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Current Scenario in Telecom Sector in India

India is the new millennium has seen a communication explosion. Mobile telephony has reached the well as to the common people. This has not only increased teledensity to a higher level but also the cell towers have proliferated beyond bound, creating havoc.

	Total Number of Communication Towers in India	450,000.
	Towers in NCR	4500.
	Total Number of mobile users in India	20 million +
	Mobile Users in NCR	10 million
	Frequency of operation	900-1800 MHz.
	Power of signal from mobile phone	0.5-2 Watts

Current Global Scenario

Mobile Telephony is fast replacing fixed line communication system and use of Wireless technologies is replacing copper & fiber simultaneously from across the world!

Use of wireless technologies across the world has surely reduced the cost of communication but has added many operational and biological issues directly related to the mobile phone users, telecommunication professionals, residents close to mobile phone towers etc.

Rapid growth of mobile telephony will have acute problem of finding good locations for putting up mobile phone towers and will lead the consumers in a “Catch 22” situation where they will be forced to make a choice between “Better Communication” and “Better Health”.