Indian telecom user base falls for the first time New Delhi: Telecom subscriber base fell to 944.81 million in July from 965.52 million a month ago, the first ever decline in the country.

The subscriber base report for the month of July released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) shows that overall telecom user base of the country dropped by 20.71 million subscribers over June.

"This is the first time we have seen decline in overall subscriber base," a TRAI official said.

The decline in total subscriber base for the first time was led by the wireless segment where users declined by 20.61 million....more    
05:09 PM, Sep 09, 2012

Mobile cos add 9.8 million users in January New Delhi: Telecom operators added 9.88 million mobile subscribers in January, taking the total telephone user base in the country to 936.12 million, sectoral regulator Trai said today. India's mobile subscriber base increased to 903.73 million in January, up from 893.84 million in the preceding month, registering a growth of 1.11 per cent, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a statement. The overall teledensity (telephones per 100...  
12:39 PM, Mar 07, 2012

India's mobile subscription base crosses 873 mn
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New Delhi: Indian telecom service providers added 7.9 million new subscribers in September, taking the total number of wireless users in the country to 873.61 million, according to telecom regulator TRAI. The total telecom subscriber base of the country stood at 906.9 million at the end of September, taking the overall tele density to 75.48 (telecom connections per 100 people), a TRAI statement said today. The number of wireline subscribers...  
11:43 AM, Dec 06, 2011

Uninor on top as India's GSM base grows 1.15 pc
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New Delhi: India's GSM mobile subscribers base grew 1.15 per cent in October with an addition of over 7.12 million subscribers. The share new telecom operator Uninor alone was 2.67 million subscribers. The total number of GSM subscribers in the country crossed 625.4 million in October as against 618.28 million the previous month, data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) showed Monday. With a net addition of...  
12:15 PM, Nov 22, 2011