Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

The logo of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Abbreviation TRAI Formation 1997 Created by Telecom Regulatory Legal status Authority of India Act, 1997 Purpose/focus Independent regulator Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Headquarters Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Region served India Chairman DR. J.S. SARMA Website http://www.trai.gov.in/ The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI, Hindi: ) is the independent regulator established in 1997 by the Government of India to regulate the telecommunications business in India.[1]

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1 Responsibilities 2 See also

3 References 4 External links

[edit] Responsibilities
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the functions of the Authority shall be to: a. make recommendations, either suo motu or on a request from the licensor, on the following matters, namely: i. need and timing for introduction of new service provider; ii. terms and conditions of license to a service provider; iii. revocation of license for non-compliance for terms and conditions of license: iv. measures to facilitate competition and promote efficiency in the operation of telecommunication services so as to facilitate growth in such services. v. technological improvements in the services provided by the service providers. vi. type of equipment to be used by the service providers after inspection of equipment used in the network. vii. measures for the development of telecommunication technology and any other matter relatable to telecommunication industry in general; viii. efficient management of available spectrum; b. discharge the following functions, namely: i. ensure compliance of terms and conditions of license; ii. notwithstanding anything contained in the terms and conditions of the license granted before the commencement of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Ordinance,2000, fix the terms and conditions of inter-connectivity between the service providers; iii. ensure technical compatibility and effective inter-connection between different service providers. iv. regulate arrangement amongst service providers of sharing their revenue derived from providing telecommunication services; v. lay down the standards of quality of service to be provided by the service providers and ensure the quality of service and conduct the periodical survey of such service provided by the service providers so as to protect interest of the consumers of telecommunication services; vi. lay down and ensure the time period for providing local and long distance circuits of telecommunication between different service providers; vii. maintain register of interconnect agreements and of all such other matters as may be provided in the regulations; viii. keep register maintained under clause (viii) open for inspection to any member of public on payment of such fee and compliance of such other requirement as may be provided in the regulations; ix. ensure effective compliance of universal service obligations:

c. levy fees and other charges at such rates and in respect of such services as may be determined by regulations. d. perform such other functions including such administrative and financial functions as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government or as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: o o Provided that the recommendations of the Authority specified in the clause (a) of this sub-section shall not be binding upon the Central Government: Provided further that the Central Government shall seek the recommendations of the Authority in respect of matters specified in subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (a) of this sub-section in respect of new licence to be issued to a service provider and the Authority shall forward its recommendations within a period of sixty days from the date on which that Government sought the recommendations: Provided also that the Authority may request the Central Government to furnish such information or documents as may be necessary for the purpose of making recommendations under sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (a) of this sub-section and that Government shall supply such information within a period of seven days from receipt of such request: Provided also that the Central Government may issue a licence to a service provider if no recommendations are received from the Authority within the period of specified in the second provision or within such period as may be mutually agreed upon between the Central Government and the Authority. Provided also that if the Central Government having considered that recommendation of the Authority comes to a prima facie conclusion that such recommendation cannot be accepted or needs modifications, it shall, refer the recommendations back to the Authority for its reconsideration, and the Authority may within fifteen days from the date of receipt of such reference, forward to the Central Government its recommendation after considering the reference made by the Government. After receipt of further recommendation, if any, the Central Government shall take a final decision.

Communications in India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about communications in India. For a more general coverage of media in India, see Media of India. The Indian telecommunication industry is the world's fastest growing industry[1][2][3] with 826.93 million mobile phone subscribers as of April 2011.[4] It is also the second

largest telecommunication network in the world in terms of number of wireless connections after China.[5] See List of countries by number of mobile phones in use. As the fastest growing telecommunications industry in the world, it is projected that India will have 1.159 billion mobile subscribers by 2013.[6][7][8][9] Furthermore, projections by several leading global consultancies indicate that the total number of subscribers in India will exceed the total subscriber count in the China by 2013.[6][7] The industry is expected to reach a size of 344,921 crore (US$76.92 billion) by 2012 at a growth rate of over 26 per cent, and generate employment opportunities for about 10 million people during the same period.[10] According to analysts, the sector would create direct employment for 2.8 million people and for 7 million indirectly.[10] In 2008-09 the overall telecom equipments revenue in India stood at 136,833 crore (US$30.51 billion) during the fiscal, as against 115,382 crore (US$25.73 billion) a year before.[11]

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1 Modern growth 2 History o 2.1 Introduction of the telegraph o 2.2 Introduction of the telephone o 2.3 Further milestones and developments 2.3.1 Indian telecom sector: recent policies 3 Emergence as a major player o 3.1 Privatization of telcommunications in India o 3.2 Telecommunications Regulatory Environment in India 4 Revenue and growth 5 Telephone o 5.1 Mobile telephones o 5.2 Landlines 6 Internet o 6.1 Statistics 7 Broadcasting 8 Next generation networks 9 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) 10 International o 10.1 Submarine cables 11 Telecom Training in India 12 Number Format - Mobile and Landline o 12.1 Mobile o 12.2 Landline 13 See also 14 References

15 External links

[edit] Modern growth

A large population, low telephony penetration levels, and a rise in consumer spending power has helped make India the fastest-growing telecom market in the world. The market's first operator was the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), created by corporatization of the Indian Telecommunication Service, a government unit formerly responsible for provision of telephony services. Subsequently, after the telecommunication policies were revised to allow private operators, companies such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, Idea Cellular, Aircel and Loop Mobile have entered the market (Bharti Airtel currently being the largest telecom company in India). In the fiscal year 2008-09, rural India outpaced urban India in mobile growth rate. The total number of telephones in the country stands at 861.48 million, while the overall tele-density has increased to 72.08% as of April 30th, 2011.[4] Mobile telephony experiences growths at rates such as 15.34 million subscribers a month, which were added in April 2011.[4]

[edit] History
Telecom in the real sense means the transfer of information between two distant points in space. The popular meaning of telecom always involves electrical signals and as a result, people often exclude postal or any other raw telecommunication methods from its meaning. Therefore, the history of Indian telecom can be started with the introduction of telegraph.

