Sri lanka was the first south asian country to have a
:cellular network(celltel)
:gsm network
:3G network
:HSPDA
Everyone is talking about airtel.Just compare the technologies that the indian operators are equipped and what our mobitel and dialog are equipped with.If airtel reduce the call charges in an extraordinary amount it will definetely affect the development of sri lankan cellular industry .We are the leaders of south asian region(technologywise) and we myt lose that privelege with the upcoming price war.What I believe is that the call charges should be at a reasonable level where it should be fair for the customers and also it shouldnt prevent the room for mobile operators to expand their facilities.
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South Asia
South Asia is by and large on GSM, with pockets of CDMA here and there. Coverage isn't great in many areas, although India and Pakistan have good coverage in urban areas. Most of Asia also has 2G CDMA operators as well as GSM.
Sri Lanka leads the pack however, having its own 3G network, using 1xEV-DO."
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India
The country has 305.24 million subscribers in total.
[63] (Sep 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is
TRAI.
Rank-Operator -Technology -Subscribers
(in millions) -Ownership
1
Airtel GSM,
EDGE 74.78
[64] (September 2008)
Bharti Tele-Ventures,
Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and
Vodafone (4.4%)
2
Reliance CdmaOne
GSM 54.29
[65] (September 2008)
Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
3
Vodafone GSM,
EDGE 52.76
[66] (September 2008)
Vodafone (67%) &
Essar Group (33%)
4
BSNL GSM,
GPRS,
EDGE 43.17
[67] (September 2008)
State-owned
5
Tata Indicom CdmaOne 28.38
[68] (September 2008)
Tata Group
6
Virgin Mobile CdmaOne 24.33
[69] (March 2008)
Tata Group(50%) and
Virgin Group(50%)
7
Idea Cellular GSM,
GPRS,
EDGE 28.28
[70] (September 2008)
Aditya Birla Group
8
Aircel GSM 13.13
[71] (September 2008)
Maxis Telecom
9
Spice GSM 3.56
[72] (September 2008)
Spicecorp and
Telekom Malaysia
Sri Lanka
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 20% penetration rate.
[137] (September 2007)
Rank -Operator- Technology- Subscribers
(in millions) -Ownership
1
Dialog Telekom GSM,
GPRS,
EDGE
HSDPA 4.978
[138] (September 2008)
Telekom Malaysia
2
Mobitel (Sri Lanka) GSM,
GPRS
UMTS,
HSDPA 2.257
[139] (September 2008)
Sri Lanka Telecom
3
Tigo GSM,
GPRS
UMTS 1.723
[140] (September 2008)
MIC (100%)
4
Hutch GSM,
GPRS 0.958
[141] (September 2008)
Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
5
Airtel GSM,
GPRS,
UMTS Launching operations in 19 December 2008
Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
6
Reliance GSM,
GPRS Launching operations in 2009
Reliance Group of Companies