e snc ati cw ECONOMIC OUtlOOK westinciniyssotsaandenesandeopiouoacatordca 3 Sep20is 508 PM, Tidings Manas Samy 8 among every 10 Indians own telecom connection Teledensity in urban India 149.7% and rural 48.7% “eledensy inna as ove the 8 percent nar for the frie nthe istry, sevealthe tent data leu of Telcom Regulatory Astor of Inia CTRAD. tthe endof Sane 205, tere were 1,007 lion telecom subscriber nthe country, as compared to 1,002 a month ag. The teladesity ose from797 per eentin May 20151 its current evel ‘Telephone density orteledensity isthe mumber of telephone connections for every hundred individuals living within an area, ‘The teledensity rose in June 2015 both nthe urban end the rural parts India, though the ris in the latter was negligible, n urban India, teledensty rose to 149.7 pe ent from 148.9 por cent and in ural to 48:7 per cont fom 48.6 per cent in May 2015, ‘The wireless segment saw aris in teledensiy to 77.9 per cent in June 2035 fom 77.6 per eatin May 2015. Teledensity inthe witline segment, which was already Tow, inched down further to 2.08 per cen from 2.09 percent in May 2015. “Teledensity in India has been rising year-after-year. The growth was quit high between 200809 and 2010-11 because ofthe rapid increase in mobile/ wireless connections, The percentage of people who hada wireless subscription doubled within these two yeas {rom 337 pr eatin 2008-09 to 68 per ent in 2010-11. Teedensity continue to row therefter, but at much slower pce, “Today, many people in Urban India own more-than one wireless telecom subscription ‘There are g connections per two individuls, The penetration it much lower Rural India, where every alternate person has accesso a wireless mabe phone connection seme 60% BET