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This has come out very strongly in survey
done by Akamai Technologies Inc for Q2
2009 in a report titled "State of the Internet Report" that focused
mainly on the
broadband connectivity across India, origin of attack traffic, and
network outages.
The
study shows that there was growth in the number of unique IP
addresses totaling more than 3 million IPs. India is however ranked
#20 in the global index for the number of unique IP addresses. There
has been a growth of 57% year-over-year, and 8% from Q1 2009. The top
three states that contributed significantly to the rise of unique IP
addresses include Delhi, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu with a YoY
change of 41%, 51%, and 24% respectively. Interesting to note here is
that Karnataka, the silicon valley of India, lost to Delhi,
Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu with 173, 945 unique IP addresses as per
the report. Haryana topped the list of having the highest connection
speeds with 1271 Kbps, followed closely by Karnataka at 1100 Kbps,
and Kerala at 1086 Kbps. However on the global index, India ranks
#107 globally for average connection speeds at 895 Kbps.
Interestingly India ranks #4 globally in
terms of observed attack traffic with
3.93%, but is far behind from countries such as the US, China, and
marginally from South Korea which account for more than 50% of the
total observed attack traffic. The attacks were likely related to the
ongoing spread of the Conficker worm that were largely responsible
for an overwhelming percentage of the observed attacks. The top three
target ports under the observed attack traffic according to the
report includes Microsoft – DS, Telnet, and NetBIOS with
attack
traffic of 68.47%, 6.67%, and 4.36% respectively. Attack traffic
targeted at more than 4,100 unique ports, with 10 ports experiencing
roughly 90% of the observed attacks. A significant increase was seen
in the level of observed attack traffic from India, causing the
country to appear among the top 10 countries for the first time since
the first quarter of 2008.
TRAIs
latest number suggests that broadband penetration in India has just
managed to reach 6.8 million subscribers. However, with plans in the
anvil to focus on rural broadband penetration, the number is expected
to rise to 20 million by 2010. In addition to this there has been
also a slight growth of mobile-base Internet users. However, security
and online threats still remain as the top concerns and challenges
that needs to be addressed.
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