Gaurav Mishra writes about the link between economical growth and mobile penetration. He points to an article in Economic Times which reports about the study title ‘‘India: The impact of mobile phones,’ conducted by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (the report is yet to be released)
Indian states with 10% higher mobile phone penetration will enjoy 1.2% higher annual average growth rate than those with a lower teledensity.
The real benefits of telecommunications only start when a region passes a threshold penetration rate of about 25%. Many areas have still not attained that level.
Delhi’s penetration rate is in excess of 100% but states such as Bihar, Orissa, Assam and Madhya Pradesh have not yet reached the critical 25% threshold.
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