India adds 2.46 mn wireless subscribers in June 2025, led by urban growthIndia's wireless subscriber base experienced growth in June 2025, reaching 1170.88 million, driven primarily by urban areas. Mobile subscri...
29 Jul, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
Maha Kumbh: No call drops, seamless internet at mega festival with record teledensityTelecom service providers are working to ensure seamless connectivity for the 40 crore attendees at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Measu...
28 Jan, 2025, 12.48 PM IST
Economic Survey: Reforms to enable speedy 5G rollouts, help consumersThe Survey added that 5G services would impact consumers directly through higher data transfer speeds and lower latency, and 5G use cases d...
31 Jan, 2023, 08.22 PM IST
Telecom subscriber base falls to 116.3 crore in May; Jio, BSNL continues to grow"The number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,169.44 million at the end of April 2020 to 1,163.67 million at the end of Ma...
26 Aug, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
Jio adds a record 11.8 mln users in July, sub base up to 227 mln: TraiThe data captured the market figures for July, a month before the merger of the British telecom giant Vodafone’s India operations with the ...
18 Sep, 2018, 07.39 PM IST
BSNL adds most users in August, while mobile user base declines to 1.02 billionAccording to Trai, total wireless subscriber base declined 0.52% to 1,028.88 million at the end of August, from 1,034.23 million in July.
25 Nov, 2016, 08.28 PM IST
Delhi, Maharahtra top internet reach-&-usage indexThe nationwide study conducted by IAMAI and Indicus Analytics also found that Delhi's mobile subscriptions are twice its population.
09 Feb, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Rural telecom users grow at faster rate than urban counterparts: CAGTelecom users in rural areas have grown at a faster pace compared to their urban counterparts in the last five years, a CAG report said tod...
30 Aug, 2012, 04.20 PM IST
- India's telephone subscriber base crosses 951 million by end-March
The subscriber base stood at 926.53 million at the end of December 2011.
02 Aug, 2012, 06.32 AM IST
- Tele-base soars to 543m as mobile cos add record 17.65m in Nov
The number of telephone subscribers touched 543.20 million at the end of November, taking tele-density closer to the half-way mark, driven ...
23 Dec, 2009, 07.14 PM IST
- Average urban teledensity crosses 100% mark
The average urban teledensity in India has now crossed the 100 per cent mark as per latest figures released by the department of telecom (D...
12 Dec, 2009, 12.19 AM IST
- Number of new telecom subscribers dips in April
The Indian telecom industry saw a dip in the number of new subscribers in April - 11.75 million telephone connections were added, compared ...
01 Jun, 2009, 01.21 PM IST
- 15.64 mn wireless subscribers added in Mar '09
A record 15.64 million wireless subscribers were added in March and for the first time in two years wireline subscriber-base has increased ...
21 Apr, 2009, 03.29 PM IST
- PM expects telecom user base to touch 700 mn by 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expects the telecom subscriber base in the country to touch 700 million by 2012, going by the massive number ...
11 Dec, 2008, 05.11 PM IST
- Mobile boom leads teledensity to 206 mn
Rural teledensity remains low, though connections in urban areas continue to grow.
06 Jul, 2007, 05.42 PM IST
- MTNL’s fixed-line call to Saudi Arabia rejected
MTNL’s Arabian dream is truly over. The company, which lost the race for bagging Saudi Arabia’s third mobile licence in March, has now fail...
20 Apr, 2007, 01.19 AM IST
- Telephone connections touch 176.5 mn
The total number of telephone connections in the country has increased to 176.5 million with the addition of more than six million new user...
15 Nov, 2006, 08.15 PM IST