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Broadband
connections in India have touched just one million, way behind
the government's target of three million for December 2005.
Internet
subscriber base, however, has crossed 7.5 million, exceeding
the target of 6 million. "This shows that there is a
demand for both broadband and internet. But the service providers
are not being able to fulfill the broadband demand,"
the telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) said in a
release, putting its estimates on the growth of the industry.
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Telephony
services has shown a record growth of 4.97 million subscribers
during January 2006 as compared to 4.92 million subscribers
in December 2005, according to a compilation done by Trai
based on latest reports from operators. During the first 10
months of fiscal 2005-2006 (till end-January 06) around 31.41
million subscribers have been added, Trai said.
For
the mobile segment 4.69 million subscribers have been added
during January 2006, as compared to 4.46 million in December
2005. While 3.52 million GSM subscribers were added, CDMA
subscribers grew by 1.17 million. In comparison, 3.19 million
GSM and 1.27 million CDMA subscribers were added last month.
During
the first ten months of the current financial year, about
28.39 million mobile subscribers were added, making it a total
of 80.61 million mobile subscribers at the end of January,
2006.
In
the fixed segment, a total of 0.28 million subscribers were
added during January 2006, which were predominantly WLL (F).
With this, the total subscriber base of fixed lines have reached
49.21 million. The gross subscribers' base consisting of fixed
as well as mobile has reached around 130 million.
The
tele-density at the end of January 2006 has reached near 12
per cent as compared to 11.43 at the end of previous month,
Trai said.
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