18.6.15

Nudging a billion connections!

The total telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally to reach 999.71 million at the end of April, on the back of growth in wireless users. The telephone subscriber base stood at 996.49 million at the end of March, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said.
“The urban subscription increased from 577.18 million at the end of March-15 to 580.13 million at the end of Apr-15, and the rural subscription increased from 419.31 million to 419.58 million during the same period” Trai said in a statement.
The wireless subscriber base increased to 973.35 million at the end of April from 969.89 million in March whereas wire-line base continues to decline and has been reduced to 26.36 million at the end of April from 26.59 million in the preceding month. The wireless tele-density increased to 77.46%. The overall wire-line tele-density declined to 2.10%.

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