Only half of Indian tele users are active, says TRAI

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Out of the total 723.28 million telephone subscribers in India, only 482.89 million are active, says Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 723.28 million at the end of September, 2010 from 706.37 million in August 2010, thereby registering a growth rate of 2.39 percent.

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With this, the overall tele-density in India reaches 60.99 wireless segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP). Wireless subscriber base increased from 670.60 million in August-2010 to 687.71 million at the end of September 2010 registering a growth of 2.55 percent. However, there are only 482.89 million active wireless users.

Whereas, wireline subscriber base declined from 35.77 million in August 2010 to 35.57 million at the end of September 2010.

BSNL/MTNL, the two PSU operators hold 83.48 percent of the wireline market share. Overall wireline teledensity is 3.00.

Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from10.08 million in Aug-2010 to 10.29 million in Sep-2010, there by showing a growth of 2.08 percent.