| Communications | India |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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35.09 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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30 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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752 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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633 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: supported by recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world; total telephone subscribership base reached 700 million, an overall teledensity of 60%, and subscribership is currently growing more than 15 million per month; urban teledensity has reached 100% and rural teledensity is about 20% and steadily growing
domestic: mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with multiple private service providers and one or more state-owned service providers; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT)
international: country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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Doordarshan, India's public TV network, operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; large number of privately-owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately-owned FM stations are permitted but limited to broadcasting entertainment and educational content (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 149, FM 171, shortwave 54 (2009) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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7,981,027 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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6,954,228 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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22,021,721 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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1,400 (2009) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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849,410 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.in |
Internet hosts:
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4.536 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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61.338 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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52 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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