Rising tele-density in India has been accompanied by falling revenue per user for telecom companies
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2001: auction for "fourth operator"
2010: 3G spectrum auction
2003: Unified Access Service License
India teledensity (%)
ARPU (Rs. per week)*
*ARPU: Average revenue per user, Rs. per week (deduced from per month figures provided per quarter)
