Registering a phenomenal rise, mobile subscriber’s annual growth rate in India is around 85 percent since 1999, ahead of China, which posted a 16 percent growth in the mobile user base in 2005.

This is one of the findings of TRAI, which brought out a study on "Financial Analysis of Telecom Industry of China and India." Indian mobile market is much more competitive than the Chinese mobile market, the report said.

"The growth of mobile services in India over the past few years has been phenomenal. Now over 4 million mobile subscribers are added every month. On the other hand China has registered a growth of 16 percent in the mobile subscriber base in the year 2005 with monthly addition of 5 million subscribers every month", the study said.

Total telecom revenue of Chinese telecom companies increased from $65 billion to $72.70 billion during the calendar year 2005. Telecom revenue in India during 2005-06 was $19.50 billion.

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