India Mobile Market Statistics, 2002-2011

The Indian Mobile Services Market was worth $11.8 billion at the end of 2006, with 150 million subscribers making up 14% of the total population.

We anticipate mobile connections in India to reach 600 million by 2011, as the urban geographies of the country reach high levels of saturation including many consumers owning multiple SIM connections. A large portion of this growth will arise from pre-paid connections, driven by increasing affordability of handsets and tariffs amongst India's lower middle classes.

Take-up of 3G connections over the period is expected to be slow, constrained by network coverage issues and affordability of handsets. SMS ARPU is expected to increase modestly due to the network effect of increasing volumes. We anticipate more significant growth in data (non-SMS) ARPU driven largely by the popularity of Bollywood mobile content (e.g. ringtones, icons etc ).
This report provides comprehensive five year historical and five year forecast market sizing data consisting of:

• Population
• Mobile penetration
• 3G penetration
• Total subscribers, split by:
• Contract subscribers
• Prepaid subscribers
• 3G subscribers
• Total revenue, split by:
  • Contract revenue
  • Prepaid revenue
  • Voice revenue
  • SMS revenue
  • Data (non-SMS) revenue
• ARPU (Average Revenue per User), split by:
  • Contract ARPU
  • Prepaid ARPU
  • Voice ARPU
  • SMS ARPU
  • Data (non-SMS) ARPU

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Our market reports are based on robust, tried and tested, research methodologies. Historical market data is sourced largely from regulatory and company sources, where available. In cases where historical information is unavailable, we compile market assumptions and test these with industry professionals and experts. All our forecasts are sense checked both from a bottom-up and top-down perspective.

All variables are clearly defined. This report is available in Microsoft Excel format.