Internet users in India to birth a $200-billion digital economy; challenges of connectivity and languages need to be cracked

You could think of India’s internet growth as a primed-up athlete finally hitting his full stride. First, there was a gentle warmup. It took 10 years for India to get her first 10 million users and another decade to hit the first 100 million. Then, the pace quickened. The next 100 million users came in three years between 2010 and 2013, and the third 100 million took only 18 months. Internet users crossed 300 million in December 2013. The athlete has hit his full stride now. “We are adding five million new users a month and that should take the user base to 500 million by 2018-19,” says Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India.
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