Telecom News -- National

Indian telecom ready to cross 500 million mark

• Total Telephone subscriber base reaches 494.07 Million
• Wireless subscription reaches 456.74 Million
• Wireline subscription declines to 37.33 Million
• 15.08 Million new additions in wireless
• Wireline subscription declines by 0.09 Million
• Overall Tele-density reaches 42.27
• Broadband subscription is 6.98 million

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 494.07 Million at the end of August-09 from 479.07 Million in July-2009, thereby registering a growth rate of 3.13%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches 42.27

Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)

Wireless subscriber base increased from 441.66 Million in July-2009 to 456.74 Million at the end of August-09 at a monthly growth rate of 3.42%. Wireless Tele-density stands at 39.08.

Wireline Segment

Wireline subscriber base declined from 37.41 Million in July-2009 to 37.33 Million at the end of August-09. BSNL/MTNL, the PSU operators own 85.80% of the Market share. While major Private Wireline service providers have increased their subscriber base, BSNL/MTNL lost 0.14 Million subscribers in the month of August-09. Wireline teledensity is 3.19. Detailed statistics is at Annexure-II.

• Category wise Net Additions during the Month of August-2009

• Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service

Broadband (≥ 256 Kbps download)

Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 6.80 million in July-09 to 6.98 million in August-09, thereby showing a growth of 2.65 %.

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