1. m-Powering India: Mobile Communications for Inclusive Growth
- Author:
- Richard P. Adler and Mahesh Uppal
- Publication Date:
- 09-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Today, India is the world's fastest growing cellular phone market. This past month, we added 8 million subscribers. Our current telephone subscriber base stands at 273 million, with an annual compounded growth rate of 42 percent since 2002. The number of cellular phone subscriptions has tripled over the past year and is 233 million at present [December 2007]. India looks set to achieving the stated target of 500million telephone subscribers by the end of 2010.
- Topic:
- Development and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- India and Asia