ECONOMIC INDICATORS & GROWTH

• India's GDP growth @7% per annum and it is likely to go up.

IT SECTOR GROWTH (SOFTWARE & HARDWARE)

• Total IT production is expected to be US$ 87.00 billion (2008)
• Total IT software exports US$50.00 billion (2008)

IT MANPOWER PROJECTIONS

• 70 lakhs jobs in hardware & software (2008)

TELECOM SECTOR

• FDI investment US$25.00 billion (2007)
• Equipment Sector US$3.6 billion (2007)

TELEDENSITY

• Telecom subscriber base (fixed & mobile) 250 million (2007)
• Broadband subscriber base 20 million (2010)
• High speed internet base 40 million (2010)
• 23 states would have WAN & 6.00 lacs villages to have telephone connectivity.

SATELLLITE & CABLE TV GROWTH

• 6 DTH platforms to be operational (2009)
• 30 million DTH homes (2010)
• 500 to 1000 TV channels
• ISRO has more then 10 satellite and it has launched INSAT-4A high power ku band DTH satellite. ISRO has also launched a high power ku band satellite for EDUSAT.
• 45 million cable & satellite homes
• 50,000 cable operators
• More than 200 TV channels available

TELEVISION & PC DENSITY

• More than 90 million TV sets
• More than 25 million PC

TV & RADIO BROADCASTING

• More than 100 FM Stations (2008)
• DD has more than 1500 TV transmitters
• DD to launch mobile TV (DTT) soon