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Tele-density likely to reach 3.5 per 100 by March 2001

Overall tele-density in the country is expected to reach 3.5 per hundred by March, 2001, which is almost double the tele-density two years ago.

Announcing this while presenting the Union budget, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said there are about 800,000 STD/ISD/Local booths around the country bringing telephone services within reach of almost all consumers besides generating considerable employment.

He said the government proposes to introduce the Convergence Bill to cover telecommunications, information technology and information and broadcasting sectors in an integrated manner.

Sinha said competition is being introduced in all service segments.

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