Govt hails India's telecoms success story

About 870 million telephone connections were added against the target of 600 million during 11th five year plan (2007-2012) with the overall subscriber base reaching 914.60 million, the government said.

While the overall teledensity, or the number of connections in use for every 100 individuals living within an area, stood 76.03 percent, the urban teledensity has already reached 166.54 percent and the government hopes to raise rural teledensity to 40 percent by the end of 2014.

The government said that 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) are expected to reinvigorate the maturing urban markets and help in bringing balanced growth of economy by boosting broadband growth, where current subscriber base stands at more than 12 million.

Though launched with much fanfare in January this year and later perceived to have received a relatively lukewarm response from customers, mobile number portability (MNP), or the ability to switch carriers while retaining the number, had 19 million takers as of Nov 30, 2011.

Despite its growth, 2011 was seen by industry analysts largely as an adverse year for the telecoms sector with 2G spectrum scandal overshadowing headlines, even as fierce competition between existing players and a brewing regulatory stalemate over 3G roaming pacts kindled uncertainty.

The government?s move to usher more transparent protocols through a new telecoms policy, that was announced earlier, was said to be likely to be approved by June next year, delaying the keenly awaited policy by about six months to allow more time for consultations. (IBNS)

Source: http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-133203.html

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