 Indian telecom service providers added 7.9 million new subscribers in September which takes the total number of wireless users in the country to 873.61 million, according to telecom regulator TRAI. The total telecom subscriber base of the country stood at 906.9 million at the end of September, taking the overall tele density to 75.48 (telecom connections per 100 people), a TRAI statement said today.
It added that the number of wireline subscribers fell to 33.3 million in September from 34.07 million in August. There was marginal increase in India's broadband subscriber base to 12.84 million in September from 12.69 million in the previous month. About 25.70 lakh subscribers submitted request for MNP in September. Since the introduction of MNP in November last year, about 206.29 lakh subscribers across the country had submitted requests, till September, for changing their service providers while retaining their mobile numbers under MNP.
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