Telecom operators in India added record 10.42 million mobile phone subscribers in October, taking the number of cellphone users to over 325 million, according to the data released by sectoral regulator Trai.
A total of 10.42 million wireless (GSM, CDMA and WLL) subscribers have been added during October 2008 against 10.07 million wireless subscribers added in September 2008, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said.
The total wireless subscribers stood at 325.73 million at the end of October 2008.
Continuing the trend of adding telephone subscribers at a blistering pace, the country saw a net addition of about 10.29 million users (wireline and wireless) in October against 9.79 million in September.
The total number of both wireless and wireline users now stands at 363.95 million, Trai said.
However, in the wireline segment, the subscriber base fell to 38.22 million in October from 38.35 million in September.
The overall tele-density stood at 31.50 per cent atthe end of October against 30.64 per cent in September this year.
The total broadband subscriber base rose to 5.05 million by the end of October 2008 from 4.90 million in September this year.