India: Mobile nos to start with ‘8′, 11 Digit next year
July 2nd, 2009 by Annkur
With a total of 415 million cellphone connections India is the fastest growing mobile market globally. Just a year back this number was at 277 million. Such growth comes with its own side effects. Having exhausted the 9 series, mobile operators in India are all set to issue mobile connections beginning with ‘8′. Janta would surely find this weird, having being accustomed to mobile nos starting with no 9 for over 10 years now. But this would still be better than 11 digit mobile nos that will might slip in 2010.
Department of Telecom and TRAI are burdened with many things. From the upcoming implementation of number portability to 3G auctions, banning of Chinese phones to ensuring privacy (Do Not Call etc), the mobile markets exponential growth keeps the regulators busy.
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Categories: Market Watch, Tech Industry News | Tags: cell phone, india, india mobile, mobile nos, numbers
Rightly pointed out the Burden of Trai. I believe the first thing to concentrate on is 3G, this will not only make already selling smart phones much value for money and also will create entrance for new phones.. Tired of the GPRS