[edit] Introduction of the telegraph

The Indian postal and telecom sectors saw a slow and uneasy start. In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbor. In 1851, it was opened for the use of the British East India Company. The Posts and Telegraphs department occupied a small corner of the Public Works Department,[12] at that time. Subsequently, the construction of 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of telegraph lines connecting Kolkata (then Calcutta) and Peshawar in the north along with Agra, Mumbai (then Bombay) through Sindwa Ghats, and Chennai (then Madras) in the south, as well as Ootacamund and Bangalore was started in November 1853. Dr.William O'Shaughnessy, who pioneered the telegraph and telephone in India, belonged to the Public Works Department, and worked towards the development of telecom throughout this period. A separate department was opened in 1854 when telegraph facilities were opened to the public.

[edit] Introduction of the telephone

In 1880, two telephone companies namely The Oriental Telephone Company Ltd. and The Anglo-Indian Telephone Company Ltd. approached the Government of India to establish telephone exchanges in India. The permission was refused on the grounds that the establishment of telephones was a Government monopoly and that the Government itself would undertake the work. In 1881, the Government later reversed its earlier decision and a licence was granted to the Oriental Telephone Company Limited of England for opening telephone exchanges at Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Ahmedabad and the first formal telephone service was established in the country.[13] On the 28th January 1882, Major E. Baring, Member of the Governor General of India's Council declared open the Telephone Exchanges in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. The exchange in Calcutta named the "Central Exchange", was opened at third floor of the building at 7, Council House Street, with a total of 93 subscribers. Later that year, Bombay also witnessed the opening of a telephone exchange.

[edit] Further milestones and developments

A Mobile Phone Tower.

Pre-1902 - Cable telegraph 1902 - First wireless telegraph station established between Sagar Islands and Sandheads. 1907 - First Central Battery of telephones introduced in Kanpur. 1913-1914 - First Automatic Exchange installed in Shimla. 1927 - Radio-telegraph system between the UK and India, with Imperial Wireless Chain beam stations at Khadki and Daund. Inaugurated by Lord Irwin on 23 July by exchanging greetings with King George V. 1933 - Radiotelephone system inaugurated between the UK and India. 1953 - 12 channel carrier system introduced. 1960 - First subscriber trunk dialing route commissioned between Lucknow and Kanpur. 1975 - First PCM system commissioned between Mumbai City and Andheri telephone exchanges.

1976 - First digital microwave junction introduced. 1979 - First optical fibre system for local junction commissioned at Pune. 1980 - First satellite earth station for domestic communications established at Secunderabad, A.P.. 1983 - First analog Stored Program Control exchange for trunk lines commissioned at Mumbai. 1984 - C-DOT established for indigenous development and production of digital exchanges. 1995 - First mobile telephone service started on non-commercial basis on 15 August 1995 in Delhi.

While all the major cities and towns in the country were linked with telephones during the British period, the total number of telephones in 1948 numbered only around 80,000. Post independence, growth remained slow because the telephone was seen more as a status symbol rather than being an instrument of utility. The number of telephones grew leisurely to 980,000 in 1971, 2.15 million in 1981 and 5.07 million in 1991, the year economic reforms were initiated in the country. While certain measures were taken to boost the telecom industry from time to time, (for example introduction of the telex service in Mumbai in 1953 and commissioning of the first Subscriber trunk dialling route between Delhi and Kanpur and between Lucknow and Kanpur in 1960), the first waves of change were set going by Sam Pitroda in the eighties.[14] The real transformation in scenario came with the announcement of the National Telecom Policy in 1994.[15]

[edit] Indian telecom sector: recent policies

All villages shall receive telecom facilities by the end of 2002. A Communication Convergence Bill introduced in the Parliament on August 31, 2001 is presently before the Standing Committee of Parliament on Telecom and IT. National Long Distance Service (NLD) is opened for unrestricted entry. The International Long Distance Services (ILDS) have been opened to competition. The basic services are open to competition. In addition to the existing three, a fourth cellular operator, one each in four metros and thirteen circles, has been permitted. Cellular operators have been permitted to provide all types of mobile services including voice and non-voice messages, data services and PCOs utilizing any type of network equipment, including circuit and/or package switches that meet certain required standards. Policies allowing private participation have been announced as per the New Telecom Policy (NTP), 1999 in several new services, which include Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) Service, digital Public Mobile Radio Trunked Service (PMRTS) and Voice Mail/ Audiotex/ Unified Messaging Services.

Wireless Local Loop (WLL) has been introduced to provide telephone connections in urban, semi-urban and rural areas promptly. Two telecom PSUs, VSNL and HTL have been disinvested. Steps are being taken to fulfill Universal Service Obligation (USO), funding, and administration. A decision to permit Community Phone Service has been announced. Multiple Fixed Service Providers (FSPs) licensing guidelines were announced. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been allowed to set up International Internet Gateways, both Satellite and Landing stations for submarine optical fiber cables. Two categories of infrastructure providers have been allowed to provide end-toend bandwidth and dark fiber, right of way, towers, duct space etc. Guidelines have been issued by the Government to open up Internet telephony (IP).

[edit] Emergence as a major player

In 1975, the Department of Telecom (DoT) was separated from Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service. DoT was responsible for telecom services in entire country until 1985 when Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) was carved out of DoT to run the telecom services of Delhi and Mumbai. In 1990s the telecom sector was opened up by the Government for private investment as a part of Liberalisation-Privatization-Globalization policy. Therefore, it became necessary to separate the Government's policy wing from its operations wing. The Government of India corporatised the operations wing of DoT on 1 October 2000 and named it as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Many private operators, such as Reliance Communications, Tata Indicom, Vodafone, Loop Mobile, Airtel, Idea etc., successfully entered the high potential Indian telecom market.

