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India's telephone subscriber base increases to 926.53 million at end of December 2011

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New Delhi, February 1, 2012
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The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 926.53 million at the end of December 2011, up 1 per cent from 917.33 million at the end of the previous month, figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said.

The share of urban subscribers has declined to 65.97% from 66.11% whereas share of  rural subscribers has increased to 34.03% in the month of December 2011, an official statement said.
 
With this,  the overall tele-density in India has risen to 76.86 at the end of December, 2011 from 76.18 of the previous month.
 
According to the statement, subscription in urban areas grew from 606.47 million in November 2011 to 611.19 million at the end of December, 2011. Subscription in rural areas increased from 310.86 million to 315.33 million during the same period. 

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