In India, 3G Services Are Projected To Touch 50Million Subscribers By 2012

Research and Markets from Dublin, Ireland conducted a survey and the firm declared this Friday a report on “3G in India: Technology and Market Analysis“. This elucidated that by 2012, India will have a hike in the 3G services which will pull in almost 50 million subscribers from the nation.

With the view that Indians love to talk, Indian telecom firms had bet for almost 102.7 crores in the latest 3G and BWA (Bradband Wireless Access) auctions. There has been a significant growth in the Indian telecom market and the average growth rate is 30%. The recent graph shows almost a steady user base of almost 600 million of the population in India.

It is estimated that by 2012, 3G will spread like wildfire to almost 50 million subscribers. The most sought after telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Aircel and Vodafone Essar are getting ready with their 3G services for next gen’ communications and give them a better experience altogether.

Reliance Communications has already rolled out its new 3G plans, MobileNet Plan- providing unlimited Internet access, multimedia content download, instant messaging, chat services, and access to social networking sites and email to pre-paid and post-paid subscribers at an affordable Rs. 99 per month.

It is also been added that VAS (value added services) is also emerging out as a savour for telecom players. We had also reported earlier effect and penetration 3G technology is going to cause in India. It was also estimated that by the year 2015, around 30% of Indian population will be using the technology. But with this recent development we need to wait and watch how farther the 3G service penetrates itself  into the country.