[edit] Privatization of telcommunications in India

The Indian government was composed of many factions (parties) which had different ideologies. Some of them were willing to throw open the market to foreign players (the centrists) and others wanted the government to regulate infrastructure and restrict the involvement of foreign players. Due to this political background it was very difficult to bring about liberalization in telecommunications. When a bill was in parliament a majority vote had to be passed, and such a majority was difficult to obtain, given to the number of parties having different ideologies. Liberalization started in 1981 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi signed contracts with Alcatel CIT of France to merge with the state owned Telecom Company (ITI), in an effort to set up 5,000,000 lines per year. But soon the policy was let down because of political opposition. She invited Sam Pitroda a US based Non-resident Indian NRI to set up a Center for Development of Telematics(C-DOT), however the plan failed due to political reasons. During this period, after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi, many public sector organizations were set up like the

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) , VSNL and MTNL. Many technological developments took place in this regime but still foreign players were not allowed to participate in the telecommunications business.[16] The demand for telephones was ever increasing. It was during this period that the Narsimha Rao-led government introduced the national telecommunications policy [NTP] in 1994 which brought changes in the following areas: ownership, service and regulation of telecommunications infrastructure. They were also successful in establishing joint ventures between state owned telecom companies and international players. But still complete ownership of facilities was restricted only to the government owned organizations. Foreign firms were eligible to 49% of the total stake. The multi-nationals were just involved in technology transfer, and not policy making.[16] During this period, the World Bank and ITU had advised the Indian Government to liberalize long distance services in order to release the monopoly of the state owned DoT and VSNL; and to enable competition in the long distance carrier business which would help reduce tariff's and better the economy of the country. The Rao run government instead liberalized the local services, taking the opposite political parties into confidence and assuring foreign involvement in the long distance business after 5 years. The country was divided into 20 telecommunication circles for basic telephony and 18 circles for mobile services. These circles were divided into category A, B and C depending on the value of the revenue in each circle. The government threw open the bids to one private company per circle along with government owned DoT per circle. For cellular service two service providers were allowed per circle and a 15 years license was given to each provider. During all these improvements, the government did face oppositions from ITI, DoT, MTNL, VSNL and other labor unions, but they managed to keep away from all the hurdles.[16] After 1995 the government set up TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) which reduced the interference of Government in deciding tariffs and policy making. The DoT opposed this. The political powers changed in 1999 and the new government under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee was more pro-reforms and introduced better liberalization policies. They split DoT in two- one policy maker and the other service provider (DTS) which was later renamed as BSNL. The proposal of raising the stake of foreign investors from 49% to 74% was rejected by the opposite political party and leftist thinkers. Domestic business groups wanted the government to privatize VSNL. Finally in April 2002, the government decided to cut its stake of 53% to 26% in VSNL and to throw it open for sale to private enterprises. TATA finally took 25% stake in VSNL.[16] This was a gateway to many foreign investors to get entry into the Indian Telecom Markets. After March 2000, the government became more liberal in making policies and issuing licenses to private operators. The government further reduced license fees for cellular service providers and increased the allowable stake to 74% for foreign companies. Because of all these factors, the service fees finally reduced and the call costs were cut greatly enabling every common middle class family in India to afford a cell

phone. Nearly 32 million handsets were sold in India. The data reveals the real potential for growth of the Indian mobile market.[17] In March 2008 the total GSM and CDMA mobile subscriber base in the country was 375 million, which represented a nearly 50% growth when compared with previous year.[18] As the unbranded Chinese cell phones which do not have International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers pose a serious security risk to the country, Mobile network operators therefore planned to suspend the usage of around 30 million mobile phones (about 8 % of all mobiles in the country) by 30 April.[19] 56 years the average monthly subscribers additions were around 0.05 to 0.1 million only and the total mobile subscribers base in December 2002 stood at 10.5 millions. However, after a number of proactive initiatives were taken by regulators and licensors, the total number of mobile subscribers has increased greatly to 811.59 million subscribers as of Mar 31st 2011.[4] India has opted for the use of both the GSM (global system for mobile communications) and CDMA (code-division multiple access) technologies in the mobile sector. In addition to landline and mobile phones, some of the companies also provide the WLL service. The mobile tariffs in India have also become lowest in the world. A new mobile connection can be activated with a monthly commitment of US$0.15 only. In 2005 alone additions increased to around 2 million per month in the year 2003-04 and 2004-05.[citation needed] In June 2009, the Government of India banned the import of several mobile phones manufactured in China citing concerns over quality and the lack of IMEI's which make it difficult for authorities in India to track the sale and use of such phones.[20] In April 2010, the Government was also reported to be blocking Indian service providers from purchasing Chinese mobile technology citing concerns that Chinese hackers could compromise the Indian telecommunications network during times of national emergency. A series of attacks on Indian government websites and computer networks by suspected Chinese hackers has also made Indian regulators suspicious with regards to the import of potentially sensitive equipment from China. The companies reported to be affected by this are Huawei Technologies and ZTE.[21][22][23]

[edit] Telecommunications Regulatory Environment in India

LIRNEasia's Telecommunications Regulatory Environment (TRE) index, which summarizes stakeholders perception on certain TRE dimensions, provides insight into how conducive the environment is for further development and progress. The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines. The tool measured seven dimensions: i) market entry; ii) access to scarce resources; iii) interconnection; iv) tariff regulation; v) anti-competitive practices; and vi) universal services; vii) quality of service, for the fixed, mobile and broadband sectors. The results for India, point out to the fact that the stakeholders perceive the TRE to be most conducive for the mobile sector followed by fixed and then broadband. Other than for Access to Scarce Resources the fixed sector lags behind the mobile sector. The fixed

and mobile sectors have the highest scores for Tariff Regulation. Market entry also scores well for the mobile sector as competition is well entrenched with most of the circles with 4-5 mobile service providers. The broadband sector has the lowest score in the aggregate. The low penetration of broadband of mere 3.87 against the policy objective of 9 million at then end of 2007 clearly indicates that the regulatory environment is not very conducive.[24]

[edit] Revenue and growth

The total revenue in the telecom service sector was 86,720 crore (US$19.3 billion) in 2005-06 as against 71,674 crore (US$16 billion) in 2004-2005, registering a growth of 21%.estimted revenue of FY'2011 is Rs.835 crore (US$ 19 Bn Approx).The total investment in the telecom services sector reached 200,660 crore (US$44.7 billion) in 2005-06, up from 178,831 crore (US$39.9 billion) in the previous fiscal.[25] Telecommunication is the lifeline of the rapidly growing Information Technology industry. Internet subscriber base has risen to more than a 100 million in 2010.[26] Out of this 11.47 million were broadband connections.[4] More than a billion people use the Internet globally. Under the Bharat Nirman Programme, the Government of India will ensure that 66,822 revenue villages in the country, which have not yet been provided with a Village Public Telephone (VPT), will be connected. However doubts have been raised about what it would mean for the poor in the country.[27] It is difficult to ascertain fully the employment potential of the telecom sector but the enormity of the opportunities can be gauged from the fact that there were 3.7 million Public Call Offices in December 2005[28] up from 2.3 million in December 2004. The Total Revenue of indian Telecom Services company is likely to exceed Rs 200000 Cr ( US$ 44 Bn approx) for FY 11-12 based on FY 10-11 nos and latest quarterly results. These are consolidated nos inlcuding foreign operation of Bharti Airtel. The major contributions to this revenue are as follows: Bharti Airtel 65,060 Reliance Comm 31,468 Idea Cellular 16,936 Tata Comm 11,931 MTNL 4,380 TTML 2,248 BSNL 32,045 Voda 18,376 TataTeleservice 9,200 Aircel 7,968 SSTL 600 Uninor 660 Loop 560 Stel 60 HFCL 204 Videocon Telecom 254 DB Etisalat/ Allianz 47 Grand Total Rs 201,997 Crs contributed by Sanjay Banka, FCA

