teledensity

With more than 250 million mobile users and 6 million new ones added each month, India now has the "teledensity" to support more-sophisticated mobile technologies, which could have a big impact on Indian society and the economy in the next few years.

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India, the world's second-largest and fastest-growing telecom market, already has up to 14 operators in most of its 22 telecom service areas, with an average teledensity of over 70%.

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The transaction, India's largest crossborder deal after Tata Steel Ltd. 's roughly $13 billion acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus in 2007, will raise Bharti's subscriber base to about 180 million, giving it access to the fast-growing African market, where average teledensity is lower than in India.

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Urban teledensity which refers to the number of phone connections per 100 people -- has exploded from 65% in 2008 to more than 90% today (with cities like Mumbai and Delhi at more than 100%), while teledensity in rural areas grew from 14% to 30% over the same period.

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Once finalized, the deal would be India's largest cross-border deal after Tata Steel's roughly $13 billion acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus, and it will raise Bharti's subscriber base to around 170 million, giving it access to the fast-growing African market where average teledensity is lesser than India.

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Separately, the minister said teledensity in rural parts of India stood at 16.54% as at the end of May, compared to the target of 4% by 2010.

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And whereas government-run phone monopolies do remain in places like Ethiopia, they are being dwarfed in impact and innovation by the real competition one finds in spots like war-ravaged Somalia, a poor nation with no real government where a dozen mobile operators seek market share and explain a far greater "mobile teledensity" (how many phones one finds per 100 people) than Ethiopia.

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The country's overall teledensity, or the number of phone users for every 100 individuals, was 34.50% at the end of January compared with 33.23% at the end of December.

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Telephone system: general assessment: urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services domestic: very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003 international: country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2007)

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Telephone system: general assessment: a somewhat modern but not an advanced system domestic: mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing; combined fixed-line and mobile cellular teledensity about 25 telephones per 100 persons; telephone system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and low-capacity, microwave radio relay international: country code - 268; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Swaziland 2008