Comparative Study Of Teledensity In Pakistan And India

“COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TELEDENSITY IN PAKISTAN AND INDIA” Sana Sheikh

Countries that succeeded in harnessing (information and telecommunication technology) potential can look forward to leapfrogging conventional obstacles of infrastructure development, "and that" Everyone should be able to enjoy access to information and communication networks (Said by G-8 members) Pakistan and India are the most oldest, famous and strong rival. They are competing each other in every field. Telecom is one of them which took the shape of an industry, as market watchers put it, is one of the fastest growing and lucrative sector. Teledensity a common term which comes in telecom means "the number of main telephones lines for every 100 inhabitants, in broader term mobile subscriber includes in it.” “Teledensity is also used to refer the level of a country’s telecommunication infrastructure” (Saunders etal., 1994; Gille 1986). Despite stiff competition, economic slowdown and emerging saturation in the market of telecom industry, the total teledensity of the country has reached to ever highest of 60.6% in MAY, which means that number of connection through fixed line, wireless local loop and cellular phone has increased by more than 60% of the country’s population. the teledensity has been driven by the wireless local loop and cellular phone connections, which have been registering growth persistently despite watchdogs regulation and price war.Teledensity of mobile subscriber also registered all time high level of 56.6% with over 91million total customers base .wireless local loop sector has retained its teledensity at 1.5 with overall 2.41 million subscriber on the network of various operators. On the other hand India’s teledensity at the end of MARCH`09 was 37%, with total telephone subscriber accounting to more than 429 million with 38 million wire line subscriber. The GSM subscribers of total wireless subscriber were 288 million at March end 09. Teledensity increased from 4% in 1996 to 20% in 2007 which was primarily public sector driven and also by the new technology i.e. mobile technology.

Pakistan have higher mobile teledensity i-e 90% of population as compared to India which has 60%,reason is that due to last start of mobile in India

The main factors affecting the teledensity are  Socio economic conditions i-e the economic and social condition that might tend to explain the observed phenomenon.  Per capita income i-e how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year.  Literacy rate i-e the literacy rate is the percentage of people who can read in a certain country.  Terrain conditions i-e the condition of ground or a tract of ground, esp. with regard to its natural or topographical features or fitness for some use

 Availability of infrastructure i-e the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. Telecom sector of Pakistan continued to grow positively during 2007-08, however, the pace of growth was not fast. Since the liberalization has been completed and most of the segments of the sector have competition in some form, therefore it can be said that market is now moving towards maturity. Similarly internal and external factors including political and economic situation of the country also played a major role in current growth trends.