Internet User Base in Asian Countries: An Analytical Review

Authors

  • P. K. Paul FBAS, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur- An Institute of National Importance, Howrah, West Bengal, India
  • K. S. Shivraj K.L. University, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • A. Bhuimali Vice Chancellor, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2016.6.2.444

Keywords:

Internet, www, Asia, International, Digital Divide, ICTD, Social Computing, Community Informatics, Internet Users, Digital Nation, Information Society

Abstract

Internet is the most important for lots of task in today’s age. The speed of the Internet has been changes the customer base and introduced many services. Earlier Internet was mainly used for the activities of sharing of information and resources, uploading and downloading content and mainly communicating with others with several means. The development of Internet services had started in 1990’s but in the last decade the entire arena of Internet has been changed with rapid growth. The Internet service among the users was 9% and in 2005 in Asia. Thereafter the Internet has grown and within 2010 the user base touches 23%. Importantly the most user based countries from Asia are India and China. This is a conceptual paper and mainly talks about thee users perspective in Asia. However several information on other parts of the world have been also provided.

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Published

05-09-2016

How to Cite

Paul, P. K., Shivraj, K. S., & Bhuimali , A. (2016). Internet User Base in Asian Countries: An Analytical Review. Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 6(2), 37–40. https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2016.6.2.444

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