The subscriber base of Indian telcos increased by 7.9 million new users in September, an increase of 0.9% from August, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Total wireless subscriber base in the country was 865.7 million in August and it went up to 873.6 million at the end of September. The total telephone subscribers in India increased to 906.9 million at the end of September 2011 from 899.8 million at the end of August 2011.
The Indian regulator stated that the overall teledensity in the country reached to 75.48 at the end of September 2011 from 74.96 in the previous month.
According to TRAI, the wireless subscriber base in the country declined from 34.1 million at the end of August 2011 to 33.31 million at the end of September 2011. The overall wireline teledensity marginally declined to 2.8.
India’s broadband subscription reached 12.8 million in September 2011 from 12.7 million in August 2011, showing a monthly growth of 1.2%.
The Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests increased from about 18 million subscribers at the end of August to 20.6 million at the end of September. About 2.5 million MNP requests were received in September alone.
Uninor led the growth in the wireless subscriber base by adding 1.9 million new users, with its total subscriber base reaching 29.6 million users at the end of September 2011. Idea Cellular added 1.7 million new users, bringing its total subscriber base at 100.2 million.
Reliance Communications was next with 1.02 million new subscribers during September. Its total subscriber base reached 147.1 million.
Bharti Airtel added 930,000 new users during September, and its total subscriber base reached 172.3 million. Vodafone added 840,000 subscribers during September, and its total subscriber base was 145 million.
