The Indian telecom sector added 12.03 million wireless connections in June compared to the 11.59 million added in May. The total number of telephone connections in India rose 2.63% to 464.82 million as of end June, 2009. Teledensity rose from 2.73% in May to reach 39.86% in June. Wireless teledensity is now 36.64% Total wireless connections is 427.28 million Wireline teledensity is 3.22% Broadband connections grew 3.4% to 6.62 million. This is an increase of 21.4% from December 31, 2008. Operator-wise Additions Vodafone Essar - 2.36 million, total connections as of June 09 - 76.45 million Loop Mobile - added 48, 778 million, total 2.3 million Idea Cellular - added 1.5 million, total 42.76 million; Spice - added 85,039, total 4.3 million Bharti Airtel - added 2.81 million, total 102.36 million Reliance - added 2.39 million, total 79.6 million MTS (Sistema Shyam) - added 0.25 million, total 1.19 million Tata Indicom - added 0.62 million, total 37.1 million Aircel - added 1.1 million, total 21.79 million MTNL - added 37,583 connections, total 4.6 million BSNL - added 0.76 million, total 54.36 million Growth In C-Class Cities Up 70% YoY The number of wireless connections in C circle cities grew 3.9% in June compared to the national average of 2.9% and a growth of 2% in metros, reflecting the fact that Tier-3 cities are still under-served. They are clearly rising fast - the year on year growth was 70.2% compared to 36.8% in metros. Landline The number of landlines in the…
