Teledensity in India touches 87 pc at the end of Jan 2021: TRAI
The latest data provided by TRAI showed that teledensity in rural areas touched 59.50 percent at the end of January 2021.
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The overall teledensity in India increased from 86.38 percent at the end of December 2020 to 87.01 percent at the end of January 2021, according to the latest telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
The urban teledensity increased from 138.34 percent at the end of December 2020 to 139.25 percent at the end of January 2021, and rural teledensity also increased from 59.05 percent to 59.50 percent during the same period.
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Number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 117.38 crore at end of December-20 to 118.34 crore at end of January-21
Broadband subscribers up 1.3 pc to 75.7 crore: TRAI ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 16:14 IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of broadband subscribers increased from 74.74 crore in December-end to 75.76 crore in January-end, marking a growth rate of 1.36 per cent, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Wednesday.
The top five service providers constituted 98.84 per cent market share They are Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (41.29 crore), Bharti Airtel (18.46 crore), Vodafone Idea (12.27 crore), BSNL (2.66 crore) and Atria Convergence (18 lakh).
TRAI said the number of telephone subscribers increased from 117.38 crore at end of December 2020 to 118.34 crore at end of January 2021.
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By Mustafa Yusuf-Adebola
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an entity to provide a wide range of services under a single
licence. It permits a licensed entity to build, operate and utilize
an International Gateway and a Network consisting of a Cellular
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System, Fixed Wireline Telecommunications System or a combination
of any of these systems comprising Radio, Cable or Satellite or
their combination, in the assigned Licence Area, deployed for the
purpose of providing point to point or switched/unswitched point to
multipoint Communications for the conveyance of voice, data, video
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