Wireless Intelligence: India 3G rollout (forecasts and market shares 2011-2015)
3G connections to hit 400 million by 2015, representing 30% of the market
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In 2010, the Indian government received a colossal US$15 billion from the auction of 3G spectrum. Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices and S Tel all won 3G licences and are expected to invest a combined US$2.5 billion in network rollouts between Q4 2010 and Q4 2011. The prospect of such a substantial investment in new high-speed networks and services is raising concerns about profitability in what is an acutely price sensitive market dominated by prepay users.
Wireless Intelligence forecasts that India will reach around 400 million 3G connections (including CDMA2000) by the end of 2015, which will represent almost 30 percent of total connections. Over 80 percent of 3G connections will be WCDMA/HSPA in five years, with the remaining 20 percent on CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000 1X EV-DO Rev. A networks. All mobile operators that acquired 3G spectrum last year will have commercially launched their WCDMA/HSPA networks by June 2011.
Operator market share, 3G connections, 2011 vs 2015
Source: Wireless Intelligence
