Mobile Internet in India: 153% growth (Y-o-Y) in PageViews [Opera Report]

Opera has released it’s March 2009 report and here are some interesting numbers for India:

• Page-view growth since March 2008: 153%
• Unique-user growth since March 2008: 53%
• Page-views per user: 359

Top 10 sites (as on Mar 2009):

1. google.com
2. orkut.com
3. yahoo.com
4. gmail.com
5. rediff.com
6. wikipedia.org
7. songs.pk
8. peperonity.com
9. my.opera.com
10. getjar.com

So essentially, the usage is limited to need-based or pure entertainment (there are several other reasons why people surf web though!)

Top handsets for March 2009

1. Nokia 6300
2. Nokia N73
3. Sony Ericsson K790i
4. Sony Ericsson K750i
5. Nokia 6233
6. Sony Ericsson K550i
7. Nokia N70
8. Sony Ericsson W760i
9. Nokia 5310
10. Nokia 6120c

Opera report

Also see:

• Smartphones users contribute 30% to WAP Ad Impressions [Admob]
• Mobile Phone usage of Indians – Flirting, Porn..etc