As the spread of mobile increases, it makes you wonder about the fine line between what is perceived as luxury and necessity.
One mobile – Necessity
Two mobiles – Luxury
No Mobiles – Happiness
On 17th January 2009, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) held a Seminar in Pune on the topic Disputes resolution in Telecom & Broadcast from where certain interesting facts about Mobile phones emerged.
- India has 374 million telephone lines
- Off this 336 million are Mobiles!
- 336 million Mobiles are distributed amongst 250 million GSM and 36 million CDMA
- Around 10 million mobile lines are added every month
- It is estimated that India will have 500 million mobile lines by 2010.
No wonder India is considered by many as the fastest growing mobile market in the world.