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It has brought nation closer together by enabling various forms f interpersonal communication, notably e-mail, moment messaging, video conferencing, and social networking. And it has eitherowed consumers to purchase virtually anything at any age, while providing producers with direct access to a wide range of markets. Further more, the meshing Is a restless industry, spurred by entrepreneurship and supported by a variety of Industries and large enterprises. Online productivity tools and communications advancements provide benefits to al closely all enterprises and governments.The network has helped governments to broaden their services to citizens and meliorate their delivery. In a very short period, it has become difficult for most of us to imagine a world without instant and continuous access to the profit. series in which we examined the internets cushion on a group of developing countries that have both the scale and the dynamism to become signifi bunst players on the global submit in the near upcoming (see Online and upcoming The nets push on shoot for countries, McKinney & Company, January 2012).It also builds on our earlier assessment of the impact of the Internet on the progress economies and several(prenominal) large developing economies, such as China, Brazil, Russia and India (see McKinney Global Institute, Internet matters The Nets sweeping impact on growth, Jobs, and prosperity, May 2011). As an ongoing body of work, our realise of the Internets impact on India is evolving. The insights and conclusions presented in this report be refinements of our earlier multi-country work, based on an in-depth assessment of India-specific data and multiple expert inter meets in India.As data sources alter and the body of knowledge relating to the Internet expands in India, we look forward to continue to evolve our perspectives. Our search focuses on the way the Internet affects Indians scrimping currently, and TTS potential to do so in futu re. In our attempt to understand the impact of the Internet, we focus on how sparing growth and prosperity have been affected we also explore to discover how individuals, entrepreneurs, enterprises, and public sector entities have been transformed.In addition to assessing the Internet landscape and its impact on the various groups of participants, we examine the potential for India to utilize the particular strengths of its economy to enable businesses and individuals to derive greater benefits from the Internet. We do not offer prescriptive policies, save Ochs on opportunities and possibilities for India to accelerate its efforts to capture the Internets benefits.This is an independent McKinney & Company report that draws on various sources research from Muckinesss Technology, Media, and Telecoms Practice instruction from academic and public sources research conducted with Google and work from the McKinney Global Institute (MGM), the business and economics research arm of McKin ney & Company. Without the contributions of the academics and researchers who are cited throughout the report, our effort would not have been possible.To understand the trends in Internet activity in India versus other countries, we relied on several analytical approaches (1) we constructed macroeconomic analyses for India, victorious into account data related to Internet expenditure, Internet usage, the infrastructure, and various other environmental enablers of the Internet (2) we conducted microanalyses of various Internet ecosystem participants and user groups, using publicly visible(prenominal) data and interviews with company chief technology officers (Cots) (3) we surveyed some 550 small and medium-sized enterprises (Seems) inIndia (4) we utilized data from Muckinesss proprietary Digital Consumer surveys in India in 2010 and 2012 (5) we constructed a forward-looking view on the potential size of the Internet user base in India and (6) we conducted thought experiments to d eportment could shape the Internet landscape. To test our conclusions, we interviewed industry experts in India and asked academics to canvas our findings. As a result, we are confident that the findings are directionally robust, despite the challenges of limited data availableness.However, there is a clear need to conduct further research ND analysis on the basis of enriched clothes of data, given the growing importance of the Internet and its transformational impact. The project was led by Chanced Misbranding, a McKinney principal in Bangor, and Ann. Mammogram, a senior fellow at MGM in Iambi, along with Noshing Kaka, managing director of McKinney in India, James Monika, a McKinney and MGM director in San Francisco, Michael Chug, a senior fellow at MGM in San Francisco and Jacques Bugging, a McKinney director in Brussels.Malcolm Gomes managed the project team of Chums Gain, Million Speaker, and Emmanuel Thomas. We are grateful for the review, challenge and advice provided by our academic advisers for this research we give thanks Martin N. Bally, the Bernard L. Schwartz prexy in Economic Policy Development at the Brooking Institution, and Rakes Moan, professor in the Practice of International Economics of Finance, School of Management, Yale University.We are also grateful for the insights of rajah Amanda, Betsy Massively, and Armament Sings at Google. The authors would like to acknowledge Muckinesss researchers who made significant contributions to the fact base Shirr Guppy from MGM Economics and Durum Vary from Muckiness research and information network. Finally, we offer special thanks to the industry experts we interviewed during this project.For their perspectives on the evolution of the Internet landscape in India we thank Sunnis Abraham, Director of the Centre for Internet and Society raja Katharine, Director and Chief Executive of CRIER Some Imitate, President of MASCOT and Sub Ray, President of the Internet & Mobile Association of India. For the ir insights into the Internet-related investments of their enterprises and the prospects for Internet innovation in India, we thank the many Cots and technology company executives we