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INDIA WIRELESS STORY
2008WHAT NEXT? MORE PHONES THAN
PEOPLE?
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INDIA ADDS 15.41 MILLION MOBILE PHONES
IN JANUARY
India added a record
15.41 million
wireless subscribers
in January 2009,
according to data
released by telecom
regulator TRAI. The
total wireless
subscribers (GSM,
CDMA & WLL(F))
base stood at 362.30
million at the end of
January 2009 –
TRAI Data
AT THIS RATE, INDIA WILL SOON HAVE MORE
MOBILES THAN PEOPLE
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300000000
350000000
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India Mobile Subscribers
2008
2007
GSM OR CDMA – INDIA LOVES THEM ALL
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150000000
200000000
250000000
300000000
GSM CDMA
2008
2007
WHERE’S THE WIRELINE? DWARFED BUT
CARRYING ON
Wireline
10%
Wireless
90%
NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH…GROWTH IS
EVERYWHERE
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45000000
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2008
2007
Note: Not all states and union territories listed as data is based on license areas. For instance, Bihar
includes Jharkhand & Maharashtra includes Goa. We have also included data for Mumbai, Kolkata
and Chennai under their respective states.
NORTH LEADS, EAST GROWS FASTEST
North
41%
East
11%
West
20%
South
28%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Growth 2008
THE POOR WANT A VOICE…BIMARUS*
ON TOP!
80%
60%
70%65%
55%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Bihar Madhya
Pradesh
Orissa Rajasthan UP
Growth in 2008
*Bihar, MP, Rajasthan and MP are known as BIMARU ( Bimar in Hindi means Sick) because of their relative socio-
economic backwardness
MOBILES BRIDGING URBAN RURAL
DIGITAL DIVIDE
Urban
75%
Rural
25%
Urban
80%
Rural
20%
2008 2007
METRO MOBILE…DELHI’S IS KING,
KOLKATA FASTEST
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5000000
10000000
15000000
20000000
25000000
Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai
2008
2007
METRO VS NON-METRO: SMALL TOWNERS
ARE ASKING FOR MORE
Metro
16%
Non-
Metro
84%0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Metro Non-Metro
Growth in 2008
HELLO WORLD…THIS IS INDIA CALLING!
India
8%
Rest of the
World
92%
A GREAT STORY…BUT STILL A LONG WAY
TO GO
According to the latest ICT Development Index
released by International Telecom Union (ITU),
India has moved just one rank above from 117 in
2002 to 118 in 2007 despite tremendous growth
in mobile phone access in the country. ITU's ICT
Development Index compares developments in
information and communication technologies
(ICT) in 154 countries over a five-year period
from 2002 to 2007
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