chandramauli 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2005 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 9th February, 2005 Press Release No.14/2005 Telecom Subscribers Continue the Growth Trend during Jan, 2005. Total Mobile Subscriber base touches about 5 crores. The subscriber base for telephony services continued to maintain its growth during Jan.2005 also with around 2.16 million subscribers being added. Thus, a total of 18.74 millions subscribers have been added during the first 10 months of financial year 2004-2005. Mobile Service : For mobile segment 1.77 million subscribers have been added during January 2005. The mobile additions consist of 1.27 million GSM subscribers and 0.50 million CDMA subscribers as against 1.42 million GSM and 0.53 million CDMA subscribers in the previous month. During first 10 months of the financial year 2004-05 about 16.17 million mobile subscribers have been added. The total mobile subscribers at the end of January 2005 are around 5 crores. Mobile Tarrif : A comparison of tariff plans for mobile service of SAARC Countries revealed that the mobile tariffs in India are lowest as compared to other countries as shown in the table below: Countries Per Minute Cellular Tariffs (in US Cents) 1. India 3-4 2. Bangladesh 6.5 3. Nepal 6.5 4. Pakistan 8.4 5. Sri Lanka 11.0 6. Bhutan 11.4 7. Maldives 14.4 With the implementation of the new ADC regime from February 2005, the subscriber growth is likely to receive a boost due to the further decline in tariffs as most of the mobile operators have announced reduction in tariffs. Fixed subscribers In the fixed segment a total of 0.39 million subscribers were added during January 2005. With this the total subscriber base of fixed lines have crossed 45 million. Teledensity: The gross subscriber base consisting of fixed as well as mobile has become 94.92 million at the end of January 2005. The teledensity at the end of January 2005 has reached 8.80 compared to 8.62 at the end of previous month. (S.N. Gupta) Advisor (CN) source : http://www.trai.gov.in/pr9feb05.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forcelaw2 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2005 we are years ahead in telecom then all saarc countries. but comparing to eastern countries we are way behind. though we are playing catch up very fast .and i expect big things in the next two years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2005 i just hope these guys build a good and enough infrastructure to accomodate everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2005 Yes true!! Infrastructure development lags behind in many Indian cities... even in India's Silicon City Bangalore!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2005 A. Look at the volume diff! B. Look at the people we are comparing ourselves with. Things we should really look at are: 1. Technology adopted and how it fares with the rest of the WESTERN WORLD - not Bhutan & Nepal! 2. Teledensity 3. Rate of growth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chandramauli 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2005 u r definately right anujit ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2005 Is there such a comparison of India with other asian countries like China, Korea, Japan, Singapore Etc..... That will be more interesting to see.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 we need to look at the per capita income of the individuals too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 I still don't understand why mobile rates are so high in India! Consider: 1. BSNL - probably had implemented the world's worst landline/switching technology 2. BSNL was grossly overstaffed 3. BSNL was grossly mismanaged 4. BSNL had landlines (dug trenches across the lenght and breadth of the country) 5. BSNL charged 33paisa/min (Rs. 1.00/3min) 6. BSNL (formerly DOT) was very very profitable Consider: 1. Mobiles use much better technologies that are more efficient, smart and powerful 2. They have less but more efficiently managed manpower 3. The have stronger management 4. The dont have to dig trenches to connect customers - each tower servers thousands 5. Charge 1-2 bucks a min (with more mobiles than landlines mobiles around) 6. They're even more profitable So why cant mobiles charge 15 paisa/min (ADC, interconnectivity and all other charges built-in)? Even if we consider the devaluation of the Rupee vs the Dollar.... still way to much I say! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adwait 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2005 Telecome charges are way too high in India. In Dubai, all calls within Dubai from landline to landline are free. Only landline to cell and vice versa and inter city calls are charged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2005 Adwait: Thats true for USA & Canada too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2005 people lets not forget out PER CAPITA INCOME! We are a poor nation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greens 21 Report post Posted February 13, 2005 I hope we will surpass china's teledensity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2005 We have to! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