interviewed. All references to specific companies in this report come from public sources.Our aspiration is to provide facts and analyses to better understand some of the most important trends that are shaping the Internet in India. We hope our findings leave alone enrich the dialogue about the ways that businesses, policy conductrs, and innovators can accelerate Indians Internet transformation. Principal, McKinney & Company Bangor Senior Fellow, McKinney Global Institute Iambi Managing Director, India, McKinney & Company Director, McKinney & Company, and Director, McKinney Global Institute San Francisco San FranciscoJacques Bugging Director, McKinney & Company Brussels 1 billion Internet users in 30 aspiring countries? half of the global tally of Internet users cxx meg Internet users in India the t hird largest user base in the world Across seven aspiring countries the average bout of Internet users for every 100 people is 3410 compared to in India The average number of fixed broadband subscribers for every 100 people crossways the seven aspiring countries is 7 1 Our illustrative subset of seven of the aspiring countries, I. E. , Argentina, Brazil, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Vietnam. 1. % average contribution of the Internet to GAP across all aspiring countries, versus in true countries 3. 4% contribution of the Internet to Indians GAP, amounting to $30 billion $12 billion average estimated consumer tautological associated with Internet usage across the seven aspiring countries, versus $9 billion Average international bandwidth capacity for every 10,000 people across the seven aspiring 28 Mbps 6 Mbps circumscribe Executive summary Indians Internet landscape Economic impact of the Internet 18 Indians Internet ecosystem 25 Impact on principal user groups 29 A vision for broad-based Internet inclusionAppendix Methodology and approaches Bibliography 53 The Internet today connects more than two billion people worldwide. The Internet already has immense impact on the global economy, contributing an estimated $1. 7 trillion, or Just under 3 percent, of global GAP in 2010. 1 Yet half the number of Internet users lives outside the advanced economies, often in countries that are quickly developing, have significant economic potential and are socially and culturally diverse.India has about 120 million people online today and offers a striking example of the Internets growth potential. India is adopting the Internet at a much more rapid stones throw than advanced economies and even many developing economies, yet 90 percent of its population is currently not connected. This report assesses the impact of the Internet on Indians economy, estimating its impact on GAP. Looking beyond that, we measure the Internets broader impact in terms of consumer surplus and the development of Internet ecosystems.We also look at the ways in which various participants have benefited from the Internet already. We measure Indians environment for e-commerce and entrepreneurship, and we analyze in detail the impact of the Internet on its small and medium-sized enterprises (Seems). Finally, we assess the potential for the future impact of the Internet and what it would take for India to bring this potential into being.As a basis for comparison, we use a set of 57 middle-income developing nations, and some populous but less- genuine nations these embodiedly constitute 91 percent of world GAP. Thirty of these countries are what we call aspiring countries, defined as having the scale and dynamism to fuel economic performance in the global economy while driving significant domestic Roth and offering prosperity to their own citizens. These aspiring countries have a collective GAP of $19 trillion, or 30 percent of global GAP.We focus our com parisons with India more closely on an illustrative subset of seven of the aspiring countries Argentina, Brazil, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa and Vietnam. Of the set of more than 20 developed countries in our database, we focus our comparisons on five Germany, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our report offers seven key findings concerning the impact of and spotter for the Internet in India 1.Indians base of about 120 million Internet users is currently the third-largest in the world. Though Indians users spend less time online per capita than users in developed countries, their pattern of online behavior is rapidly converging. The Internets role in communication, social networking, and informing and influencing Indians consumers in categories such as apparel, books, financial services, and travel is already equal with that of developed countries. 2.India is in all likelihood to have the second-largest user base in the world, and t he largest in arms of incremental growth, with 330 million to 370 million Internet users in 2015. Given current downwardly trends in the costs of Internet access and mobile devices, India is on the verge of an Internet boom. In an evolution pattern unique to India, users who access the Internet unless through a mobile or tablet device will constitute around 75 percent of new users and 55 percent of the collect user base in 201 5, leading to increasing demand for heart that is optimized for a small screen. . India has the potential to double its economic contribution from the Internet in the ext three years, from 1. 6 percent of GAP at present to 2. 8 to 3. 3 percent by 2015. Despite the large current base of users, the Internet currently contributes a modest 1. 6 percent to Indians GAP, in line with 1 For a detailed account of the Internets contribution to GAP in several developed and aspiring countries, see Internet matters The Nets sweeping impact on growth, Jobs, and prosperi ty, McKinney Global Institute, May 2011. Most aspiring countries. This could grow to 2. 8 to 3. 