Indian Telephone subscriber base crosses 700 million mark (70 Crores)

• Total Telephone subscriber base reaches 706.37 Million
• Wireless subscription reaches 670.60 Million
• Wireline subscription declines to 35.77
• 18.18 Million new additions in wireless
• Overall Tele-density reaches 59.63
• Broadband subscription is 10.08 million

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 706.37 Million at the end of August 2010 from 688.38 Million in July-2010, thereby registering a growth rate of 2.61 %. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches

59.63.

Wireless subscriber base increased from 652.42 Million in July-2010 to 670.6

Million at the end of August-2010 registering a growth of 2.79%. Wireless Teledensity stands at 56.61.