22.88 mn mobile subscribers added in Nov: TRAI

Telecom operators added a whopping 22.88 million mobile subscribers in November 2010.

Telecom operators added a whopping 22.88 million mobile subscribers in November 2010,taking the total number of telephone users in the country to 764.76 million,sectoral regulator TRAI today said.

According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,the mobile subscriber base increased to 729.57 million by the end of November 2010 from 706.69 million in the preceding month,registering a growth of 3.24 per cent.

With this,the overall teledensity (telephones per 100 people) in India touched 64.34 per cent.

The growth in the wireless category was led by Vodafone,which added 3.12 million users taking its subscriber base to 121.16 million by end of November 2010.

Bharti Airtel added 3.10 million subscribers,taking its user base to 149.39 million. Idea Cellular and Aircel,on the other hand,added 2.80 million and 1.21 million users,respectively.

Reliance Communications added 3.01 million subscribers,while Tata Teleservices added 1.78 million users in the reported month.

State-run telcos BSNL and MTNL added 2.99 million and 35,366 new users respectively.

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The wireline subscriber base,on the other hand,declined from 35.43 million in October to 35.19 million in November.

BSNL and MTNL hold 83.12 per cent share of the wireline market.

The total broadband subscriber base increased 1.80 per cent to 10.71 million in November 2010 from 10.52 million in October 2010.