Latest figures from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stated that the total number of mobile phone subscribers in India reached 884.37 million at the end of November 2011, with Tata Teleservices losing 4.4 million subscribers in the same month.
According to the TRAI figures, the total wireless subscriber base increased by 0.34% (2.97 million) from 881.40 million in October 2011 to 884.37 million at the end of November 2011.
The wireline subscriber base declined from 33.19 million in October to 32.96 million at the end of November 2011.
The total number of telephone subscribers increased by 0.30% from 914.59 million at the end of October 2011 to 917.33 million at the end of November 2011. The tele-density in the country climbed to 76.18 in November from 76.03 the previous month.
The latest figures further reveal that out of the total 884.37 million subscribers, 635.39 million were active on the date of peak visitor location register (VLR) for the month of November 2011.
Idea Cellular added the highest number of subscribers in the month of November. With an overall base of 103.9 million at the end of November, the operator added 2.17 million new users during the month.
Uninor, whose total subscriber base stood at 34.1 million at the end of November 2011, added 1.86 million in the month.
Airtel added 0.96 million subscribers in November, taking its total subscriber base to 174.6 million. Tata Teleservices lost 4.4 million subscribers in the month of November and its user base stood at 83.3 million.
Mobile number portability (MNP) requests for the year so far were at 25.8 million in November 2011. In November alone, 2.6 million requests were made for MNP.
The TRAI figures also state that broadband subscription reached 13.13 million in November 2011, up from 12.98 million in the previous month.