[edit] Telephone
On landlines, intra-circle calls are considered local calls while inter-circle are considered long distance calls. Currently Government is working to integrate the whole country in one telecom circle. For long distance calls, the area code prefixed with a zero is dialed first which is then followed by the number (i.e. To call Delhi, 011 would be dialed first followed by the phone number). For international calls, "00" must be dialed first followed by the country code, area code and local phone number. The country code for India is 91. Telephone Subscribers (Wireless and Landline): 861.48 million (apr. 2011) [4]

Land Lines: 34.55 million (apr. 2011)[4] Cell phones: 826.93 million (apr. 2011) [4] Monthly Cell phone Addition: 15.34 million (apr. 2011) [4] Teledensity: 72.08 % (apr. 2011) [4] Projected Teledensity: 1 billion, 84% of population by 2012.[29]

[edit] Mobile telephones

See also: List of mobile network operators of India and List of mobile network operators. With a subscriber base of more than 811 million,[4] the Mobile telecommunications system in India is the second largest in the world and it was thrown open to private players in the 1990s. The country is divided into multiple zones, called circles (roughly along state boundaries). Government and several private players run local and long distance telephone services. Competition has caused prices to drop and calls across India are one of the cheapest in the world.[30] The rates are supposed to go down further with new measures to be taken by the Information Ministry.[31] In September 2004, the number of mobile phone connections crossed the number of fixed-line connections and presently dwarfs the wireline segment by a ratio of around 20:1.[4] The mobile subscriber base has grown by a factor of over a hundred and thirty, from 5 million subscribers in 2001 to over 826 million subscribers as of Apr 2011 [4] (a period of 10 years) . India primarily follows the GSM mobile system, in the 900 MHz band. Recent operators also operate in the 1800 MHz band. The dominant players are Airtel, Reliance Infocomm, Vodafone, Idea cellular and BSNL/MTNL. There are many smaller players, with operations in only a few states. International roaming agreements exist between most operators and many foreign carriers. India is divided into 22 telecom circles. They are listed below:[4]

Assam Andhra Pradesh Bihar Delhi & NCR Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Kolkata Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra & Goa Mumbai

North East (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, & Tripura) Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh (East) Uttar Pradesh (West) West Bengal

A list of states (including the metros Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai in their respective states and excluding National Capital Territory Delhi) with the largest subscriber base as of Mar 03rd 2011 is given below Subscriber base[4] Uttar Pradesh 112,193,095 Maharashtra 98,469,453 Tamil Nadu 70,872,739 Andhra 61,826,969 Pradesh West Bengal 63,538,180 Bihar 54,742,871 Karnataka 50,157,913 Gujarat 47,995,018 Rajasthan 43,731,458 Madhya 46,767,687 Pradesh Delhi 39,957,798 Kerala 31,817,137 Punjab 29,096,660 India 826,930,916 State Population (01/03/2011) [32] 199,581,477 112,372,972 72,138,958 84,665,533 91,347,736 103,804,637 61,130,704 60,383,628 68,621,012 72,597,565 16,753,235 33,387,677 27,704,236 1,210,193,422 Mobile phones per 1000 population 562 876 982 730 696 527 821 795 637 644 2,385 953 1,050 692

[edit] Landlines
Until the New Telecom Policy was announced in 1999, only the Government-owned BSNL and MTNL were allowed to provide landline phone services through copper wire in India with MTNL operating in Delhi and Mumbai and BSNL servicing all other areas of the country. Due to the rapid growth of the cellular phone industry in India, landlines are facing stiff competition from cellular operators. This has forced landline service providers to become more efficient and improve their quality of service. Landline connections are now also available on demand, even in high density urban areas. The breakup of wireline subscriber base in India as of September 2009 is given below[33] Operator Subscriber base

BSNL MTNL Bharti Airtel Reliance Communications Tata Teleservices HFCL Infotel Teleservices Ltd All India

25,378,036 3,458,399 3,280,658 1,232,060 1,289,179 188,943 38,037 34,865,312

The list of eight states (including the metros Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai in their respective states) with largest subscriber base as of Feb 2011 is given below [33] State Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Kerala Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Delhi West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Subscriber base 5,845,504 3,481,360 3,302,031 2,326,813 2,741,983 2,829,816 2,173,485 2,376,882 2,286,888

[edit] Internet
India has the world's third largest Internet users with over 100 million users (of whom 40 million use the Internet via mobile phones) as of December 2010.[34] Internet penetration in India is one of the lowest in the world which is 8.4% of the population, compared to other nations like United States, Japan or South Korea where Internet penetration is significantly higher than in India.[35] Broadband The number of broadband connections in India has seen a continuous growth since the beginning of 2006. As of Apr 2011, total broadband Internet users in the country have reached 12.01 million [33] constituting 0.9% of the population.[4] India ranks one of the lowest provider of broadband speed as compared countries such as Japan, South Korea and France.[8][36] After economic liberalization in 1992, many private ISPs have entered the market, many with their own local loop and gateway infrastructures. BSNL/MTNL have continued to dominate the market because of its massive copper infrastructure present across the nation. The current definition of Broadband in India is speeds of 256 kbit/s. TRAI on Dec 2010 has recommended raising this limit to 512 kbit/s.[37] The bulk of Broadband consumers in

India fall in this category. Internet speed above 2 Mbits in India is still in a nascent stage. It forms a very low percentage of users as of now. But it is estimated that the number is bound to increase manifold in coming years. Many operators provide such type of plans. Operators based on ADSL/VDSL in India generally have speeds up to 24 Mbit max while those based on newer Optical Fiber technology offer up to 100Mbits in some plans Fiberoptic communication. India broadband growth has been plagued by many problems. Complicated tariff structure, metered billing, High charges for right of way, Lack of domestic content, non implementation of Local-loop unbundling have all resulted in hindrance to the growth of broadband in India.

