Telephone subscriber snippets

The overall telephone subscriber base in the country reached 525.65 million in October with the wireless subscriber base constituting the bulk at 488.40 million, according to data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The wireline subscribers in the country, however,declined to 37.25 million during the month. The overall teledensity in the country reached 44.87%. While wireless subscriber base increased from 471.73 million in September to 488.40 million, registering a growth rate of 3.53%, wireless teledensity increased to 41.69%.
Meanwhile, the wireline subscriber base declined from 37.31 million in September to 37.25 million. State-run BSNL and MTNL has around 85.46% share of the wireline marketshare.The overall wireline tele-density in the country is 3.18%.