S. No.	Description		Position at the End of				%age Growth during

			March 08	September 08	October 07	October 08	Month	Current Year	Yearly
1	Phones (In Lakh)	Total	3004.92	3536.61	2565.50	3639.48	2.91%	21.12%	41.86%

		Wireline	394.13	383.49	394.11	382.20	-0.34%	-3.03%	-3.02%

		Wireless	2610.79	3153.12	2171.39	3257.28	3.30%	24.76%	50.01%

		Public	795.49	815.16	736.25	820.95	0.71%	3.20%	11.50%

		Private	2209.93	2721.45	1829.25	2818.53	3.57%	27.57%	54.08%

		Rural	765.00	1048.28	612.45	1090.48	4.03%	42.55%	78.05%

		Urban	2239.93	2488.33	1953.05	2549.00	2.44%	13.80%	30.51%
2	Teledensity
		Overall	26.22%	30.64%	22.52%	31.50%	2.81%	20.14%	39.88%

		Public	6.94%	7.06%	6.46%	7.11%	0.71%	2.45%	10.06%

		Private	19.28%	23.58%	16.06%	24.39%	3.44%	26.50%	51.87%

		Rural	9.46%	12.89%	7.61%	13.40%	3.96%	41.65%	76.08%

		Urban	66.39%	72.97%	58.41%	74.61%	2.25%	12.38%	27.73%
3	%age share of
		Public	26.47%	23.05%	28.70%	22.56%	-	-	-

		Private	73.53%	76.95%	71.30%	77.44%	-	-	-

		Rural	25.46%	29.64%	23.87%	29.96%	-	-	-

		Urban	74.54%	70.36%	76.13%	70.04%	-	-	-
4	Switching Capacity (In Lakh)	Public	959.76	1001.28	918.70	1012.53	1.12%	5.50%	10.21%
5	Village Public Telephones [VPTs]		532281	534785	530291	535221	0.08%	0.55%	0.93%
6	PCOs (In Lakh)		22.91	21.52	22.71	21.28	-1.12%	-7.11%	-6.30%
7	OFC Route kms	Public	564166	573375	539075	575956	0.45%	2.09%	6.84%
8	TAX Lines (In Lakh)	Public	86.85	87.12	85.09	87.52	2.86%	0.77%	2.86%

Source : Department of Telecommunications