India is set to become the world’s second largest wireless network market after China , overtaking the U.S. to the third slot, by April 2008. Penetration of Cell phones in India is beyond our imagination.
India with the total mobile subscriber base crossing the 26-crore mark, India will have over 30-crore phone subscribers in April , according to telecom regulator TRAI.
India’s monthly wireless subscriber addition is the highest in the world, adding 8-9 million wireless users a month, compared with China’s 6-7 million and only 2-3 million new subscribers in the United States.
China tops with over 540 million wireless customers in February 2008, followed by the US with 260.50 million and India with 250.93 million.
- Subscribers base to cross 300 million in April 2008.
- Wireless subscribers base reaches 250 million mark.
- India to become second largest wireless network in the world by April 2008.
- Wireless Subscribers addition is 8.53 million in February 2008.