[edit] Statistics
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) & Hosts: 86,571 (2004) Source: CIA World FactBook Country code (Top-level domain): .in

[edit] Broadcasting
Main article: Media of India

AIR Radio Tower Radio broadcast stations: AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998), Domestica Radio, Broadcasting Radios: 116 million (1997) Television terrestrial broadcast stations: 562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997)

Televisions: 110 million (2006) In India, only the government owned Doordarshan (Door = Distant = Tele, Darshan = Vision) is allowed to broadcast terrestrial television signals. It initially had one major National channel (DD National) and a Metro channel in some of the larger cities (also known as DD Metro). Satellite/Cable television took off during the first Gulf War with CNN. There are no regulations against ownership of satellite dish antennas, or operation of cable television systems, which led to an explosion of viewership and channels, led by the Star TV group and Zee TV. Initially restricted to music and entertainment channels, viewership grew, giving rise to several channels in regional languages, especially Hindi. The main news channels available were CNN and BBC World. In the late 1990s, many current affairs and news channels sprouted, becoming immensely popular because of the alternative viewpoint they offered compared to Doordarshan. Some of the notable ones are Aaj Tak (means Till Today, run by the India Today group) and STAR News, CNN-IBN, Times Now, initially run by the NDTV group and their lead anchor, Prannoy Roy (NDTV now has its own channels, NDTV 24x7, NDTV Profit and NDTV India).New Delhi TeleVision. Here is a reasonably comprehensive List of Indian television stations.

[edit] Next generation networks

In the Next Generation Networks, multiple access networks can connect customers to a core network based on IP technology. These access networks include fibre optics or coaxial cable networks connected to fixed locations or customers connected through wi-fi as well as to 3G networks connected to mobile users. As a result, in the future, it would be impossible to identify whether the next generation network is a fixed or mobile network and the wireless access broadband would be used both for fixed and mobile services. It would then be futile to differentiate between fixed and mobile networks both fixed and mobile users will access services through a single core network. Indian telecom networks are not so intensive as developed countrys telecom networks and India's teledensity is low only in rural areas. 670,000 route kilometers (419,000 miles) of optical fibres has been laid in India by the major operators, even in remote areas and the process continues. BSNL alone, has laid optical fibre to 30,000 Telephone Exchanges out of their 36 Exchanges. Keeping in mind the viability of providing services in rural areas, an attractive solution appears to be one which offers multiple service facility at low costs. A rural network based on the extensive optical fibre network, using Internet Protocol and offering a variety of services and the availability of open platforms for service development, viz. the Next Generation Network, appears to be an attractive proposition. Fibre network can be easily converted to Next Generation network and then used for delivering multiple services at cheap cost.

[edit] Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

TRAI announced the rules and regulations to be followed for the Mobile Number Portability in their draft release on 23 September 2009. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) allows users to retain their numbers, while shifting to a different service provider provided they follow the guidelines set by TRAI. Once a customer changes his/her service provider & retaining the same mobile number they are expected to hold the mobile number with a given provider for at least 90 days, before they decide to move to another service provider. This restriction is set in place to keep a check on exploitation of MNP services provided by the service providers.[38] As per news reports, Government of India decided to implement MNP from December 31, 2009 in Metros & category A service areas and by March 20, 2010 in rest of the country. It has been postponed to March 31, 2010 in Metros & category 'A' service areas. However, time and time again, lobbying by the state-run firms, BSNL and MTNL has resulted in innumerable delays in the implementation of Mobile Number portability. The latest reports suggest BSNL and MTNL are finally ready to implement the Mobile Number Portability by October 31, 2010.[39] A press release by the Department of Telecommunications on 30 June 2010 said "Keeping the complexity and enormity of the testing involved before MNP is implemented and keeping in view the present status of implementation by various operators, it has now been decided to extend the time line for implementation of MNP to 31st October 2010."[40] A news report on 25 November 2010 said Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was finally launched in Haryana. The MNP service inaugurate by the Union Minister of Communications & IT Mr. Kapil Sibal by making the inaugural call to Shri Bhupindrer Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana from a ported mobile number in function held at Rohtak city.[41] Another news report said it will be implemented across India on January 20, 2011. Even as DoT has recommended a porting fee of Rs. 19, some operators such as Idea Cellular may consider waiving off the porting charges.[42]

[edit] International

Nine satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region).Microwave Nine gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad and Ernakulam.

[edit] Submarine cables

LOCOM linking Chennai to Penang, Malaysia

India-UAEcable linking Mumbai to Al Fujayrah, UAE. SEA-ME-WE 2 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 2) SEA-ME-WE 3 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 3) - Landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai. Capacity of 960 Gbit/s. SEA-ME-WE 4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4) - Landing sites at Mumbai and Chennai. Capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s. Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG-FEA) with a landing site at Mumbai (2000). Initial design capacity 10 Gbit/s, upgraded in 2002 to 80 Gbit/s, upgraded to over 1 Tbit/s (2005). TIISCS (Tata Indicom India-Singapore Cable System), also known as TIC (Tata Indicom Cable), Chennai to Singapore. Capacity of 5.12 Tbit/s. i2i - Chennai to Singapore. Capacity of 8.4 Tbit/s. SEACOM From Mumbai to the Mediterranean, via South Africa. It currently joins with SEA-ME-WE 4 off the west coast of Spain to carry traffic onward to London (2009). Capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s. I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) with two landing sites at Mumbai (2009). Capacity of 3.84 Tbit/s. EIG (Europe-India Gateway), landing at Mumbai (due Q2 2010). MENA (Middle East North Africa). TGN-Eurasia (Announced) Landing at Mumbai (due 2010?), Capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s TGN-Gulf (Announced) Landing at Mumbai (due 2011?), Capacity Unknown.

