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Other pages in this profile of India:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 49.75 million (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 43.3 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 233.62 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 203.5 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies have prompted rapid growth; local and long distance service provided throughout all regions of the country, with services primarily concentrated in the urban areas; steady improvement is taking place with the recent admission of private and private-public investors, but combined fixed and mobile telephone density remains low at about 20 for each 100 persons nationwide and much lower for persons in rural areas; fastest growth is in cellular service with modest growth in fixed lines domestic: mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with about three private service providers and one state-owned service provider; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT) international: country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 562 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .in |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2.306 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 2 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 60 million (2005) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 52.3 (2005) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 346 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 250 over 3,047 m: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 52 1,524 to 2,437 m: 75 914 to 1,523 m: 84 under 914 m: 21 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 96 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 40 under 914 m: 47 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 30 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate/gas 9 km; gas 7,488 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,861 km; oil 7,883 km; refined products 6,422 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 63,221 km broad gauge: 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified) narrow gauge: 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,383,344 km paved: 1,603,705 km unpaved: 1,779,639 km (2002) |
Waterways |
Definition 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 493 ships (1000 GRT or over) 8,272,533 GRT/14,117,658 DWT by type: bulk carrier 104, cargo 232, carrier 1, chemical tanker 19, container 12, liquefied gas 19, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 11, petroleum tanker 91, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 12 (China 1, Hong Kong 1, UAE 8, UK 2) registered in other countries: 59 (Barbados 1, Comoros 2, Cyprus 1, Dominica 2, Gibraltar 1, Liberia 2, Malta 3, Panama 29, Singapore 10, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 6, unknown 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mormugao, Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam |
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