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Internet still an obscure term in India, says study

VRISHTI BENIWAL | The Financial Expresss, India

NEW DELHI, MAR 25:  Have you ever heard of Internet? As strange and shocking as this question is the fact that a sizeable chunk of India’s population doesn’t know what Internet is! About 72% people in the lower socio-economic strata of the country have never heard the word ‘Internet’, according to a study whose key findings were recently presented to the Cellular Operators Association of India and Universal Services Obligations Fund. The study will be released next year.

[Note: This study, Teleuse@BOP was released in Singapore on 28 February 2007.]

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2 Comments to Internet still an obscure term in India, says study

  1. zzainudeen's Gravatar zzainudeen
    March 28, 2007 at 11:14 am | Permalink

    This story was also picked up by Indian Television:
    http://us.indiantelevision.com/mnd/y2k7/mar/26margm2.php

  2. April 9, 2007 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    A related piece in a tech news website: http://alootechie.com/News/2209.asp

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