India`s moblie user growth rate touches 85%

Posted on | June 29, 2006 |

These are the findings of a TRAI study titled “Financial analysis of telecom industry of China and India”

India has posted 85% rise in its mobile subscribers annual growth rate while China posted 16% growth in the mobile user base in 2005.

Total telecom revenue of Chinese telecom companies increased from $65 billion to $72.70 billion during the calendar year 2005. Telecom revenue in India during 2005-06 was $19.50 billion.

Average revenue per user (ARPU) in India and China is comparable in GSM pre-paid segment but ARPU for post paid segment in China is much higher. ARPU for CDMA services are also higher in China in comparison to India.

However, ARPU for basic telephone services is higher in India when compared to ARPU for basic telephone services in China.

Further, the Minutes of Usages (MoU) of cellular mobile telephone services are much higher in India when compared to China`s cellular mobile telephone services.

Minutes of Usage of GSM and CDMA based cellular mobile telephone services in India are 32% and 70% respectively, higher when compared to Chinese cellular mobile telephone services, report said.

Source: myiris

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