Wireless subscription reaches 506.04mn

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 543.2mn at the end of November-09 from 525.65mn in October-09, thereby registering a growth rate of 3.34%. With this, the overall tele-density in India reaches 46.32. Wireless subscriber base increased from 488.4mn in October-09 to 506.04mn at the end of November-09 at a monthly growth rate of 3.61%. Wireless Tele-density stands at 43.15. Wireline subscriber base declined from 37.25 Million in October-09 to 37.16 Million at the end of November-09. BSNL/MTNL, two PSU operators hold 85.35% of the Wireline market share. However, they lost 0.13 Million subscribers in the month of November-09. Overall Wireline teledensity is 3.17. Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 7.40 million in October-09 to 7.57 million in November, thereby showing a growth of 2.26%.