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1. The NASSCOM survey has revealed the following statistics and targets for
Indian IT industry in the year 2008.
| Present Level on 31 March 2000 | 2000 Target | |
| Total Number of PCs | 4.3 million | 20 million |
| Internet Subscribers | 0.77 million | 35 million |
| Internet Users | 3.2 million | 100 million |
| Cable TV Subscribers | 37 million | 70 million |
| Fixed Phones | 26 million | 125 million |
| Television Sets | 75 million | 225 million |
2. According to NASSCOM survey, the broadband/bandwidth
requirement is expected to grow by the following measures:
Bandwidth will increase to accommo-date Internet content such
as image files, video-laden web pages, animation and streaming media. By 2002:
- 25 percent of US Internet users will have broadband access
- E-commerce players will launch broadband services both in parallel to
their existing narrowband and as exclusive services
Bandwidth requirements for next generation applications will be:
- 64 Kbps: Small group online games
- 100 Kbps: Basic animation service, enterprise size games
- 128 Kbps to 3 Mbps: Video conferencing
- 1.5 to 20 Mbps: MPEG Video
- 8 to 100 Mbps: Shared high resolution imaging
- 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps: Virtual reality
3. Accordingly, the bandwidth requirements are expected as follows:
| Year | Internet Bandwidth |
| 2000 | 10 GB |
| 2001 | 40 GB |
| 2002 | 100 GB |
| 2003 | 160 GB |
| 2004 | 220 GB |
| 2005 | 300 GB |
4. India’s projections for IT and software industry are as follows:
| Present Level on 31 March 2000 | 2008 Target | |
| Software Industry in India | $5.7 billion | $87 billion |
| Software exports from India | $3.9 billion | $50 billion |
| IT industry in India | $8.6 billion | $140 billion |
5. According to the NASSCOM-McKinsey Report 1999, if the bandwidth
requirements are not met in time, India can potentially lose its right to
compete in less than 30 percent of its target export market because of its
inability to link with the global telecom infrastructure.
India will thus face a significant disadvantage in providing the back-end to
global e-commerce systems, providing remote network management, etc.
Moreover, in the domestic market, Indian users will be unable to deploy
state-of-the-art, global networking applications/products that will be developed
for high-speed telecom networks. India will also be constrained in utilizing its
supply base of knowledge workers, especially those operating from homes (who
would require telecom to receive inputs and deliver outputs). Thus, according to
NASSCOM-McKinsey report 1999, India can lose opportunity to earn as much as
$22.5 billion and loss of jobs to 6,50,000 people, if adequate and reliable
bandwidth is not provided in time.
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Courtesy Nasscom