According to TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India):
- 1991- Teledensity less than 1%
- 1991- Telecom sector opened to private operator to provide mobile
- 2003- Calling party pay regime was implemented
- 2004- The growth of mobile sector started to pick up
- Government announced in May 2006 to provide 250 Million telephones by 2007 and 500 Million telephones by 2010
- Most of the growth was in mobile sector as wireline was stagnating at around 40 Million
- The estimated number of tower required to reach the target was 135,000 towers by 2007 and 330,000 by 2010
- This required huge investment of USD 10 bn by 2007 and USD 25 bn by 2010 only to setup towers (approx. USD 75 th./BTS)
- Total Number of towers : 0.22 mn (as of 31.03.2008); 36% shared!
- Total Number of Wireless Subscribers: 261.06 mn
Credits: S K Gupta / TRAI
August 2008
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