India counts 811 million wireless subs end-March

India’s telecom regulator, TRAI has reported that the number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 846.32 million at the end of March 2011 from 826.25 million at the end of February 2011, reflecting a growth rate of 2.43 per cent month-on-month.

The share of urban subscribers declined to 66.65 per cent from 66.72 per cent, with the share of rural subscribers reaching 33.35 per cent at the end of March. Overall teledensity in India reached 70.89.

The country’s total wireless subscriber base reached 811.59 million at the end of March 2011, registering a growth of 2.55 per cent month-on-month.

Mobile number portability requests increased from 3.83 million subscribers at the end of February 2011 to 6.4 million subscribers at the end of March 2011.