 professed aim being to encourage the large players to invest. INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030: TELECOM, LAND TRANSPORT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY - ISBN 92-64-02398-4 - © OECD 2006 2. TELECOMS INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030 China China was chosen as the most advanced of the largest developing economies. China is adding more than 3 million new wireless users a month, with a 4.8 million increase in users during August 2005. Spending on infrastructure is accelerating. Mobile subscriptions in August 2005 had risen in total to 373 million. 10 Table 2.4. Telecom Diffusion within China's population China Telephone Mobiles Internet Population Population Population Mobile Mobile Fixed lines density as % of total users (million) (million) (million) subscribers (per 100 (x 1 000) (per 100 telephone (% of (x1000) population) population) subscribers population) 1 313 312 443 23.79 334 824 25.49 1 462 Source: US Census Bureau, OECD, International Telecommunication Union. India India has been selected since significant acceleration in infrastructure investment is expected, as it probably has the largest telecommunications infrastructure gap worldwide, compared to potential demand. Its 1.1 billion population has average GDP per head of USD 640 and projected GDP growth of 7.5% 11 Table 2.5. Telecom Diffusion within India's population India Telephone Mobiles Internet Population Population Population Mobile Mobile Fixed lines density as % of total (million) users (million) (million) subscribers (per 100 (x 1 000) (per 100 telephone (% of (x1000) population) population) subscribers population) 1 080 43 960 47 300 Source: US Census Bureau, OECD, International Telecommunication Union. Mobile has a strong part to play in this - in June 2005 subscriptions had risen to 7.4 million, 12 which indicates how fast India's spending on infrastructure is accelerating. So far the country has based much of its growth in hi-tech services (such as business process outsourcing) on industrial parks with tied communications via satellites with VSAT dishes and some interna