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October 15, 2005
India takes steps to boost teledensity
In the seas off the Cochin coast of southern India, motorized fishing boats is often interrupted by the ringing of mobile phones from various fish markets looking to buy their catch reported International Herald Tribune earlier this month.
Currently growing at 35% India may be the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. A recent report by UK's Financial Times states that Indian government is taking steps beef up adoption of mobile phones in its mostly rural areas.
According to the FT report India is considering using its Universal Services Obligation Fund, to which all telecoms operators in India currently contribute, to set up 20,000 new base stations across the country.
Posted by admin at October 15, 2005 08:46 PM