The economic slowdown and the resultant lay offs in sectors such as IT and automobile have not deterred people from spending on
mobile phones. Judging by statistics produced by the Cellular Operators' Association of India, 9.75 lakh new mobile phone connections (GSM) were provided in Chennai and Tamil Nadu circles in December 2008 alone. In the last three months of 2008, about 26 lakh new connections were given across the state. While about 1.15 lakh new service connections were provided in Chennai in October, the new additions fell to 56,000 in November. For the corresponding periods in the districts, the figures were 7.7 lakh and 6.5 lakh, respectively. Significantly, for every new connection in Chennai, five new ones were added elsewhere in Tamil Nadu.
Though Tamil Nadu (4.29% growth in December) is only the third fastest (after Bihar that recorded 5.21% growth and Uttar Pradesh, 4.78%) growing telecom circle in India, in terms of actual numbers (two crore connections) it is the largest circle in the country, ahead of even the two largest metros, Delhi and Mumbai. Although Uttar Pradesh comes a relative close second with 1.77 crore mobile phone connections, Bihar is way behind with only 59 lakh subscribers.
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