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...
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...
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...
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...
Indus Towers to invest Rs 260 crore in Punjab, HaryanaIndus Towers today said it will invest Rs 260 crore on setting up 1,000 new telecom towers in Punjab and Haryana in the current fiscal.
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...
Mobile phone companies to pay less to Universal Services Obligation Fund if they meet rural teledensity targetsUSOF, an independent arm of the telecom dept, seeks to ensure connectivity in rural, remote or commercially unviable areas by subsidising t...
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...
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...
- Telephone boom in Bihar most visible sign of economic growth
Teledensity in urban areas of Bihar stood at 196.24 in 2012, which is more than the national average of 169.55.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Metros' teledensity crosses 100%
The scorching growth of mobile services over the 12 months, combined with falling tariffs, have seen the four metro cities of the country —...
- 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...
- IPTV services in small towns soon
The department of telecom (DoT) wants BSNL and MTNL to expand their IPTV services in small towns and rural areas to shore up national teled...
- Mobile boom leads teledensity to 206 mn
Rural teledensity remains low, though connections in urban areas continue to grow.
- 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...