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Telecom subscriber base edges past 915 million; Vodafone key gainer

Telecom subscriber base edges past 915 million; Vodafone key gainer 1y532a

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 18 February 2014 10:01 IST

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The number of telecom subscribers rose marginally to 91.5 crores in December 2013 over the previous month, the regulator Trai said on Monday.

"The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 910.14 million (91.01 crores) at the end of November, 2013, to 915.19 million (91.5 crores) at the end of December 2013," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said. 4z3n37

Mobile subscriber base grew marginally to 88.63 crores while fixed line connections continued to decline to 2.88 crores at December end.

Vodafone was the major gainer during the month by adding 23 lakh new customers to its network. Its total base was about 16 crores at December end, the Trai data showed.

Market leader Bharti Airtel added about 18 lakh customers in the month to take its base to 19.84 crores.

On the other hand, state-run Tata Teleservices (76,256 s) and Loop Mobile by (25,152 s).

Videocon, which has operations in four circles ed the highest growth rate of 8.15 percent in subscribers. It expanded base by 3.5 lakh.

Among other operators, MTNL added 10,000 new customers.

In December, about 25 lakh customers submitted requests for changing service provider through the Mobile Number Portability facility.

The number of BSNL dominated fixed line broadband segment with 99 lakh customers, Bharti Airtel led wireless broadband market with 94.9 lakh customers.

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