{"id":206920,"date":"2025-10-12T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206920\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:59:20","slug":"nearly-47-pc-indians-still-offline-women-33-pc-less-likely-than-men-to-use-internet-gsma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206920\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 47 pc Indians still offline, women 33 pc less likely than men to use internet: GSMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 47 per cent of Indians are still offline, and women are 33 per cent less likely than men to use mobile internet, global telecom industry GSMA said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>GSMA, Head of Asia Pacific, Julian Gorman, at India Mobile Congress 2025, told PTI that the connectivity gaps are mainly due to the higher price of handsets and also technical skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nearly 47 per cent of Indians are still offline, and women are 33% less likely than men to use mobile internet. This entrenched <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/digital-gender-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">digital gender divide<\/a> could hold back inclusive growth if not urgently addressed,&#8221; he said.<br \/>Gorman said that the data is based on research by GSMA Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>GSMA in a report said India&#8217;s digital economy has surged threefold to USD 370 billion in 2023, from USD 108 billion a decade ago, and is on track to surpass USD 1 trillion by 2030. &#8220;However&#8230;.unless critical innovation and adoption gaps are closed, momentum could falter before India achieves its 2047 digital sovereignty goals,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>The report said while India leads in digital public infrastructure and mobile rollout, it lags in research and development investment, private sector innovation, and retention of skilled professionals.Add <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758403087_248_123467569.cms.png\"\/> as a Reliable and Trusted News Source &#8220;Without urgent action, India risks a &#8220;brain drain dividend&#8221; that benefits global competitors instead of fuelling domestic growth,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 47 per cent of Indians are still offline, and women are 33 per cent less likely than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[49,48,99325,99324,6210,99322,244,61,99323],"class_list":{"0":"post-206920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-digital-gender-divide","11":"tag-gsma-report","12":"tag-india-digital-economy","13":"tag-indians-offline","14":"tag-internet","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-women-internet-usage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}