructure, researchers say, as India only has around 45 million fixed lines.
"India simply does not have a sufficiently large base of wired households ready to upgrade," the report says.
There are also around 90 million cable subscribers but most of the systems are analogue and unregulated, researchers say, and the vested interests of a handful of operators may often want to keep it that way.
"A lot of local cable operators are unorganised local groups," Ashish Sharma, one of the report's authors, told AFP Tuesday.
"It is often not in their immediate interest to upgrade and digitise as this would make subscription figures transparent."
It is believed some operators do not pay the correct fees for the content they use - and digital usage can be measured a lot more easily than analogue.
"Only the government can step in and force through the necessary changes," Sharma added. "The lack of fast and affordable Internet access will hold the country back.
"There will be no mass penetration of broadband unless the government makes fixed line infrastructure attractive to investors and cracks down on vested interests."
Broadband costs less in India than in most countries, but is still way out of reach of most people in a country where the 500 dollar cost of a locally-made computer is more than the monthly income of an average middle-class household, the report says.
The report adds "broadband is almost a class phenomenon, with semi-urban and rural areas virtually excluded."
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Internet uses various internet protocol technologies. The recent introduction of mobile internet have been equally successful.
Internet surfing is very easy. Internet is available in all major villages, towns, cities of almost every country. It is possible to surf through Internet with the help of internet browsers such as Windows explorer, Google chrome, etc.
The organization that provides the Internet service to end-users are known as an Internet Services Providers (ISP). The major internet companies of India are BSNL, Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, and Aircel.
The key to success of Internet is the information. The better the quality, the more usage of Internet operations.
Large volume of Information: Internet can be used to collect information from around the world. This information could relate to education, medicine, literature, software, computers, business, entertainment, friendship, tourism, and leisure. People can search for information by visiting the home page of various search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.
News and Journals: All the newspapers, magazines and journals of the world are available on the Internet. With the introduction of broadband and advanced mobile telecommunication technologies such as 3G (third generation) and 4G (fourth generation), the speed of internet service has increased tremendously. A person can get the latest news about the world in a matter of few seconds.
Electronic Mode of Communication: Internet has given the most exciting mode of communication to all. We can send an E-mail (the short form of Electronic Mailing System) to all the corners of the world.
Chatting: There are many chatting software that can be used to send and receive real-time messages over the internet. We can chat with our friend and relatives using any one of the chatting software.
Social Networking: People can connect with old friends on social networking sites. They can even chat with them when they are online. Social networking sites also allow us to share pictures with others. We can share pictures with our loved ones, while we are on a vacation. People are even concluding business deals over these social networking sites such as Facebook.
Online Banking (Net-Banking): The use of internet can also be seen in the field of banking transactions. Many banks such as HSBC, SBI, Axis Bank, Hdfc Bank, etc. offers online banking facilities to its customers. They can transfer funds from one account to another using the net-banking facility.
E-commerce: Internet is also used for carrying out business operations and that set of operations is known as Electronic Commerce (E-commerce). Flipkart is the largest e-commerce company in India. The rival, Amazon, is giving stiff competition to Flipkart.
Mobile commerce: Mobile commerce (also M-Commerce) refers to the commercial transaction that takes place over the mobile internet. Using the mobile internet technology, many companies have introduced mobile version of websites and mobile apps, to promote and sell their products. Customers can simply browse several through the products and buy online through mobile internet.
Mobile wallet: Many companies offer the service of mobile wallet to its customers. Users must have a smart-phone and internet connection to use this service. Users can pay an amount into their mobile wallet, which they can use to make online payment such as bill payments, recharges, etc.
Entertainment: Apart from a major source of knowledge and information, the utility of Internet in the field of entertainment cannot be undermined. We can visit various video sites and watch movies and serials at our convenient time.
Technology of the Future: Internet is the technology of future. In the times to come, offices would be managed at distant places through Internet. Independent and fast progressing India needs internet connectivity in a much bigger way. Today many of our small towns and villages do not have access to internet. Even in our cities, when people are on the move, a steady internet connection is not available to them.
