New Delhi, July 27 - India's fixed-line telephone market will grow by 22 percent to reach Rs.5,500 crore (Rs.55 billion/$1.1 billion) by 2013, says a report by IT research and advisory firm Gartner.

'The Indian fixed-line market will see growth from broadband and Internet access sectors, which will together grow at the rate of 22 percent to reach Rs.55 billion by 2013,' the report released here Monday said.

The communications market is estimated to to grow at an average 2.6 percent annually from Rs.21,100 crore in 2008 to Rs.24,000 crore in 2013, Gartner added.

The communications market includes consumer voice services, consumer broadband access services and total consumer Internet access services.

The fixed-line subscriber base will remain at 37 million connections in 2013, while the broadband subscriber base will increase by 26 percent to reach 16 million subscribers, the report predicted.

Revenue from voice services will continue to dominate the overall fixed-line services in India.