Total 9.06 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during July 2008 as compared to 8.81 million connections added in June 2008.

The total number of telephone connections reaches 334.84 million at the end of July 2008 as compared to 325.78 million in June 2008. The overall tele-density is 29.08% at the end of July 2008 as against 28.33% in June 2008.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL(F)) base stood at 296.08 million at the end of July 2008.

A total of 9.22 million wireless subscribers have been added during the month of July 2008 as against 8.94 million wireless subscribers added during the month of June 2008. Circle-wise wireless subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-I.

In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has slightly decreased to 38.76 million in the month of July 2008 as against 38.92 million subscribers in June 2008. Circle-wise wireline subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-II.

Courtesy: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India

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