Friday, June 26, 2009
Indian mobile users to hit 771 million by 2013
Indian mobile users will jump more than 90 percent to 771 million by 2013 as companies expand networks to rural areas in the world's fastest growing wireless market, research firm Gartner said.
India had 403.66 million wireless users at the end of April, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India figures showed earlier this month, second only to China that has more than 600 million wireless subscribers.
Cheap call tariffs and handsets are driving demand in India, where operators such as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications Ltd are now building telecom towers and networks to cover smaller towns and villages to hook new users.
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India had 403.66 million wireless users at the end of April, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India figures showed earlier this month, second only to China that has more than 600 million wireless subscribers.
Cheap call tariffs and handsets are driving demand in India, where operators such as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications Ltd are now building telecom towers and networks to cover smaller towns and villages to hook new users.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
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