Country’s total number of telecom subscribers rose marginally by 0.19 per cent to 90.618 crore in the month of August, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its statement on Friday.
The telecom regulator said, “The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 90.446 crore at the end of July, 2013 to 90.618 crore at the end of August 2013, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.19 per cent.”
Of the total subscriber base, wireless subscribers increased by 0.21 per cent to 87.67 crore in August from 87.48 crore in July. Trai further added, “The share of urban wireless subscribers has declined from 60.10 per cent to 59.98 per cent whereas share of rural wireless subscribers has increased from 39.90 per cent to 40.02 per cent.”