This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.
India could pass the United States in the number of Internet users in less than two years. A new report says India reached one hundred twelve million users in September. That makes India the third largest Internet market after China and the United States.
China reported four hundred eighty-five million Internet users in June, and there are more than two hundred seventy million Internet users in the United States.
The Internet and Mobile Association of India says Internet growth was especially strong among people in smaller towns and cities.
There was also a large increase in Internet use among school-aged children and college students. This is partly because of the growing number of e-learning services and educational websites.
Subho Roy is president of the Internet and Mobile Association of India. He says another big change this year is that more and more people are using the Internet from home.
SUBHO ROY: "Last year the oldpattern">patternwas still there --cyber">cybercafes being top, then office, and then home. So thisdramaticchange hascome aboutthis year -- a very, very great movement in the home-usesegment">segment. People are probably buying their ownbroadband connectionsand accessing it from their own devices rather than going to common service points."This growth in Internet use has also led to an increase in online businesses.
Deepinder Goyal owns Zomato.com. His website provides information about restaurants and activities across India. Mr. Goyal got the idea for Zomato while working at acon nightlife">nightlife sulting firmthree years ago. He and his coworkers kept restaurant menus in their office so they could order lunch from different places.
DEEPINDER GOYAL: "We scanned these menu cards and put them online. So starting an Internet venture was actually an experiment and itworked outreally well and currently we are getting around two million people just looking up menu cards on our website every month." Zomato now provides information on more than seventeen thousand restaurants across India. It covers areas from the Dehli national capital region to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
Deepinder Goyal says the growth in Internet use at home has been good for business. Zomato used to depend mostly on business people -- or "corporates" -- going online at work.
DEEPINDER GOYAL: "So earlier we used to see that around fifty to sixty percent of our traffic used tospike">spikeat lunches on weekdays. That was due to corporates accessing our website when they used to order lunch. And right now, weekends are also very heavy traffic for us."
In a separate report, GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, says Africa is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market. Africa has the second largest number of mobile phone connections after Asia.
And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm June Simms.
come about:发生;昌盛;改变方向
broadband connection:宽带连接
consulting firm:咨询公司
work out:解决;算出;制定出
pattern">pattern: ['pætən]
n.图案,模范,榜样 ; 型,式样 ; 样品 ; 图样
vt.摹制,仿造 ; 以图案装饰
She wore a dress with a pattern">pattern of roses on it.
她穿着有玫瑰花图案的连衣裙 .
His speech followed the usual pattern">pattern.
他按照通常的方式讲话。
cyber">cyber: ['saibə]
adj.网络的,计算机的
Cyber bars have gained in popularity in recent years.
网吧近年来越来越流行。
segment">segment: ['segmənt]
n.段
n.片段,部分,分节
vt. vi.分割,分裂
Different segment">segments were painted differently.
不同的部分被涂成不同的颜色。
She cleaned a small segment">segment of the painting.
她把画儿上的一小部分擦干净了 .
nightlife:夜生活
spike">spike: [spaik]
n.长钉,钉鞋,穗
vt.以大钉钉牢,使失效,阻止,增强…的效果
They spike">spiked his drink by putting a vodka in his lager.
他们在他的啤酒中掺加伏特加酒。
Runners wear shoes with spike">spikes to prevent slipping.
赛跑者穿钉鞋以防滑倒。
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