New Delhi, June 19: Subscriber addition by the Indian
telecom industry has slowed down for the second month in a
row, with 11.59 million wireless subscribers being added in
May 2009.
This is against an addition of 11.90 million wireless
users in April, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
said in a statement.
Total 11.44 million telephone connections (wireless and
wireline) were added in May compared to 11.75 million
connections added in the previous month. With this, the
telecom subscriber base stood at 452.91 million in May against
441.47 million in April.
The overall teledensity, calculated on the basis of the
number of people using phones for a population of 100, has
reached 38.88 at the end of May against 37.94 in April, TRAI
said.
The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and WLL (F))
base stood at 415.25 million at the end of May 2009 with the
addition of 11.59 million wireless subscribers.
In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has
decreased marginally by 0.15 million to 37.66 million in the
month of May 2009 against 37.81 million subscribers in April
2009, registering a slight decrease of, TRAI added.
Total broadband subscriber base has reached 6.40 million
in May, compared to 6.28 million in the previous month, TRAI
said.
Bureau Report
