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New Delhi: The number of users accessing theweb on their mobile handsets in India is expected to reach 155million by March this year, according to the Internet andMobile Association of India (IAMAI).
This number is further expected to grow to 185 million byJune, 2014.
"The number of mobile internet users is going to reach155 million in India by the end of March 2014, and 185 millionby June 2014, maintaining a quarter-on-quarter growth of 20per cent," a report by IAMAI and IMRB International said.
At the end of December 2013, the number of mobileinternet users stood at 130 million as against a userbase of110 million in October 2013.
According to the report, the number of mobile Internetusers in urban India is expected to grow from 103 million inDecember 2013 to 126 million in March 2014 and further touch153 million by June.
Rural India, though accounting for the smaller share, isalso expected to register strong growth to touch 32 millionusers (in June 2014) from 27 million in December 2013.
The report also found that the average revenue per user(ARPU) has dropped to Rs 387 from Rs 460 in 2012.
However, the percentage amount spent on mobile Internethas gone up to 45 per cent in 2013 from 43 per cent in theprevious year.
Also, 35 per cent of the mobile Internet users arespending between Rs 100 and Rs 500 monthly on their phoneexpenses.
While nine per cent are believed to be spending over Rs500, six per cent are spending less than Rs 100 every month,the report said.
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