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Net subscriber base up at 3.5 million
May 28, 2003 19:43 IST
India's Internet subscriber base stood at 35 lakh (3.5 million) on March 2003, up from 32.39 lakh (3.239 million) in the year-ago period.
"As on March 2003, the number of Internet subscribers stood at 35 lakh as compared to only 2.3 lakh (230,000) as on March 13, 1999, 9.43 lakh up to the end of March 2000 (943,000), 29.09 lakh (2.909 million) till March 2001 and 32.39 lakh till the end of March 2002," an official release said in New Delhi.
As against 587 Internet Service Provider licences issued by the department of telecom till March 2003, as many as 199 ISP licences had been surrendered, as a result of which the actual number of ISP licences stood at 388.
Of the 587 licences issued till March 2003, 94 ISP licences were issued in category 'A', 230 in category 'B' and 263 in category 'C,' it said.
Similarly, of the 199 licences which were surrendered as of March 2003, 29 belonged to category 'A', 87 to category 'B' and 83 to category 'C,' the statement added.
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