The Indian telecommunication industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, with over 1.2 billion telephone subscribers as of 2010, making it the second largest telecommunication network globally in terms of connections. Telecommunication activities in India have grown rapidly since the start of the 21st century due to efforts from both government and non-government organizations to improve infrastructure. The goal is to develop modern technologies that serve all of India's diverse society and transform the country into one aware of new technologies, as seen in the over 100-fold increase in mobile subscribers since 2001.
The Indian telecommunication industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, with over 1.2 billion telephone subscribers as of 2010, making it the second largest telecommunication network globally in terms of connections. Telecommunication activities in India have grown rapidly since the start of the 21st century due to efforts from both government and non-government organizations to improve infrastructure. The goal is to develop modern technologies that serve all of India's diverse society and transform the country into one aware of new technologies, as seen in the over 100-fold increase in mobile subscribers since 2001.
The Indian telecommunication industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, with over 1.2 billion telephone subscribers as of 2010, making it the second largest telecommunication network globally in terms of connections. Telecommunication activities in India have grown rapidly since the start of the 21st century due to efforts from both government and non-government organizations to improve infrastructure. The goal is to develop modern technologies that serve all of India's diverse society and transform the country into one aware of new technologies, as seen in the over 100-fold increase in mobile subscribers since 2001.
The Indian telecommunication industry is one of the world's fastest growing
industry, with 621.28 million telephone (landlines) subscribers and 584 million mobile phone connections as of March 2010, is the second largest telecommunication network in the world and the second largest in terms of number of wireless connections in the world after China. Telecommunication activities saw rapid growth in India starting at the dawn of the 21st century and since then, efforts have been made from both governmental and nongovernmental organizations to further improve the telecommunication infrastructure. The eventual goal is to foster the development and widespread use of modern telecommunication technologies that will serve all segments of Indias culturally diverse society, and to transform it into a country of technologically aware people. The Indian Mobile subscriber base has increased in size by a factor of more than one-hundred since 2001 when the number of subscribers in the country was approximately 5 million to 584 million in March 2010.