The trends show in the rural area for mobile phones rather than landlines phones. About 100 million users of mobile phones are from rural India which are 40% but the trends show that it will increase to 60% by 2012 year of the total telecom subscriber .
According tot the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), “In the first nine months of 2008, the four metros together added 10.3 million subscribers, while the rural areas added over 11.3 million.” The news was published by above mentioned online news paper.
Mobile phones users has increased in the third quarter of June in rural area from 13.72% to reach 70.83 million. The growth shows the real concept about the development of 60% mobile phones users by 2012.
According to Prashant Singhal who is the Ernst & Young telecom analyst said, “The majority of new wireless subscribers will emerge from circle B and circle C.” With a survey, India is the second largest mobile phones subscriber after China which has 300 million mobile phones users. It is estimated that by 2012 the total telecom subscriber will be 700 million in which 650 million will be wireless users. It means the market of telecom and wireless in India is in growing position.
