TRAI Press release on Telecom Subscription data as on 31 Aug'2011

Highlights :

* Mobile Number Portability requests increase from 155.48 lakh
subscribers at the end of July 2011 to 180.59 lakh subscribers at the
end of August 2011. In the month of August 2011 alone, 25.12 lakh
requests have been made for MNP.
* Active wireless subscribers on the date of peak VLR in August - 2011
are 608.63 Million.
* Broadband subscription reaches 12.69 Million in August-2011 from
12.50 Million in July-2011.

>>  Total Telephone Subscribers : 
The number of telephone subscribers in
India increased to 899.78 Million at the
end of August, 2011 from 892.55 Million
at the end of July 2011, thereby
registering a growth rate of 0.81%. The
share of Urban and Rural Subscribers
has remained same as in the previous
month i.e. 66.27% and 33.73%
respectively. With this, the overall Teledensity
in India reaches to 74.96 at
the end of August, 2011 from 74.44 of
the previous month.
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      ----  Kishor Kumar Vajja.