Communications in india


Our country India's telecommunication network is the 3rd largest in the world on the basis of its customer base & it has one of the lowest tariffs in the world enabled by the hyper-competition in its market. Major sectors of the Indian telecommunication industry are telephony, internet &  broadcasting.

Indian telecom sector underwent a high pace of market liberalization and growth since 1990s and now has become the world's most competitive and one of the fastest growing telecom markets.

World's Second Largest Mobile Phone User..!

* India has the world's second largest cell phone user base with over 92.94 crore users as of May 2012.
* India has the world's third largest Internet user base with above 12.10 crore as of December 2011

Telephony ((May 2012)

Telephone Subscribers (Total) :   96.09 crore
Fixed lines  :    3.15 crore
Mobile phones :   92.94 crore

Monthly telephone additions :  83.5 lakh

Teledensity  : 79.28 per cent

Internet access ( May 2012 )

Percent household access (total): 10.2% of households (12.10 crore)
Percent broadband household access : 1.18% of households (1.43 crore)
Internet Service Providers (2012)       155
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