Telephone subscriber base exceeds 100m

NEW DELHI: The total telephone subscriber base in the country, including fixed lines and mobiles, has crossed the 100-million mark. During April 2005 approximately two million subscribers were added for telephony services, which included around 0.59 million fixed lines and 1.44 million mobiles, according to a TRAI release.






At the end of April 2005, total fixed lines have crossed 46 million and mobiles have reached around 54 million making a total of telephony subscribers in the country to cross 100 million. Teledensity of the country has reached 9.26 as compared to 9.08 at the end of March 2005. During April 2005, 1.44 million mobile subscribers have been added raising the total number of mobile subscribers to around 53.65 million.





Broadband connections have also started to grow steadily since beginning of 2005. During the month of April 2005 approximately 44,000 additional broadband connections were provided taking the total broadband connections in the country to 2.28 lakh.