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Bangalore, Nov. 26 Reflecting the rising Internet penetration in the country, India saw a 23 per cent rise in IP (Internet Protocol) addresses with 2.6 million connections in third-quarter ended September over previous quarter’s 2.1 million, according to a survey by Akamai Technologies.

India ranked 20 in terms of IP addresses, while the US with 109 million addresses and China with 38 million connections were ranked at the top two slots, respectively, said Akamai’s ‘State of Internet’ report.

India has an estimated 32-46 million active Internet users and the user base is growing at over 25 per cent a year for the past three years.

Despite growing user base, India ranks a low at 153rd slot in terms of per capita IP addresses with only 2.3 IPs for every thousand people. China had 30 IPs per thousand people and US had 360 IPs per thousand.

“The increase in user base may be attributable to more people turning to the World Wide Web for news and video content related to the Beijing Olympic Games, which took place in August. We also noted a gradual improvement in terms of IP per capita which increased to 2.3 unique IPs per 1,000 people, and believe India is moving in the right direction and is poised for significant growth in Internet adoption in the coming years,” said Mr Sanjay Singh, Managing Director of Akamai’s India operations.

Users in India were gradually shifting from dial-up speeds to high-speed connectivity as the country had three fourth of Net connections with speeds above 256 Kbps. Net connections with speeds above 2 Mbps stood at 5 per cent growing at 16 per cent.

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