Wireless segment adds 6.8 mln subscribers in Nov '06

New Delhi, Dec 13 (UNI) The country's wireless segment added 6.8 million subscribers during November 2006, the highest ever growth in a single month.

At the end of November 2006, total wireless (GSM, CDMA, WLL-F) subsribers were 143.02 million.

The fixed line subscriber-base registered a negative growth of 0.05 million resulting in net addition of 6.75 million subscribers as compared to 6.52 million during October. It was 40.51 million at the end of November, a TRAI statement said today.

The gross telephony subscribers reached 183.53 million at the end of the month as compared to 176.78 million in October.

The overall tele-density reached 16.60 as compared to 16 at the end of October. The tele-density in November 2005 was 11 and ''thus there is steep growth in tele-density in previous 12 months (50 per cent)''.

The net addition of wireless and fixed line subscribers in the first eight months of the FY 2006-07 is 43.21 million, which is almost twice as compared to the addition 21.52 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.

At the end of November, total braodband connections in the country reached two million, adding 0.08 million subscribers.

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