The total wireless (GSM, CMDA and FWP) subscriber base in India increased from 884.37 million in November 2011 to 893.84 million at the end of December 2011, registering a growth of 1.07%, according to the latest figures by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
The overall wireless tele-density in the country has reached to 74.15.
“Out of the total 893.84 million subscribers, 646.77 million were active on the date of peak VLR for the month of December 2011,” TRAI stated.
The latest figures reveal that the total number of telephone subscribers (wireless and wireline) in the country has increased to 926.53 million at the end of December 2011 from 917.33 million at the end of November 2011.
The overall tele-density in the country has reached to 76.86 at the end of December 2011, up from 76.18 in the previous month.
The wireline subscriber base declined from 32.96 million at the end of November 2011 to 32.69 million at the end of December 2011. The overall wireline tele-density marginally declined to 2.71.
3.4 million requests for mobile number portability were made during December, bringing total requests for the year to 29.24 million.
The TRAI figures further reveal that the total broadband subscriber base has increased from 13.13 million at the end of November 2011 to 13.30 million at the end of December 2011, thereby showing a monthly growth of 1.30%. Yearly growth in broadband subscribers is 21.88% during the last one year (Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2011).
Idea cellular added the most number of subscribers during December 2011. The operator added 2.39 million new users during this month.
Uninor was at the second place and it added 2.12 million new subscribers during the month of December 2011. Airtel added 0.96 million subscribers, whereas Reliance Communications added 0.95 million new users. Vodafone added 0.91 million new subscribers during December 2011.
