The total number of telephone connections in
the country crossed the record one billion mark in May, bolstered by
growth in number of mobile users.
At the end of May, the total number of telephone
connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million
connections were wireless or mobile, data released by regulator TRAI
showed today.
The number of connections per 100 persons stood at
79.67 at the end of May. However, the subscriber data is not entirely
comparable with the population of the country as many people have
multiple connections.
“The number of telephone subscribers in India
increased from 999.71 million at the end of April 2015 to 1,002.05
million at the end of May 2015, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of
0.23 percent,” TRAI said.
Of the total wireless subscriber base, maximum of
868.64 million customers were found active in May and as per the report
102 percent of Idea’s subscribers were found to be active during the
month.
The mobile subscriber base grew to 975.78 million in May from 973.35 million in April.
The growth in the mobile segment was led by Idea
Cellular, which added over 1.25 million new customers taking its
customer base to over 160 million. Bharti Airtel added over 1.19 million
customers in May. New player Telewings, which operates under the Uninor
brand, added 928,870 subscribers.
However, Reliance Communications, BSNL, Sistema Shyam
and Tata Tele Services together lost over two million connections
during the month.
Land line connections too continued to decline. The
number of landline connections fell by 0.36 percent to 26.27 million in
May over April.
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