• BSNL’s Mobile segment market to touch one billion by 2015
  • WIRELESS TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS REGISTERS 56.75 PER CENT ANNUAL GROWTH

A telecom subscriber base of 600 million by the end of Plan period has been envisaged as per the 11th Plan (2007-2012).  The wireless telephone connections are 545.05 million as on 31.1.2010.   The wireless telephones connections have increased at the average rate of 56.75% per annum during the last 3 years i.e. from 31.3.2006 to 31.3.2009. As per the projections, the mobile segment market in India is expected to touch one billion by 2015.





The expected GSM mobile segment market for BSNL by 2013 is 119.9 millions. Year-wise details are given below:

Forecast FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Expected addition in mobile segment 16.5 20 17.6 19.1 17.8
Expected status at the end of the year 46.71 63.21 83.21 100.8 119.9

BSNL is expanding its mobile network capacity in a progressive manner to cater for increase in subscriber base.





This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Shri Gurudas Kamat in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha