October 22, 2004
Mobile phones overtake fixed lines in India

Mobile phones overtake fixed lines in India (Asia Times Online)

For the first time ever, the number of mobile connections in India have crossed fixed-line phones. At the end of September, there were 42.5 million mobile phone subscribers in India and 43.2 million fixed-line telephones. With almost 60,000 new mobile connections added daily, and accounting for the increase in fixed-line phones as well, Indian telecom observers had fixed October 18 as the D-day for mobiles overtaking landlines.

Classic case of tech leapfrogging!

Posted by Harshal at October 22, 2004 12:49 PM


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I am shocked that it took this long to happen! Looking at the snail's pace of land line connection delivery and the ease with which one could get a mobile, I thought this must have happened at least 2-3 years ago.

Posted by: Indian Rediff (Sai) on October 22, 2004 01:45 PM

The land-line providers had improved their service considerably in the past few years. You could get a phone within months (or even sooner) if you paid some lumpsum amount when applying ('tatkal' service) or could prove that you really needed a phone line for professional reasons. I know doctors could use this option. Maybe businesspeople too, I don't know. So the number of new land-line connections were increasing much faster than earlier but of course they couldn't keep up with the rate of adoption of mobile phones.

Also note that a upper middle class family will typically have only one land-line but will likely have 2-3 mobiles.

Posted by: Harshal on October 22, 2004 03:35 PM

itwas inevitable.
why it did not happen sooner?
when i went for the mobile in the bearly days, i had to dial five times to get a connection.
and the mobile set cost 12k for a good set.

tv

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