摘要：India has been among the fastest growing telecom markets worldwide, with about 13 million subscriber additions per month. In terms of the number of subscribers, India is the second largest telecom market in the world, with about 530 million subscribers as of October 2009. The sector continued its growth even in the difficult times of the global economiccrisis in 2008 and witnessed a subscriber growth of 44.2 percent over that in the last year. As of October 2009, India had a teledensity of 45 percent, hinting at the significant market potential yet to be tapped. The next phase of growth in subscriber base is expected to come from rural areas, as the urban teledensity has reached about 97 percent (more than 100 percent in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkota), as against the rural teledensity of 18 percent.The paper discusses the current scenario in the Telecom Sector, the government incentives and the investments at present and projected future investments in the public and private sectors. The paper also highlights the paradigm shift from e-government initiatives to m-government initiatives being witnessed due to high penetration levels of mobile over broadband.
