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Long before professional networking and telemedicine became mainstream, Dr Benosh Haris was experimenting with an online platform for dentists from a small clinic in Kochi. (Express Image)

How a Kochi dentist built an online professional network years before LinkedIn

July 03, 2026 4:14 pm

Back in the early 2000s, in a dental clinic waiting room in Kochi, a young doctor was quietly experimenting with ideas that would later become commonplace on the web.

Iran war: Why Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten cables powering India’s internet, aluminium supply

April 28, 2026 6:30 pm

Several fibre-optic cables snake across the seabed of the strait, connecting countries from India and Southeast Asia to Europe via the Gulf states and Egypt.

Top 10 countries with the highest internet costs in 2025: Pakistan among top 10, India’s rank revealed

October 09, 2025 8:29 am

Top 10 countries with the highest internet costs in 2025 list: While Asian countries like Vietnam, China, and South Korea offer low-cost internet, others such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Bangladesh face higher costs, placing them among the most expensive in 2025.

The growth spurt in internet users in India is owing to the growing use of Indic languages in shaping internet consumption. (Image Source: Microsoft Designer)

India’s internet users to surpass 900 million in 2025, regional content driving growth: IAMAI-Kantar report

January 17, 2025 8:45 am

The report highlights internet consumption is increasing in rural India with increased participation by women.

Top 10 countries with the highest median mobile internet speed in 2024; India's ranking revealed. (Source Shutterstock)

Top 10 countries with the fastest mobile internet in 2024: Where does India stand globally?

August 07, 2025 6:24 am

Global Mobile Internet Speed Ranking in 2024: The world's fastest internet speeds are concentrated in the Middle East and Asia, with above-average mobile download speeds in the United States.

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India's mobile internet speed sees 297 per cent increase: Surfshark

September 13, 2023 6:57 pm

According to Sufshark's Digital Quality of Life survey, mobile internet speeds in India has increased by 297 per cent. Most of this might be attributed to the rapid 5G rollout in the country.

How TRAI consultation may make online streaming slower for Indians

July 26, 2023 6:39 pm

With fair share discussion gaining traction in the EU and Brazil, telcos in India have again started demanding a fee from OTTs. TRAI and policymakers in India, however, would be well advised to shun this move to ensure that the internet remains free, fair, and open for anyone to innovate and create

Wi-fi hotspot pouches: Internet from a sachet

July 25, 2023 9:40 am

Distributed through PMWANI, it can be a game changer in digital connectivity.

India's internet economy to grow 6-fold to $1 trillion by 2030: Report

June 06, 2023 1:46 pm

The report estimates that India's internet-economy was in the range of $155-175 billion in 2022.

Indians are overpaying for internet, nation ranks 44th in global index much ahead of neighbours: Surfshark

January 31, 2023 3:10 pm

Surfshark has released its Global Internet Value index (IVi), which is calculated by dividing each country’s internet speed by internet affordability to figure out which countries are overpaying for their internet.

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Maharashtra: 29 websites offering pirated movies, music, suspended, says special police unit

Express investigation: India tops the list of websites blocked by internet service providers

April 26, 2018 10:35 am

Other than porn and piracy, Indian internet service providers (ISPs) have installed the highest number of Internet filtering systems and blocked the maximum number of web pages, the investigation by Toronto-based Citizen Lab, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Indian Express found.