Airtel, Jio gain wireless subscribers in December; Vodafone Idea, BSNL continue to lose usersIndia's mobile subscriber base grew in December 2025. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added new users. Vodafone Idea and BSNL saw subscriber...
10 Feb, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
India's active mobile subscribers cross 1,086.18 million in August 2025India's telecom sector saw robust growth in August, with active mobile subscribers reaching 1,086.18 million, a 0.52% increase in total wir...
06 Oct, 2025, 08.49 PM IST
India's wireless subscriber base rises above 1,171 million: TRAIIndia's total wireless subscribers reached 1,171.91 million by July 2025. Urban subscriptions increased, while rural subscriptions declined...
29 Aug, 2025, 07.01 PM IST
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
India's wireless subscriber base hits 1.16 billion in March, grows 0.28% monthly: TRAITelecom Regulatory Authority of India releases new data. India's wireless subscriber base increases in March. The total number reaches 1,16...
07 May, 2025, 06.55 PM IST
55,669 villages still without mobile telephony services: Ravi Shankar PrasadRavi Shankar Prasad said that the current level of rural and urban tele-density stood at 48.79% and 152.36%, respectively, at the end of Se...
23 Dec, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
BSNL services come under attack in Lok SabhaBJP's Sanjay Dhotre wondered whether BSNL employees were working for private operators as they were "not interested" improving its own serv...
06 May, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
India’s wireless tele-density reaches 74.55%: TraiThe number of telephone subscribers in India showed "a monthly growth rate of 0.61%,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its...
20 Nov, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
Rakesh Garg takes over as new telecom secretary, says increasing rural tele-density priorityRakesh Garg took charge as the new telecom secretary on Thursday, saying his big focus area would be increasing rural tele-density to a 100...
17 Jul, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Universal Services Obligation Fund open to graded cut in contribution by private telcosUSOF, an independent arm of the telecom dept, seeks to ensure connectivity in rural, remote or commercially unviable areas by subsidising i...
30 Apr, 2014, 03.24 PM IST
Telephone users down to 90.45 crore in October: GovernmentMinister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said there are variations in tele-density between different service areas as also ...
18 Dec, 2013, 04.04 PM IST
Poor rural tele-density may hit India's broadband user targetIn its latest pan-India tele-density report, the DoT pegs rural tele-density as on July 31, 2013, at a modest 41.64% compared to 146% in ur...
11 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- No change in policy to auction spectrum: Kapil Sibal
"The decline in the telecom user base after June 2012 is due to the removal of inactive mobile telephone connections and high tele-density ...
05 Dec, 2012, 04.25 PM 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
- Telecom user base grows to 241 mn, tele-density at 21%
Of the total number of telecom users, wireless subscribers base has crossed the 200-million mark. In July, the total telecom subscriber bas...
21 Sep, 2007, 03.59 PM IST
- Telecom subscribers base at 21.8 cr
The telecom user base further expanded with the net addition of 63 lakh subscribers in May, taking the total number of telephone connection...
19 Jun, 2007, 06.00 PM IST
- Survey bullish on telecom
The Economic Survey on Friday presented a bright picture for the telecom sector and asked the government to maintain pro-competitive policy...
25 Feb, 2005, 01.24 PM IST