Salient features of Indian telecom sector
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Following are the salient features of the Indian telecom sector which was jolted Thursday by the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 telecom licenses given out during A. Raja’s tenure as the communication minister:
- Total subscribers (wireless and fixed-line) in December: 926.53 million
- One of fastest growing markets in the world
- Total players: 15
- Dominant players: Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone, Idea Cellular
- India held auctions of 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in 2010, raising about $20 billion
- 4G services expected to be launched by end of 2012 with fresh guidelines
- Exit policy for telecom players being framed
- TRAI quizzes telcos on tariff hike - Aug 25, 2011
- Uninor leads India to 903.73 mn mobile subscribers - Mar 06, 2012
- Telcos can fix call tariff depending on market conditions - Aug 26, 2011
- India's mobile subscriber base reaches 893.84 mn - Jan 30, 2012
- Reliance Communications hikes call tariffs by 20 percent - Aug 14, 2011
- India's mobile phone users grow to 729.57 million - Jan 25, 2011
- India reaps billions from BWA auction, biggies stay away (Lead) - Jun 11, 2010
- Sibal to launch Bharti Airtel's 4G services Tuesday - Apr 09, 2012
- Tata Teleservices loses 4.4 mn subscribers in November - Jan 09, 2012
- Airtel launches 4G services in Kolkata, first in India - Apr 10, 2012
- Auction of broadband airwaves starts Saturday - May 19, 2010
- Bharti adds 2 mn subscribers in May, India total now 929 mn - Jul 05, 2012
- Networks hope to acquire more users, spectrum - Feb 03, 2012
- India's mobile subscriber base reaches 919.17 million in March - May 03, 2012
- India's mobile subscriber base crosses 840 mn - Jul 07, 2011
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