Mobile Phone History in India
January 9, 2010
India is one of the fastest growing economies all over the world and a live example which depicts the development is the growth of the telecommunication industry in India, especially the in the field of mobile communication.
Mobile phones in India were formally launched in august 1995. After the advent of these phones in the market many companies have forayed into this field. BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular are some of the companies which have made a mark in this field. The main technologies followed by India for mobile communication are global GSM and CDMA.
GSM is the global system for mobile communication and CDMA is based on code division multiple access. Mobile tariffs are very low in India.
There has been a significant increase in the services provided, especially in the rural areas. The rates of mobile phones and the tariffs are very low that almost every family in India can afford town a mobile phone. The government of India has played a very important role in achieving success in this area by adopting policies which help the families in the rural areas own a mobile phone. This type of policies encourages overall development of country rather concentrating on a single path.
The mobile subscriber’s base in India is said to have increased by 50% during March 2009. It has increased by 130 million and rose up to 391.8million. It is expected that the mobile subscriptions in India will rise up to half a billion. These statistics show the development of the telecommunication industry which in turn shows development of India.

I clicked into this story to know something about history of mobile phone industry…but except for some generalizations there isn’t much. I would like to know the number of subscribers in the initial stages and the width of mobile foot print. I would also like to know how the industry grew so fast in India. Pre-1995 an Indian had to wait years to get a land connection.
i love all types of mobile cell phones. thats it
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