Will every Indian have access to a phone in ten years time? The author says that this is not only essential, but inevitable. This will not only help connectivity, but by linking the people to the national economy, it will also help to make our nation competitive.
Today, India is in the throes of a revolution in mobile telephony. Telephone penetration is increasing rapidly – almost exponentially. India has become the fastest growing mobile market in the world. The key to this growth is affordability, both in tariff rates and in the cost of handsets.
The biggest problem a country of India’s size is facing is geographical coverage. Sharing infrastructure in rural and semi-urban areas will help to surmount this problem.
Though universal connectivity is an ambitious goal for a nation that is over a billion strong; but given the rapid strides in the economy, the author is confident that it will come to pass by the year 2016 A.D.
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