A quick glance at the eBay India Census 2012 report indicates that e-commerce is here to stay. eBay Census 2012 research findings were based on an analysis of all online buying and selling transactions by Indians on eBay between July 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. At eBay India today, every one minute a mobile accessory changes hands and every two minutes a mobile handset. It has 4,306 e-commerce hubs today, of which 1,015 are hubs in rural India, indicating that consumers in the smaller towns of India are a major force in this online growth story.
Internet Country Code
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IN
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ISP
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180
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Internet Hosts
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4536000
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Internet users
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100 Million+
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Internet penetration
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8.4% of population
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Number of internet connections
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22.39 million
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Broadband Users
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13.35 Million
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Users access through mobile
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59%
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Average speed
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256kbps, 5.6 mbps internationally
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Technology
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E-Commerce
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M-Commerce
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Device
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PC
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Smartphone’s, pagers, PDAs,
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Operating System
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Windows, Unix, Linux
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Symbian (EPOC), PalmOS, Pocket PC, proprietary platforms.
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Presentation Standards
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HTML
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HTML, WML, HDML, i-Mode
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Browser
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Microsoft Explorer, Netscape
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Phone.com UP Browser, Nokia browser, MS Mobile Explorer and other microbrowsers
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Bearer Networks
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TCP/IP & Fixed Wire line Internet
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GSM, GSM/GPRS, TDMA, CDMA, CDPD, paging networks
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