TRAI: Internet Penetration in India 2011 Report

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)  has released a detailed report on number of internet connections in India. Points to note

1. These are internet connections and offices and cybercafes have many users accessing a connection so actual number of users in India is significantly greater than these number.
2. There are 19.67 million Internet subscribers in March 2011 a yearly growth of  21.59 % w.r.t March 2010
3. Broadband users(>256 Kbps) are growing at 35.49% and were upto 11.89 Million at March 2011
4. Dial Up and Narrow band users (<256 Kbps)  are growing at 5.12% and were upto 7.79 Million at March 2011
5.  Maharashtra is having largest Internet (<256 Kbps) and Broadband (>=256 Kbps) subscriber base in the country. Tamil Nadu is at second place in internet and broadband subscriber base

Complete report can be found here