[edit] Telecom Training in India

The incumbent telecom operators (BSNL & MTNL) have maintained several telecom training centres at regional, circle and district level. BSNL has three national level institutions, namely Advanced Level Telecom Training Centre (ALTTC) at Ghaziabad, UP; Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Of Telecom Training at Jabalpur, MP; and National Academy of Telecom Finance and Management. MTNL incorporated Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management (CETTM) in 2003-04. It is the largest telecom training centre in India and one of the biggest in Asia. It provides training in telecom switching, transmission, wireless communication, telecom operations and management to corporates and students besides its own internal employees. Other than the government opearators some private players like Bharti (Bharti School of Telecom Management part of IIT Delhi), Aegis School of Business and Telecommunication(Banglore and Mumbai) and Reliance have started their own training centres. UK based Cable Telecommunications Training Services Ltd CTTS is working with BECIL Broadcasting Engineering Consultancy Limited a government of India company it setting up of training centres across India.

[edit] Number Format - Mobile and Landline

[edit] Mobile
Access Code Mobile Switching Centre Code Subscriber Number 2 Digit 3 Digit 5 Digit 94 12 12345

[edit] Landline
For Landline, numbering plan is not that standardised.[43]

[edit] See also

TRAI Indian Telecommunication Service List of Indian wireless communications service providers Telecommunications Statistics in India Mobile phone industry in India

List of countries by number of mobile phones in use List of countries by number of Internet users

Telecommunications Statistics in India

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1 Introduction 2 Monthly Mobile Subscriber Additions 3 Telephone statistics 4 Broadcasting Statistics in India 5 References

[edit] Introduction
India has the fastest growing telecom network in the world with its high population and development potential. Airtel , Idea, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel,Tata Indicom, Vodafone, MTNL, and Loop Mobile are other major operators in India. However, rural India still lacks strong infrastructure. India's public sector telecom company BSNL is the 7th largest telecom company in world. Telephony introduced in India in 1882. The total number of telephone subscribers in the country waThe total number of telephones in the country stands at 861.48 million, while the overall tele-density has increased to 72.08% as of April 30, 2011.[1][2] and the total numbers of mobile phone subscribers have reached 826.93 million as of April 2011.[1] The overall tele-density has increased to 72.08 % in Apr 2011.[1] In the wireless segment, 15.34 million subscribers were added in Apr 2011.[1] The total wireless (GSM, CDMA & WLL (F)) subscribers base is 826.93 million as of Apr 2011.[1] The wire line segment subscriber base stood at 34.55 million <.[1] Indian telecom operators added a staggering 227.27 million wireless subscribers in the 12 months between Mar 2010 and Mar 2011[1] averaging at 18.94 million subscribers every month. To put this into perspective, China which currently possesses the world's largest telecommunications network added 119.2 million wireless subscribers during the same period (March 2010 - March 2011)[3][4] - averaging 9.93 million subscribers every month (a little over half the number India was adding every month). So, while India might currently be second to China in the TOTAL number of mobile subscribers, India is adding nearly twice as many subscribers EVERY month. Mobile teledensity increased by almost 18.4 percentage points from Mar 2010 and Mar 2011 (49.60% to 67.98%) while wireline subcriber numbers fell by a modest 2.2 million. This frenetic pace of monthly subscriber additions means that the Indian mobile subscriber base has shown a year on year growth of 43.23%.[1][5] According to recent reports, India was purported to overtake China to become the world's largest mobile telecommunications market by the year 2013. (However recent trends indicate that the event may occur earlier - as early as October 2011) It was also predicted that by 2013, the teledensity will shoot up to 75% and the total mobile subscriber base would be a colossal 1.159 billion.[6]

[edit] Monthly Mobile Subscriber Additions

The following table illustrates the gradual increase in monthly mobile subscriber additions(in millions) in India since January 2002.[7] Avera Annua ge l Month Yea Janu Febru Mar Apr Ma Jun Jul Aug Septe Octo Nove Dece Additi ly r ary ary ch il y e y ust mber ber mber mber ons(in Additi millio ons(in ns) million s) 200 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.28 0.35 0.41 0.49 0.37 0.53 0.72 0.8 5.23 0.44 2 8 9 5 6 200 0.6 2.2 1.4 2.3 0.64 0.6 0.96 1.79 1.61 1.67 1.9 1.69 17.49 1.46 3 4 6 2 1 200 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.58 1.6 1.91 1.67 1.84 1.51 1.56 1.95 19.49 1.62 4 7 3 3 4 200 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.4 1.76 1.67 0.73 2.74 2.48 2.9 3.51 4.46 27.86 2.32 5 6 2 8 5 200 3.8 4.2 4.7 5.2 4.69 4.28 5.03 5.9 6.07 6.71 6.79 6.48 64.14 5.35 6 8 5 8 8 200 6.1 6.5 7.3 8.0 6.81 6.21 3.53 8.31 7.79 8.05 8.32 8.17 85.27 7.11 7 1 7 4 6 200 10.1 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.2 8.77 8.53 9.16 10.07 10.42 10.35 10.81 113.26 9.44 8 6 1 2 4 2 200 15.6 11. 11. 12. 14. 15.0 15.41 13.82 14.98 16.67 17.65 19.10 178.25 14.85 9 4 90 58 04 38 8 201 20.5 16. 16. 17. 16. 18.1 19.90 18.76 17.1 18.98 22.88 22.62 227.12 18.93 0 9 9 31 98 92 8 201 20.2 15. 18.99 20.20 1 1 34

[edit] Telephone statistics

Telephone Subscribers (Wireless and Landline): 861.48 million (apr. 2011) [8] Land Lines: 34.55 million (apr. 2011)[8] Cell phones: 826.93 million (apr. 2011) [8] Monthly Cell phone Addition: 15.34 million (apr. 2011) [8] Teledensity: 72.08 % (apr. 2011) [8] Annual Cell phone Addition: 227.27 million (Mar 2010 - 2011) Projected Teledensity: 1.159 billion, 75% of population by 2013.[6] Telephone System: The telecommunications system in India is the 2nd largest in the world. The country is divided into several zones, called circles (roughly along state boundaries). Government and several private operators run local and long

distance telephone services. It was thrown open to private operators in the 1990s. Competition has caused prices to drop and calls across India are one of the cheapest in the world. The rates are supposed to go down further with new measures to be taken by the Information Ministry.

