India aiming to reach 500 million subscribers by 2010
India through its explosive growth in mobile communications and by variety of wireless technology is aiming to reach 500 million subscribers by 2010. Its current level of 240 million will be doubled within less than two years thanks to the policies being implemented by the Union Government especially universal access in rural and suburban areas.
B K Syngal, former chairman, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) said that India is well on its way to becoming the largest telecom market after China. However, we cannot be complacent. About 70 per cent of the Indian population was in semi-urban and rural areas and 60 per cent of the Indian population was employed in agriculture. We are growing at the rate of seven to eight million consumers a month. The appetite for cellular connection is going up not down, he added.
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