Nokia is the most popular mobile vendor in terms of Internet usage in India, accounting for 52.1% of the total pageviews generated in the country between January 2012 -January 2013, according to a report released by web analytics firm StatCounter. Sample Size & Methodology: StatCounter mentions that this data is based on the analysis of 15 billion monthly page views generated by more than three million websites in the StatCounter network globally. While StatCounter hasn't disclosed the number of pageviews from Indian IPs publicly in the report, the company told Medianama that it currently tracks 1.13 billion pageviews from Indian IPs every month. According to StatCounter FAQs, the company analyses the user agent string for each pageview to determine the browser and operating system used and also to establish if the page view came from a mobile device. The company also notes that this report excludes data from tablets like iPad. Highlights & Observations - Nokia currently accounts for almost double the pageviews from its nearest competitor Samsung, which accounts for 26.87% of the total pageviews during the year. Both Nokia and Samsung combined account for around 79% of the total pageviews in India. Others in the list include Micromax (2.33%), Sony (1.89%), LG (1.06%), HTC (0.76%) and RIM (0.31%). - Nokia witnessed a significant decline in Internet usage during Feb 2012 - April 2012. Nokia accounted for 72.8% of the total India pageviews in February 2012, which dipped to 53.8% in April 2012. - Samsung witnessed a significant increase in Internet…
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