Trai seeks views on new numbering planThe regulator said that even at 70 per cent utilisation of numbering resources, 4.68 billion numbers will be enough to cater to mobile tele...
20 Sep, 2019, 08.22 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
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
UPA presents upbeat picture of troubled telecom sectorThe controversies surrounding the telecom sector notwithstanding, the UPA said the telephone density has increased and call prices have dro...
22 May, 2013, 08.40 PM 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
- 200 million Indians have no TV, phone or radio
Chandigarh, Delhi and Goa are the only states or union territories with household internet penetration above 10%; it is under 1% in Bihar.
14 Mar, 2012, 10.01 AM IST
- Mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy: Minister
Govt is considering use of solar energy to tide over power deficiency impeding installation of mobile phone towers in tribal and hilly area...
04 Mar, 2011, 03.24 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
- Over 500 mn Indians own telephones
The country's telecom subscriber base has crossed the 500 mn-mark and the growth milestone has been achieved 15 months ahead of target.
04 Nov, 2009, 05.25 PM IST
- India adds 3.55 cr wireless subscribers in Apr-June quarter
India added 3.55 crore wireless telephone users during the quarter ended on June 30 this year taking the wireless subscriber base to 42.72 ...
01 Oct, 2009, 06.38 PM 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
- Telecom sector growth rate slips 1.08 pc
Telecom sector which boasted bypassing the recessionary trend to chart growth saw a 1.08 pc dip in new telephone connections in the month o...
29 Dec, 2008, 04.58 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 growth story on; 9.16 mn added in Aug
India's telecom growth pattern continues with mobile operators adding 9.16 million subscribers in August to the world's second largest wire...
24 Sep, 2008, 04.29 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
- Tele subscribers in Punjab cross 10 mn mark
The number of telephone subcribers - both fixed and mobile - crossed ten million mark in Punjab in June, while tele density touched 45 per ...
18 Jul, 2007, 03.55 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