Mobile Users

Mobile users in India to grow to 990 million in India by 2020: Cisco

The number of mobile users in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.4 percent to 990.2 million, covering about 71 percent of the country's population, by 2020 from 798.4 million last year, according to a report by networking giant Cisco.

Viber launches new gaming service for users worldwide

As a part of a major expansion, popular chat app Viber has now launched 'Viber Games' worldwide in partnership with leading game developers.

Telecom subscriber base falls by 2 mn to 893.15 mn in Jan 2013

Telecom subscriber base fell by over 2 million to 893.15 million at the end of January 2013 due to "large scale disconnections of inactive SIMs by some of the service providers", Trai said.

Why falling mobile subscriber base is good for Indian telcos

The recent approach by operators to boost ARPUs is a deviation from the approach they have so long taken of adding subscribers to their network. Industry experts say that this approach can only be beneficial for the operators as well as for subscribers.

India mobile based services can be a $10 bn industry

The mobile value added services (MVAS) business in India could be a $10 billion industry by 2015 say industry insiders and sector specialists.<br /><br />

A billion mobile subscribers added globally in last four years

CAG report shows identities of 4.59 cr mobile users still unknown

Telecom service providers have failed to achieve 100 percent subscriber verification due to ineffective monitoring, says CAG

China now has 1.22 billion mobile phone users

The number of cellphone users in China reached 1.22 billion till October end, the Chinese government has revealed.

China now has 1.22 billion mobile phone users

The number of cellphone users in China reached 1.22 billion till October end, the Chinese government has revealed.

Telecom subscriber base falls by 2 mn to 893.15 mn in Jan 2013

Telecom subscriber base fell by over 2 million to 893.15 million at the end of January 2013 due to "large scale disconnections of inactive SIMs by some of the service providers", Trai said.