Number of fixed-line subscribers decreases

Over 8 million mobile subscribers were added in October against 7.8 million in September, taking the country's teledensity to 22.52 per cent. The tele-density in September was 21.85 per cent.

According to the latest telecom subscriber figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the number of fixed-line subscriber came down marginally to 39.41 million in October, from 39.58 million in September.

In October, the number of wireless and wireline users was 256.55 million, with 217.14 million mobile users, Trai said.

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and other mobile-phone operators in the world's fastest-growing major wireless market jointly added 8.05 million subscribers.

The number of broadband subscribers also increased marginally to 2.69 million against 2.67 million at the end of September 2007.