www.WirelessFederation.com/news: India, has according to data released by telecoms regulator TRAI, has added 14.38 million mobile subscribers in July’09, taking the total mobile subscriber base to 441.66 million.
According to TRAI’s figures, about 14.25 million telephone connections, including wireline and wireless, have been added during the month compared to 11.91 million connections added in June 2008. A total of 12.03 million wireless subscribers were added in June.
With this, the overall tele-density in India has reached 41.08 against 39.86 in June 2009, it added.
On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
On 07.03.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the Indian Government, at the pace with which the Indian telecoms market is growing, the target of 500 million fixed and mobile phone connections by 2010 seems to be taking shape.
India’s Economic Survey for the year 2008-09, released ahead of the budget, unveiled strong growth in the telecom sector with the country counting a total of 414 million fixed and mobile connections as of February 2009.
Teledensity rose from 12.7% in March 2006 to 35.65% in February 2009, after government reduced the barriers to entry and created a level playing field between new entrants and incumbents. The country’s rural regions are also experiencing strong growth, with the number of rural lines increasing from 12.3 million in March 2004 to 112.71 million in January 2009. Rural teledensity reached 13.81 per cent over the same period.
The survey has further suggested that the 2G and 3G spectrum should be freely tradeable rather than following current legislation which prevents the purchase and sale of spectrum.
On 06.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil has added nearly 2.09 million mobile subscribers in the month of May, ending the month with a total mobile subscriber base of 157.502 million, up 1.88%. The prepaid subscriber base accounted for 81.75% of the total subscriber base whereas postpaid held 18.25%. The teledensity across the nation grew to 82.44% up from 68.23% in May 2008. Anatel reports that Vivo led the Brazilian mobile market with 29.38% of the total subscriber base, followed by Claro with 25.51%, TIM Brasil with 23.59% and Oi with 21.14%.
On 04.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nepal Telecom’s subscriber base has pushed up the penetration rate from 10.12% to 13.28%. This has led to increase in country’s teledensity rate to 20.45%.
In the first eight months, NT, Nepal’s largest telecom company, distributed 705,469 additional GSM mobile phone lines, taking up the number of NT’s GSM cell phone subscribers to 2.42 million. It also reported 206,016 additional CDMA phone lines in the first eight months. NT is intending to distribute two million additional GSM phone lines and 462,000 CDMA lines within this fiscal year.
“In the next two years people can see more people using mobile phone service even in the rural areas,” Amar Nath Singh, Chief of NT, reportedly said. “We are also actively pursuing the task of installing VSATs to operate mobile phone services in remote places,” he added.
On 04.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Indian mobile operators have added a record 15.64 million subscribers for the month of March, driven by network expansion in the rural areas, reports TRAI. The mobile subscriber base of India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, grew by 50%, to 391.8 million in the 12 months ended March.
The country also had about 38 million fixed-line subscribers at end-March.
In total, India now has 429.7 million telephone connections, giving the country a teledensity of almost 37%, up from 35.65% at the end of February.
Of the mobile operators, Reliance Communications Ltd. led the chart with the highest number of additions at just over 3 million, closely followed by BSNL and Vodafone Essar. Bharti Airtel Ltd., the country’s largest mobile operator, was a close fourth with 2.81 million subscriber additions.
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On 02.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
Indian telecom subscribers have grown to 400.05 million at the end of January, 2009 up from 384.79 million in December. The overall teledensity increased to 34.5% from 33.23% in December, revealed TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India).15.41 million mobile subscribers were added in Jan in comparison to 10.81 million subscribers in December.
The mobile subscriber base in India has reached 362.3 million at the end of January.
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On 01.19.09, In Mobile, By Editor
Botswana’s telecommunication is likely to record growth in the year 2009 placing it ahead of the telecoms market of South Africa and Nigeria in terms of teledensity. The forecast is followed by the launch of BeMobile by the Botswana Telecommunication Corporation (BTC) in 2008.
“The launch of BeMobile places Botswana ahead of South Africa and Nigeria to take position one in teledensity in the fourth quarter of 2009, despite the country’s small population,” a media group reportedly said.
Botswana is being looked as an emerging force in the mobile communication industry driven by cut throat competition prevailing between the operators loike Mascom and Orange.
On 12.01.08, In Mobile, By Editor
Nigerian telecoms market looks forward to achieve a tele-density of 100% by 2020 driven by massive telephone and mobile communication improvements, calling for a huge growth in the ICT sector. Nigeria, till today as nearly 140 million people being serviced by 60 phone lines, a 45% success rate in a development wherein it’ll boost the Nigerian economy and infrastructure. Internet installation is one of the most important technological advancement to be addressed. “ICTs are in fact enablers of broad based socio and economic development. ICTs not only contribute to the development of education, health and governance, but are also key enablers of sustainable human development in a more general sense. No modern economy can thrive without an integral information technology and telecommunications infrastructure. This is because ICTs provide the veritable platform for development across the economic and other sectors if well harnessed,” said vice chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe. According to Ndukwe, if the goal is achieved, Nigeria would then have as many phone lines which can impressively improve the lives of the local people in as far as communication through telephone, cellphone and internet is concerned. Today the ratio stands at 1:1 implying that a Nigerian individual living in an urban centre owns three communication lines in the sense that at work and home an individual will be serviced by telephone lines and a mobile cellular phone, to make it three gadgets of communication.
On 11.20.08, In Mobile, By Editor
Anatel, the Brazilian telecoms regulator reports an addition of 4Mn new mobile lines in October’08 experiencing a rise of 2.85% in comparison to September’08. At the end of October, the number of registered active mobile lines reached 145Mn. Of the total mobile subscribers in October, 81.24% were prepaid and 18.76% postpaid.
Teledensity in Brazil went up to 75.2, up by 2.73% since September’08 and 24.5% since October’07.
The leader in mobile market share was Vivo with a market share of 29.7%, compared to 30.0% registered in September. Claro stood at the second place with 25.31%, down from 25.33%, and TIM came third with 24.70%, down from a 25.02% market share the month previous. Oi took the fourth position with registered 16.21% in October from 15.53% in September, while Brasil Telecom came in fifth with 3.67%, compared to 3.73%.