Teledensity in India reaches 42.27 per cent at end-August 2009
24 Sep 2009
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased 3.13 per cent to 494.07 million as of end-August 2009, from 479.07 million in July this year, taking the overall teledensity to 42.27 per cent the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in a release.
The wireless subscriber base, which includes GSM, CDMA and FWP increased to 456.74 million at the end of August-09 from 441.66 million in July, registering growth rate of 3.42 per cent. Wireless tele-density rose to 39.08 per cent.
The wireline subscriber base, however, continued to decline from 37.41 million in July 2009 to 37.33 million as of end-August. Though state-run telecom operators BSNL and MTNL have lost 0.14 million subscribers in August 09, they still own 85.80 per cent of the market share. However, the major private wireline service providers have increased their subscriber base. Wireline tele-density stands at 3.19 per cent.
The total broadband (256 Kbps download) subscriber base has reached 6.98 million in August, registering a growth of 2.65 per cent during the month, from 6.80 million in the previous month.
