Subscribers data for Dec'08 by TRAI

According to the press release by TRAI, the following are the updated figures (as of 21-Jan-2009) regarding the mobile subscribers:

• 10.66 million telephone connections (10.81 wireless subscribers less 0.15 wireline subscribers) added in Dec' 08
• Teledensity reaches 33.23% mark
• Total number of telephone connections reaches 384.79 million (346.89 million wireless and 37.90 million wireline)
  
• The service provider-wise wireless subscriber details are as follows:
• Airtel: 85.6 million subscribers (increased by 2.6 million)
• Reliance: 61.3 million subscribers (increased by 1.7 million)
  
• Vodafone Essar: 60.9 million subscribers (increased by 2.1 million)
• BSNL: 46.2 million subscribers (increased by 0.9 million)
  
• Idea: 34.2 million subscribers (increased by 1.4 million)
• Tata Teleservices: 31.8 million subscribers (increased by 0.8 million)

Source: http://www.trai.gov.in