Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) has announced major additions to its board. Idea Cellular Managing Director Himanshu Kapania has been re-elected as the Chairman of
COAI for the year 2013-14, whereas Vodafone India Managing Director & CEO Marten Pieters was also re-elected as the Vice-Chairman for the same period at its Annual General Body Meeting (AGM). The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman were elected unanimously.
Himanshu Kapania said,India is inching towards the landmark figure of one billion mobile subscriptions by the year 2014. At the end of 2012, the India mobile subscriber base stood at 865 million and the country contributed over 13% of the global subscription base. In spite of its overweight, India is still a part of the unfinished growth story in global mobile telephony. But before we get too euphoric about our weight in the global telecom scene, let me also share with you that Indian telecom the closed calendar year 2012 with revenues of US$27 billion, and this is a meagre 2.3% of the estimated global telecom revenue of US$1.16 trillion.
Mr M. F. Farooqui, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), was the Guest of Honour at the AGM and made the Keynote Address to the industry representatives on “The Road Ahead for the Indian Telecom Industry”. The Secretary also participated in a question-and-answer session with the members. Mr Farooqui released the annual report of COAI at the function.
Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI, congratulated both the Chairman and the Vice- Chairman and looked
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