www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Looking at the pace with which the Indian mobile market is growing in terms of subscribers, DoT has run out of numbers that begin with ‘9′ and soon enough will have numbers that begin with the digit ‘8′. According to a local media report, nearly 100 million new numbers will be introduced in the market, half of which will be allotted to the operators.
According to TRAI, India’s mobile subscriber base stood at 415 million at May’09-end compared to 277 million, a year ago. Considering the substantial growth in the number of telecom service subscribers, DoT is planning making mobile phone numbers to 11 digits.