India's Internet economy to reach $250 bn by 2020:
India's Internet economy is expected to grow
from USD 100-130 billion (about 5 percent of GDP) to USD 215-265 billion
(7.5 per cent) by 2020 with e-commerce and financial services projected
to lead this growth, the report titled 'The USD 250 Billion Digital
Volcano: Dormant No More' said.
India's Internet economy is set to touch USD 250 billion, driven
by strong addition in online users and explosive growth in data
consumption, a BCG-TiE report today said.
India's Internet economy
is expected to grow from USD 100-130 billion (about 5 percent of GDP)
to USD 215-265 billion (7.5 per cent) by 2020 with e-commerce and
financial services projected to lead this growth, the report titled 'The
USD 250 Billion Digital Volcano: Dormant No More' said.E-commerce
and financial services is expected to comprise USD 40-50 billion,
e-commerce products USD 45-50 billion and digital media and advertising
at USD 5-8 billion, the report added.
A major chunk of this is
expected to come from private and government infrastructure spending
(USD 50-60 billion), followed by that on connectivity (USD 45-55
billion) and devices (USD 30-40 billion).
With about 391 million
users, India has already become the second highest country in terms of
mobile Internet users. This is expected to grow rapidly to about 650
million mobile Internet users by 2020.
At the same time, data
consumption by 2020 could potentially increase 10-14 times. The average
data consumption is projected to reach 7-10 GB per user per month by
2020.
"It is essential to understand the three forces that are now
synergising to unlock Internet consumption in India - 4G enabled
devices, reliable high speed data and proliferation of digital content,"
Nimisha Jain, a BCG partner and report co-author said.
Increased
high speed Internet adoption, the report said, is expected to expand
time spent online by 2020 to almost 3-4 times. Moreover, the amount of
video consumed online is on the rise especially driven by online media
and entertainment.
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