Landlines: In India landline service is firstly run by BSNL/MTNL and after there are several other private players too, such as Airtel, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Touchtel. Landlines are facing stiff competition from mobile telephones. The competition has forced the landline services to become more efficient. The landline network quality has improved and landline connections are now usually available on demand, even in high density urban areas. Mobile Cellular: The mobile telephone network has aggrandized greatly since 2000. The number of mobile phone connections crossed fixed-line connections in Sept 2004 and currently there are an estimated 811.59 million mobile phone users in India [1] compared to 34.73 million fixed line subscribers.[1] India primarily follows the GSM mobile system, in the 900 MHz band. Recent operators also operate in the 1800 MHz band. The dominant players are Aircel, Vodafone, Airtel, Tata Indicom, Tata Teleservices, MTS, Uninor, Reliance Infocomm, Idea Cellular and BSNL/MTNL. There are many smaller players, with operations in only a few states. International roaming agreements exist between most operators and many foreign carriers. Dialing System: On landlines system, intra circle calls are considered local calls while inter circle are considered long distance calls. Government is now working to integrate the whole country in one telecom circle. For long distance calls, you dial the area code prefixed with a zero (e.g. for Delhi, you would dial 011-XXXX XXXX). For international calls, you would dial "00" or + and the country code+area code+number. The country code for India is 91. Call Rates Cutting Blows: The rates of Communication in India were one of the highest in the world, till a few years back. The rates could not be justified by the fact that rupee is cheaper. In fact the Indian sub continent had shown a calm tolerance towards the high rate in even in telecom. The rates were also justified as the government has to feel the high cost involved in the one-time developments like satellite and telephone tower related charges. But now owing to better technologies the telecom rates in India are on the verge of becoming cheaper. The time may not be far when India will have the cheapest communication. One of the enabling technologies behind this is the brain child of an able Indian engineer Sandipan Bhattacharjee. He co-worked with a famous MNC to redefine the way telephones interact. A, computer engineer by profession, he extended waveoverlap theory to reach this goal. The technology is now patented and details are not available. There is a conversion process underway to make all numbers in India 10 digits long. Visitor Location Register(VLR):

Out of the total 861.48 Million mobile subscribers, 583.22 Million subscribers were active subscribers in VLR on the last working day of the month i.e, 30th Apr 2011.[1] The total active VLR number excludes the CDMA VLR figure of BSNL, as the service provider has not provided the VLR figures corresponding to their total CDMA subscriber base of 5.47 million. The proportion of VLR subscribers is 71.14 % of the total wireless subscriber base reported by the service providers.[1]

Internet Users: Number of Internet users in India is the 3rd largest in the world next only to China and the United States of America.[9] Though the number of internet users is high, internet penetration is still much lower than most countries across the globe. It must also be noted that 40% of all internet users in India are connected to the net only via their mobile phones.[9] Broadband Subscribers: Broadband in India is defined as 256kbit/s and above by the government regulator. Total subscribers were 12.01 million (Apr 2011).[1] Internet Service Providers (ISPs) & Hosts: 86,571 (2004) Source: CIA World Fact Book Country code (Top-level domain): IN

[edit] Broadcasting Statistics in India

Radios: 116 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations: 153- AM (Amplitude Modulation), 91- FM (Frequency Modulation), 68 (1998) - Shortwave

Televisions: 110 million (2006)

In India, only the government owned Doordarshan (Door = Distant = Tele, Darshan == Vision) is allowed to broadcast terrestrial television signals. It initially had one major National channel (also known as DD1) and a Metro channel in some of the larger cities (also known as DD2). Satellite/Cable television took off during the first Gulf War with CNN. There are no regulations against ownership of satellite dish antennas, or operation of cable television systems, which led to an explosion of viewer ship and channels, led by the Star TV group and Zee TV. Initially restricted to music and entertainment channels, viewer ship grew, giving rise to several channels in regional languages and many in the national language, Hindi. The main news channels available were CNN and BBC World. In the late 1990s, many current affairs and news channels sprouted, becoming immensely popular because of the alternative viewpoint they offered compared to Doordarshan. Some of the notable ones are Aaj Tak that means Till Today, owned by the India Today group and Star News, initially run by the NDTV group and their charismatic lead anchor, Prannoy Roy (NDTV now has its own channels, NDTV 24x7, NDTV Profit and NDTV India). Also Sahara

(like Sahara Rastriya & some regional channel),Sun network,E nadu India TV & IBN 7(the TV 18 group) are some most popular channel. Television terrestrial broadcast stations: 562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997).[10]

List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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1 List 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

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Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Country or Number of mobile phones Population region % of population Last updated 2010[2] June 2011[4] May 2011[7] Dec 2010[9] February 2011[11] June 2011[13] May 2009[14] Mar. 2009[15]

World Over 5 billion 6,909,500,000[1] China 906,800,000 1,341,000,000[3] 67.1 840,280,000[5] 1,210,193,422[6] 70.23 India United 302,947,098 310,866,000[8] 96 States Russia 220,550,000 142,905,200[10] 151.9 217,300,000 190,732,694[12] 111.6 Brazil Indonesia 168,264,000 237,556,363 73.1 107,490,000 127,370,000 84.1 Japan

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 a es

Germany Pakistan Nigeria Mexico Italy Philippin United Kingdom Banglade sh Turkey France Thailand Ukraine Iran Spain Argentin a Poland South Korea South Africa Colombi a Vietnam Egypt Algeria Venezuel Peru Taiwan Romania Canada Morocco Netherla nds Australia Saudi

107,000,000 105,151,871 90,583,306 88,797,186 88,580,000 78,000,000 75,750,000 74,190,000 66,000,000 58,730,000 516,170,908 54,377,000 52,000,000 50,890,000 50,409,800 47,153,200 47,000,000 42,300,000 40,300,000 34,500,000 71,460,000 33,000,000 27,400,000 27,100,000 25,412,000 22,800,000 24,037,372 27,050,000 20,000,000 21,260,000 46,000,000

81,882,342 130.1 171,901,000 63.2 140,000,000 64.7 112,322,757 79.8 60,090,400 147.4 92,226,600 73.6 61,612,300 122.9 150,093,000 48.6 71,517,100 92.2 65,073,842 90.2 65,001,021 81.0 46,143,700 117.9 75,078,000 69.3 45,828,172 111.0 40,134,425 125.6 38,186,860[31] 123.48 48,333,000 97.2 47,850,700 82.9 45,393,050 88.7 89,375,000 38.8 78,300,000 91.3 35,000,000 94.2 28,200,000 98.0 29,000,000 95.5 22,974,347 110.6 21,438,000 108.5 34,238,035 70.2 32,993,000 81.9 16,515,057 121.1 21,179,211 100.4 27,137,000 169.5

