Highlights on Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st July 2013

Total number of telecom subscribers has increased to 904.46 million

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released the latest telecom subscription data (as on 31^st July 2013). As per this data, the total number of subscribers has increased to 904.46 million with a net addition of 1.37 million subscribers during the month – showing a monthly growth of  0.15%. Out of the total subscriber base, 548.85 million are from the urban areas and the remaining 355.60 million are the rural subscribers. The total Teledensity at the end of July 2013 was 73.54 out of which the share of urban subscribers was 60.68% and that of rural subscribers was 39.32%.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests increased from 95.59 million subscribers at the end of June 2013 to 97.82 million at the end of July 2013. In the month of July 2013 alone, 2.23 million requests have been made for MNP.

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Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)