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Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
The Telecom Sector witnessed substantial growth in the number of subscribers during the year 2013-14. At the end of the financial year, the subscriber base was 933.00 million, out of which 904.51 million were wireless subscribers. During the year, wireless subscriber base recorded an increase of 36.71 million while the overall teledensity increased from 73.32 to 75.23.
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The year also saw an increase in rural teledensity from 41.02 to 43.96 while the urban teledensity decreased to 145.78 from 146.96. As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of March, 2014 about 117.01 million mobile subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number. The Internet subscriber base in the country as on 31st March 2014 stood at 251.59 million as compared to 164.81 million as on 31st March 2013.
The minimum download speed for the broadband services was increased from 256 kbps to 512 kbps and the wireless data services were also included in the revised definition of Broadband service notified by the Government. The total broadband subscriber base of the country as on 31st March 2014 (as per the revised definition) is 60.87 million as per information available with TRAI, vis-a-vis 15.05 million as on 31st March 2013 (as per pre-revised definition).
In accordance with the provisions contained in the National Telecom Policy 2012 regarding “One Nation – Full Mobile Number Portability” (FMNP), TRAI after going through the consultation process and examination of various issues involved, forwarded its recommendation on FMNP across license service areas, on 25th Sept. 2013. In order to ensure strict compliance to the MNP regulations by Access Providers, the Authority amended the MNP regulations by incorporating provisions for levy of financial disincentives where contravention is established in rejection of porting requests and also in the timelines specified in the regulations.