Communication is very important in this age and internet is the biggest highway through which most of the information travels. At the click of a button, we get to know about political and economic development, scientific research, weather warnings and all kinds of other information that prepares us to adopt measures for our progress or well-being.India's technological and economic progress depends on how we are able to provide internet connectivity to our people.
Besides disseminating information, the internet is also necessary to transmit documents, which would earlier take a long time to reach through post. So, business to business and business to customer information exchange is hastened.
When information about cyclones is received in advance, we can evacuate our people well ahead of the calamity.
Internet surfing is very easy. Internet is available in all major villages, towns, cities of almost every country. It is possible to surf through Internet with the help of internet browsers such as Windows explorer, Google chrome, etc.
The organization that provides the Internet service to end-users are known as an Internet Services Providers (ISP). The major internet companies of India are BSNL, Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, and Aircel.
The key to success of Internet is the information. The better the quality, the more usage of Internet operations.
Large volume of Information: Internet can be used to collect information from around the world. This information could relate to education, medicine, literature, software, computers, business, entertainment, friendship, tourism, and leisure. People can search for information by visiting the home page of various search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.
News and Journals: All the newspapers, magazines and journals of the world are available on the Internet. With the introduction of broadband and advanced mobile telecommunication technologies such as 3G (third generation) and 4G (fourth generation), the speed of internet service has increased tremendously. A person can get the latest news about the world in a matter of few seconds.
Electronic Mode of Communication: Internet has given the most exciting mode of communication to all. We can send an E-mail (the short form of Electronic Mailing System) to all the corners of the world.
Chatting: There are many chatting software that can be used to send and receive real-time messages over the internet. We can chat with our friend and relatives using any one of the chatting software.
Social Networking: People can connect with old friends on social networking sites. They can even chat with them when they are online. Social networking sites also allow us to share pictures with others. We can share pictures with our loved ones, while we are on a vacation. People are even concluding business deals over these social networking sites such as Facebook.
Online Banking (Net-Banking): The use of internet can also be seen in the field of banking transactions. Many banks such as HSBC, SBI, Axis Bank, Hdfc Bank, etc. offers online banking facilities to its customers. They can transfer funds from one account to another using the net-banking facility.
E-commerce: Internet is also used for carrying out business operations and that set of operations is known as Electronic Commerce (E-commerce). Flipkart is the largest e-commerce company in India. The rival, Amazon, is giving stiff competition to Flipkart.
Mobile commerce: Mobile commerce (also M-Commerce) refers to the commercial transaction that takes place over the mobile internet. Using the mobile internet technology, many companies have introduced mobile version of websites and mobile apps, to promote and sell their products. Customers can simply browse several through the products and buy online through mobile internet.
Mobile wallet: Many companies offer the service of mobile wallet to its customers. Users must have a smart-phone and internet connection to use this service. Users can pay an amount into their mobile wallet, which they can use to make online payment such as bill payments, recharges, etc.
Entertainment: Apart from a major source of knowledge and information, the utility of Internet in the field of entertainment cannot be undermined. We can visit various video sites and watch movies and serials at our convenient time.
Technology of the Future: Internet is the technology of future. In the times to come, offices would be managed at distant places through Internet. Independent and fast progressing India needs internet connectivity in a much bigger way. Today many of our small towns and villages do not have access to internet. Even in our cities, when people are on the move, a steady internet connection is not available to them.
Communication is very important in this age and internet is the biggest highway through which most of the information travels. At the click of a button, we get to know about political and economic development, scientific research, weather warnings and all kinds of other information that prepares us to adopt measures for our progress or well-being.India's technological and economic progress depends on how we are able to provide internet connectivity to our people.
Besides disseminating information, the internet is also necessary to transmit documents, which would earlier take a long time to reach through post. So, business to business and business to customer information exchange is hastened.
When information about cyclones is received in advance, we can evacuate our people well ahead of the calamity.
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