2009[16] Feb 2011[17] Feb. 2011[18] Sep.2010[19] Dec.2008[20] January 2010[21] Dec. 2008[22] Mar. 2011[23] 2009[24] Dec. 2008[25] 2009[citation needed] April. 2009[26] 2010[27][28] Dec. 2008[29] 2010[30] 2010[32] 2009[33] 2007[citation needed] 2009[citation needed] October 2010[34] Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, February 2011[35] 2011[36] 2008[citation needed] Dec. 2010[37] 2008[citation needed] March 2008[citation
needed]

Q3 2010[38] Q1 2010[39] Nov. 2009[40] Jun 2007[41] Jun 2010[42]

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

Arabia Malaysia Chile Sri Lanka Portugal Hong Kong Belgium Hungary Bulgaria Nepal Israel Denmark Azerbaija n Jordan Singapor e New Zealand Estonia Lebanon Lithuania Montene gro

30,379,000 21,000,000 17,359,312 14,500,000 13,264,896 11,822,000 11,833,000 10,655,000 10,001,670 9,319,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 6,010,000 4,770,000 4,620,000 1,982,000 2,720,000 4,960,000 1,294,167

28,250,000 106 17,094,270 122.9 21,000,000 80.95 10,632,000 137.0 7,008,900[46] 187.9 10,414,000 113.6 10,020,000 118.3 7,600,000 140.2 28,500,000 35.09 7,310,000 127.5 5,543,819 126.2 8,900,000 78.7 5,950,000 101.0 6,400,000 74.5 4,252,277 108.6 1,340,602 147.8 4,224,000 64.4 3,341,966 148.4 672,180 192.53

2010[43] Dec. 2010[44] Dec. 2010[45] 2008[citation needed] Nov. 2010[47] 2009[citation needed] Sept. 2010[citation needed] 2008[48] Nov 2010[48] 2008[48] February 2008[49] November 2009[50] March 2010[51] November 2009[citation needed] 2008[52] April 2009[citation needed] Oct 2010[53] February 2010[54] Dec 2009[55]

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List of countries by number of telephone lines in use List of mobile network operators

List of countries by number of telephone lines in use

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This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2010. Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Country/Region Worldwide China United States Germany Japan Russia Brazil France India United Kingdom Indonesia Vietnam Iran South Korea Mexico Spain Italy Canada Turkey Taiwan Ukraine Poland Argentina Egypt Australia Netherlands Thailand Colombia Venezuela Greece Sweden Romania Switzerland Pakistan Belgium South Africa Malaysia Number of telephone lines Date of Information 1,268,000,000 2008 est. 269,910,000 Mar 2011 [1] 141,000,000 2009 est. 48,700,000 2009 est. 47,579,000 2008 est. 44,200,000 2008 est. 41,497,000 2009 est. 36,431,000 2009 est. 34,730,000 Mar 2011[2] 33,209,000 2008 est. 30,378,000 2008 est. 29,591,000 2008 est. 24,800,000 2008 est. 21,325,000 2008 est. 20,667,000 2008 est. 20,200,000 2008 est. 20,031,000 2008 est. 18,250,000 2008 est. 17,502,000 2008 est. 14,273,000 2008 est. 13,177,000 2008 est. 10,336,000 2008 est. 9,631,000 2008 est. 9,600,000 2008 est. 9,370,000 2008 est. 7,324,000 2008 est. 7,024,000 2008 est. 6,820,000 2008 est. 6,304,000 2008 est. 5,975,000 2008 est. 5,323,000 2008 est. 5,306,000 2007 est. 4,820,000 2008 est. 4,546,000 2008 est. 4,457,000 2008 est. 4,425,000 2008 est. 4,292,000 2008 est.

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

Portugal Hong Kong Saudi Arabia Philippines Belarus Syria Chile Sri Lanka Kazakhstan Algeria Austria Israel Hungary Serbia Morocco Peru Czech Republic Bulgaria Republic of Ireland Denmark Norway Ecuador Singapore Croatia Uzbekistan New Zealand Finland United Arab Emirates Guatemala Costa Rica Bangladesh Azerbaijan Nigeria Tunisia North Korea Yemen Moldova Cuba Slovakia Iraq El Salvador Puerto Rico

4,121,000 2008 est. 4,108,000 2008 est. 4,100,000 2008 est. 3,905,000 2008 est. 3,718,000 2008 est. 3,633,000 2008 est. 3,526,000 2008 est. 3,446,000 2008 est. 3,410,000 2008 est. 3,314,000 2008 est. 3,285,000 2008 est. 3,100,000 2008 est. 3,094,000 2008 est. 3,085,000 2008 est. 2,991,000 2008 est. 2,878,000 2008 est. 2,278,000 2008 est. 2,258,000 2008 est. 2,202,000 2008 est. 2,062,000 2008 est. 1,928,000 2008 est. 1,910,000 2008 est. 1,857,000 2008 est. 1,851,000 2008 est. 1,850,000 2008 est. 1,750,000 2008 est. 1,650,000 2008 est. 1,508,000 2008 est. 1,449,000 2008 est. 1,438,000 2008 est. 1,390,000 2008 est. 1,311,000 2008 est. 1,308,000 2008 est. 1,234,000 2008 est. 1,180,000 2008 est. 1,117,000 2008 est. 1,115,000 2008 est. 1,104,000 2008 est. 1,098,000 2008 est. 1,082,000 2008 est. 1,077,000 2008 est. 1,038,000 2008 est.

79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Libya Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Dominican Republic Uruguay Ethiopia Burma Honduras Nepal Lithuania Lebanon Bolivia Armenia Latvia Georgia Kuwait Panama Jordan Estonia Kyrgyzstan Paraguay Turkmenistan

1,033,000 2008 est. 1,031,000 2008 est. 1,010,000 2008 est. 985,700 2008 est. 959,300 2008 est. 908,900 2008 est. 829,000 2008 est. 825,800 2008 est. 805,100 2008 est. 784,900 2008 est. 714,000 2008 est. 690,000 2008 est. 650,000 2008 est. 644,000 2008 est. 618,000 2008 est. 541,000 2008 est. 524,000 2008 est. 503,000 2008 est. 498,100 2008 est. 494,500 2008 est. 491,000 2008 est. 478,000 2008 est.

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List of countries by number of mobile phone in use