The ascendency of India as an economic world power

The total number of wireless subscribers in the country — including GSM, CDMA and fixed mobile — has reached 209.08 million and the tele-density stood at 21.85 per cent as on September 30 this year. The total telephone subscriber base stood at 248 million, much ahead of the target month of December.

 

 The wireless segment added 7.80 million subscribers in September, compared with 8.31 million users accrued during the comparable period of August.

 

 During the July-September period, Indian operators added 43.97 million users, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).