3 percent by 201 5 if India achieves its potential for growth in the number of Internet users and Internet genealogy-related consumption and investment over this period, increasing the Internets contribution to GAP from $30 billion today to nearly $100 billion in 2015. This would make the Internet-related economy larger than the education sector and as large as the wellness care sector, in terms of share of GAP at present.Currently, Indians information and communication technology (ACT) exports are the most significant component of the Internets impact on GAP. But private consumption, 4. The impact of the Internet in India is constrained by current gaps and obstacles in the Internet ecosystem. While India scores well on the availability of human and financial capital, it rates poorly on Internet infrastructure, Internet engagement, the e-commerce platform, the ease of Internet entrepreneu rship, and the impact of e-governance.On most indicators of the strength of the Internet ecosystem, India ranks in the arse quartile of our comparison set of 57 countries. 5. Although the Internet ecosystem is becoming more vibrant, the benefits have been relatively concentrated. Indians Internet start-ups are scaling up through creative adaptations to subordinate infrastructural and systemic bottlenecks. Yet, while large enterprises have gained from their early adoption of the Internet, there is scope among individual consumers, Seems and the government sector to significantly increase engagement.Today, Indians measurable consumer surplus from the Internet is estimated at $9 per user per month, at the low end of the range for aspiring countries ($9 to $26) and well below the range for developed countries ($18 to $28). Even by 201 5, with overall Internet penetration likely to reach 28 percent, rural penetration is likely to be Just 9 percent. 6. India can achieve broad-based Inte rnet impact by aiming for the digital inclusion of nearly 40 percent of its population, to reach a user base of 500 million by 2015, rather than the likely target of 330 million to 370 million.Most of the additional 150 million to 160 million users would be individuals and small businesses in semi-urban and rural split of the country. Extending Internet access to these segments of the population, and promoting the usage of many more online services, would enable India to derive much more of the intended benefits from government programs of inclusive growth in employment, education, health care, nutrition, and financial services. Concerted actions by policy makers and businesses in five areas can help India achieve an inclusive Internet transformation reduce the cost of Internet access across devices, content and applications increase access to low-cost, high-speed connectivity in rural and semi-urban India beyond the top cities promote widespread digital literacy through the macr ocosm of devices and content tailored to the local context devise Internet applications in new areas such as agriculture, health care, education, energy, utilities, and public information and create a more favorable business environment forInternet entrepreneurs to support rapid innovation. 1. Indians base of about 120 million Internet users is currently the third-largest in the world, and the pattern of online behavior is rapidly converging with that of users in more developed countries Indians large economy, with its young and increasingly urbanize consumer base, offers strong growth potential for Internet usage.Weak infrastructure has unploughed Indians Internet penetration low at 10 percent, it is much lower than the average of 40 percent across aspiring countries. Even so, with about 120 million people online in 2011, India is the third-largest Internet user base in the oral. Internet users in India spend 20 to 25 hours online per month, about the same as their counterparts in Latin America, but only a quarter of the amount spent by those in Asia Pacific countries such as China and Malaysia.However, the time spent on the Internet per user in India rose 24 percent from 2010 to 2012 more online transactions and entertainment, grew more rapidly than reading and browsing. The share of Indian digital consumers who use online media for search, awareness, and research to purchase products is already high across multiple categories in apparel (26 percent), travel (51 percent), books (36 percent), and uncial services (30 percent), the proportions are comparable with those in Germany, Japan and the United States. 2. India is on the verge of an Internet boom with a projected user base of 330 million to 370 million by 201 5, which will be the second largest in the world, and the largest in terms of incremental growth Indians current Internet user base of about 120 million is likely to nearly treble by 201 5, and will thereby account for approximately 12 percent of t he global total (Exhibit El).The projected growth in Indians Internet users, an additional 230 million or so between 2011 and 2015, is likely to be the sights incremental growth in the world. In recent years, Indians rate of growth of Internet users has been faster than that of many aspiring countries?for example, Malaysias Internet user base grew 1. 8 times from 2005 to 2011, and South Africans grew 1. 9 times, while Indians grew more than 5 times. Indians Internet rotation is being shaped by telecoms players strategies to reduce cost of access.Smartened costs are falling rapidly as players achieve scale economies, while the proliferation of G/G services in India is likely to reduce connectivity costs and overcome the challenge of limited fixed-line connections. As a result, nearly 75 percent of new users and more than half of Indians base of Internet users in 2015 is likely to be mobile-only subscribers who will use Internet-enabled devices. By contrast, mobile-only users are like ly to constitute a mere 10 to 15 percent of the market in Indians regional counterparts, China and Malaysia.Indians Internet market is therefore likely to require a unique approach to content and application design. Mobile-based users will demand limited textual content and more audio-visual content because of the small screen size of their devices. Furthermore, it will become essential for entrepreneurs and innovators to make their applications or services compatible for users with a basic mobile device, in order to target those in the rural population who might not be able to afford a sophisticated smartened.