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Bangladesh - 75%
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According to a report by an international mobile research and development body called mobiforge, Bangladesh tops the list of mobile users in South Asia followed by Pakistan and India. This has been unveiled by a report in a prominent Bangla daily. The research report further says that for the first time Bangladesh has been included in the 100 million users' club of fourteen countries. The sheer number of mobile users in Bangladesh, being 75 per cent of its population, reflects a huge stride taken in ownership of a powerful communication device.

While the trend of accessing the internet via mobile has increased, mobile phone is being widely used for exchange of information and data related to marketing, agriculture, health and education. Decisively, this has been an important tool for banking and financial transactions. According to The Economist, some 2.5 billion taka (US$31.7 million) is transacted daily via mobile phones in today's Bangladesh.

However , public and private sectors should now work together to foster a conducive atmosphere for promising youngsters to invent subject specific apps so that the numbers of services are multiplied. Now the task is to create mobile based employment opportunities to the fullest. The quiet mobile revolution will now have to be taken forward to a more vibrant multiple mobile usage culture.

Bangladesh tops mobile users' list in South Asia - ANN
 
Bangladesh - 75%
Pakisatn - 70%
India - 62%

According to a report by an international mobile research and development body called mobiforge, Bangladesh tops the list of mobile users in South Asia followed by Pakistan and India. This has been unveiled by a report in a prominent Bangla daily. The research report further says that for the first time Bangladesh has been included in the 100 million users' club of fourteen countries. The sheer number of mobile users in Bangladesh, being 75 per cent of its population, reflects a huge stride taken in ownership of a powerful communication device.

While the trend of accessing the internet via mobile has increased, mobile phone is being widely used for exchange of information and data related to marketing, agriculture, health and education. Decisively, this has been an important tool for banking and financial transactions. According to The Economist, some 2.5 billion taka (US$31.7 million) is transacted daily via mobile phones in today's Bangladesh.

However , public and private sectors should now work together to foster a conducive atmosphere for promising youngsters to invent subject specific apps so that the numbers of services are multiplied. Now the task is to create mobile based employment opportunities to the fullest. The quiet mobile revolution will now have to be taken forward to a more vibrant multiple mobile usage culture.

Bangladesh tops mobile users' list in South Asia - ANN


In Pakistan its 77% around 132-136 million users

Mobile Users in Pakistan Reach 132 Million :
 
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It is written that Bangladesh Report is from 2013 while Indian Report is from 2014

Also the 3G user percentage in BD is 22% while in India it is 3%
 
3G is overpriced in India and 4G is in very limited areas.

Don't expect 3G numbers to go up as long as the prices don't go down.
 
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India:

In 2014 July - 76%

In 2014 January - 62 %
No,it was reported by world bank back in 2013 to be around 71%.
And press release of TRAI said this...
(Driven by wireless connections,…)
"The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 922.04 million at the end of January, 2014 to 931.95 million at the end of February, 2014, thereby showing a monthly growth of 1.08 per cent," telecom regulator TRAI said in a statement today.
Total number of telephone users in India goes up by one crore in February: Report - Economic Times
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC):
2013 July - 75%
Yes it is 75% for Bangladesh. But figure from India & Pak were incorrect.looks like they have used some other criteria for these two countries.
 

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