Telecom subscriber base touches 264.77 mn
New
Delhi,
Dec
24:
With
the
addition
of
8.22
million
telephone
connections
during
November
this
year,
the
total
number
of
subscribers
base
in
the
country
has
touched
264.77
million
at
the
end
of
the
month.
The total telephone customers added during October this year stood at 7.89 million. The overall tele-density in the country is 23.21 per cent at the end of November 2007 as compared to 22.52 per cent in the previous month. In the wireless segment, there is an addition of 8.32 million subscribers in November 2007 as against 8.05 million customers added in the last month.
The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA, WLL-Fixed) base is 225.46 million at the end of November 2007.
However, subscriber base in the wireline segment has decreased to 39.31 million in November 2007 as against 39.41 million customers in the previous month.
UNI