India has over 1.2 bn cell phone customers: I&B ministry

NEW DELHI : Ministry of Information and Broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra on Wednesday mentioned that India has over 1.2 billion cell phone customers and 600 million good telephone customers. 

“Along with very low knowledge charges, this penetration of good telephones has resulted in customers consuming excessive quantity of knowledge and leisure through cell units,” Ministry of Information & Broadcasting mentioned in a press release quoting Apurva Chandra as saying.

Social media has induced quicker and deeper percolation of knowledge in India, to the impact that this has even diminished the lack of lives in pure calamities. The Secretary was talking on the first World Media Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Apurva Chandra congratulated the United Arab Emirates for holding the primary ever such Congress. He additional added that the India has loads in frequent with the host nation. 

The Secretary knowledgeable the viewers concerning the media panorama in India and mentioned that India is a rustic with a practice media comprised of 897 tv channels, of which over 350 have been information channels, and over 80 thousand newspapers popping out in numerous languages. However he added, not too long ago there was a shift in direction of new media with children consuming data from this new media. 

The Secretary mentioned that this has introduced a problem of credibility and that introduced a problem to the federal government. 

He added that it was pertinent that the Government provide you with means to maintain a examine on this phenomenon and that’s the place India has come out with a self regulatory mechanism, which ensures that the primary stage of criticism may be resolved on the stage of the social media organisation.

Catch all of the Technology News and Updates on Live Mint.
Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates & Live Business News.

More
Less