Cellphone users in India crossed 100 million
The higlights of the growth of our telecom sector are
1. The telecom sector grew by 50% during 2006, when compared to a growth of 35% over the same period last year
2. The total number of telephone subscribers increased to 183 million as on November 30, 2006
3. Today, the number of wireless subscribers exceed the fixed subscribers in India
4. The number of internet subscribers grew at 25 percent while braodband subscribers grew from 0.18 million to 1.32 million.
5. Teledensity has increased to 16.28% from 11.32% at the beginning of the year.
6. In 2006, India joined the world's 100 million mobile club, having more than 100 million mobile phone users. Presently, China, US, Japan and Russia were in the club.
7. Nearly seven million subscribers are added to the network every month, making it the highest growth rate in the world, even surpassing that of China.
8. In 2006, Delhi became the first city in India that has more than 10 million mobile users. Hyderabad is following the suit.
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