Connect-World - Connect-World India 2015

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According to Deloitte, over the past decade, the Indian telecom industry has witnessed many positive developments. India has attained the second largest subscriber network after China , with the total number of subscribers scaling up to about 900 million, and claiming an urban teledensity in excess of 140 and rural teledensity of 40. With an estimated base of 67 million smartphone users in 2013, India also ranks fifth amongst the top countries in this category. With an increasing smartphone penetration in the country, subscribers accessing internet through mobile devices stand at 176.50 million.

India has achieved a great deal in telecom in terms of accessibility and connectivity throughout the country. What might the future bring?

The theme for this issue will be Telecom: Enabling growth and serving the masses

Connect-World Magazine Description:

Having recently celebrated our 19th anniversary, the Connect-World series of magazines is a forum where the highest-level decision makers in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector air their views regarding the impact of these technologies on regional and global development.

Connect-World publishes editions for each of the world's major regions: Africa and the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Europe, India, Latin America, North America and Global.

Our authors are the people who know the ICT sector best: the leaders of industry, governments, international organisations, legal experts, bankers and their advisors. Recent non-industrial contributors include, for example: Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General ITU, H.E. Ms Suvi Lindén, Minister of Communications, Finland and Matthias Kurth, President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Tele-communication, Post and Railway, Germany. Industrial contributors include, for example: Cesar Alierta, Chairman, Telefonica and Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM and Rejeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks.