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Wireless teledensity in rural India falls behind

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Soma Tah
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NEW DELHI, INDIA: As per the latest telecom subscription data (as on 31st July 2013) released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the share of urban wireless subscribers has increased from 59.80 per cent to 60.10 per cent whereas share of rural wireless subscribers has decreased from 40.20 per cent to 39.90 per cent.

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The wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 522.27 million in June 2013 to 525.78 million at the end of July 2013. On the contrary, the wireless subscription in rural areas decreased from 351.10 million to 349.09 million during the same period. The urban wireless teledensity has increased from 139.16 to 139.87, whereas rural teledensity has decreased from 41.14 to 40.88.

As per TRAI report, total wireless subscriber base in India has increased from 873.36 million at the end of June 2013 to 874.88 million at the end of July 2013. This is a monthly growth of 0.17 per cent. The overall wireless teledensity in India has reached 71.13 from 71.08 of previous month.

Private operators hold 88.30 per cent of the wireless market share (based on subscriber base) where as BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators, hold only 11.70 per cent market share.

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