July 31st, 2009 
Tushar Mathur
India’s telecom industry continued its robust growth story in June by adding 11.91 million new subscribers to take the total subscription base to 464.82 million, said a government statement.
The number of total subscribers in the country as on June 30, 2008 was 325.78 million.
The wireless (GSM and CDMA) segment added 12 million new subscribers, while the wireline segment witnessed a dip of 134,000 connections, the statement said.
The overall tele-density reached 39.86 percent in June 2009 as compared to 28.33 percent in the like period last year.
Broadband connections reached 6.4 million at the end of May and the total number of licences issued for Internet service providers (ISPs) is 375, the statement added.
Under the Bharat Nirman programme, public telephones were provided to 264 villages in May.
Agencies
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