India created a new record in terms of internet, added more users in a year than the population of Thailand and UK

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There has been a tremendous increase in the number of internet users in India. In the last year, the number of broadband users has increased a lot along with mobile users. In one year, more internet users have been added in India than the population of the UK and Thailand. The population of these two countries is 6.9 crore and 7.1 crore respectively. According to the new report of TRAI, 7.3 crore internet subscribers have been added in India in the last year. At the same time, a new record has been made in the country regarding broadband subscribers.

Increase in the number of Internet users

From April last year to March this year, 7.8 crore broadband subscribers have been added in India. In this way, the total number of subscribers using the internet in India has reached 119.9 crores. There has been a growth of 8.9 percent in the number of internet users. At the same time, the number of broadband users has increased from 84.6 crores to 92.4 crores. If the report is to be believed, the reason for the increasing number of internet users is high-speed mobile internet. At the same time, the reach of wired and wireless broadband has also reached the tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country.

There has been a good jump in the number of wireless data subscribers as well. According to this report, the number of wireless data subscribers has increased from 84.6 crores to 91.3 crores. There has been a growth of 7.93 percent in this as well. Indian users used to consume 1,60,053 PB of data earlier, but have now started consuming 1,94,774 PB of data. There has been a growth of about 21.4 percent in this as well.

Number of telecom users

By June 30, 2024, the total number of broadband users in India has crossed 940.75 million i.e. 94 crores. With the increasing number of internet users, tele density has also reached 85.95 percent. Earlier, India’s tele density was 83.45 percent. A growth of 2.50 percent has been recorded in this. According to the TRAI report, in June 2024, 11.84 million i.e. 1.18 crore users had requested Mobile Number Portability (MNP). There has also been a tremendous increase in the number of users porting their numbers.