7.34 m wireless additions in June

Posted on | August 1, 2007 |

Telecom operators added a record 7.34 million subscribers in June, the highest ever subscriber growth in a month.

The total number of telephone subscribers have reached 225.21 million (22.5 crore), taking the overall tele-density to 19.86 at the end of June 2007

• 7.34 million wireless (GSM, CDMA, WLL-F) subscribers were added in June.
• GSM additions = 5.2 million
• CDMA additions = 2.1 million
• Total wireless subscriber base = 185.13 million
• Total wireline subscriber base = 40.09 million

Here’s a fun way to look at the growth in the month of June 2007.

• 73.4 lakh additions in the month
• 2.44 lakh additions per day
• 10,000 additions every hour
• 166 additions every minute
• Nearly 3 additions every second

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