WiMAX, 3G and Number Portability to Drive Indian Wireless Market in 2009

摘要

Defying the global economic slowdown. India's mobile-phone demand is expected to continue to rise at an accelerated rale in 2009 due to the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), according to iSuppli Corp. India's mobile-phone demand is expected to rise to 136 million units in 2009. up 23.° percent from 110 million in 2008. This compares to 16.8 percent growth in 2008. Cellular subscribers in the nation will grow to 319.9 million by the end of 2008. up 36.9 percent from 233.6 handsel market is partly due to the declining costs of calls, the availability of inexpensive handsets, increasing geographical coverage and operators' rising portfolio of Value-Added Services (VAS)." said Abhimanyu Raina. associate analyst at iSuppli. "In 2009. the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of MNP are expected to drive the growth of the wireless sector."