INFOTECH FACTS & FIGURES
- India's first computer was installed at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in 1955 (Asia's first outside of Japan)
- Software and services industry total revenue (2006-07): USD 39.6 billion
- Indian IT/ITES service industry employment (Mar 2007): 1.6 m
- PC shipments in 2005: 4.3 m¹
- Engineering services and products exports (2006-07): USD 4.9 bn
- Number of Internet subscribers: 6.9 m (March '06)
- Number of broadband (>256 Kbps download) subscribers: 2.46 m (May '07)
- IT/ITES Exports (2006-07): USD 31.3 bn
- Largest software company: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
- Department of Information Technology - Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
- Nasscom - National Association of Software and Service Companies
- MAIT - Manufacturers Association of Information Technology
- IAMAI - Internaet and Mobile Association of India
| 15 LARGEST INDIAN IT COMPANIES (2004-05) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Revenue¹ Rs Billion | Employees |
| TCS | 133.9 | 63 000 |
| HCL Infosystems | 77.8 | 2 700 |
| Wipro | 106 | 50 000 |
| Infosys Technologies | 71.2 | 76 000 |
| Hewlett-Packard India | 67.1 | 16 600 |
| Satyam Computer Services | 64.9² | 35,670² |
| IBM India | 42.2 | 25 000 |
| HCL Technologies | 43.9¹ | 32 000 |
| Tech Pacific India | 27.4 | 600 |
| Intel Technology India | 27.3 | 2 900 |
| Cisco Systems (I) Pvt Ltd | 27.0 | 1 940 |
| Redington India | 26.7 | 634 |
| Ingram Micro | 20.5 | 440 |
| Patni Computer Sytems | 15.7 | 10 400 |
| Samsung | 15.2 | 25 |
| ¹ Figures for 2005-06 ² Figures for 2006-07 | ||