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STAT India United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 31.08 million
Ranked 10th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than India

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 25.13
Ranked 161st.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 18 times more than India

International calling code 91
Ranked 41st. 91 times more than United States
1
Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 30.79 million
Ranked 9th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than India
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 2.51
Ranked 156th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 18 times more than India

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2011.01.20 2003.11.24
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price 19 free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 4.9%
Ranked 109th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 15 times more than India
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 904.48 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 59.05 million
Ranked 7th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than India
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 48.37
Ranked 111th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 15 times more than India
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 699.22
Ranked 148th.
965.4
Ranked 113th. 38% more than India

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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