According to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report, the wireless segment had seen an addition of 8.53 million subscribers in the month of February 2008 as against 8.77 million subscribers in January 2008. India’s total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and WLL) base stood at 250.93 million at the end of February 2008, the report stated.
India’s prominence in the mobile phone sector was reconfirmed after a report by the country’s telecom regulatory body suggested that its mobile subscriber base would surpass USA’s 256 Million subscriber base.
Compared to the US and China, India’s monthly wireless subscriber addition of 8.5 million users is the highest. Given the phenomenal growth in the wireless segment, TRAI has predicted that India would have the second largest wireless subscriber base after China in the first half of April 2008. TRAI also expects India s total subscriber base to cross the 300 million mark in April. According to CTIA (an Association of Wireless operators in US), the subscriber base of USA is 256 million at present.
However, despite the phenomenal growth in numbers, the telephone density in India hovers around the 25% mark. This means that only one out of every four Indians has a telephone connection.
Source: Techtree, MSN
so what………..
SO NOTHING .. shut the fXXX up ..
population of US- 310 million.. people with cell phone 256 million,
population of india 1.6 BILLION, people with cell phone (i will make u feel good), 300 million,
oh ya but we are ahead of US, ya why not
feel good about ur self indians, atleast there’s something we indians can be proud of, we hump more then any one else, still KIDS WEE DOOONT TAALK ABOOUT SEEEX, indian accent
To the above poster/comment-er.
You sir are an idiot.
It’s only us Indians that keep critzing ourselves.
I’m assuming you are just another complexed dumb nutshell living in your own fantasy.
That ain’t Indian Accent. Indian’s have a slow and clear one which you failed to notice. That is more of a french accent.
Rule #1 to be succesful in life: don’t talk when you don’t know what the hell you are talking about.
And yes, talking about your great dumb facts, here:
Years since U.S.A. has been independent: 232
Years since India has been independent: 60
Fool, your country has much more of a rapid growing rate. It IS hard to manage a country with such a large population and that too when the country is newly independent and the wealth has been taken away by Europe.
Yes, we don’t talk about sex because it is NOT considered an open subject in society. It is your culture which you are ashamed of, eh?
And, excuse me we Indians have a lot to be proud of but we also have some dumb ass holes like you who make us feel ashamed.
Every country is flawed, I have resided in 5 countries including Canada, India, Japan, U.A.E. and U.S.A. but none of them are perfect, each of them have their own issues, life quality here in Canada is better because we just had like 30 million people in this HUGE country.
Now that is what I call a stereotypical Moron. (You.)
Have a nice day now!