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1
The position of the number of phones and the growth therein
| Additions in lakh |
| a) |
February'07 |
February'08 |
Growth (%) |
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62.83 |
84.95 |
35.21% |
| b) |
April-February'07 |
April-February'08 |
Growth (%) |
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609.01 |
842.46 |
38.33% |
| c) |
Number of telephones (cumulative) as on |
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28th February'07 |
29th February'08* |
Growth (%) |
| |
2029.93 |
2901.14 |
42.92% |
* The CDMA Phones (PSUs & Pvt.) at the end of February'08 are (in lakh) 659.14
2
The performance of various parameters during February 2007 and 2008
A - Monthly Performance
| S.No. |
Description |
Additions in |
Position at the end of February'08 |
| February'07 |
February'08 |
| 1 |
Wireline Phones (In Lakh) |
Public |
-0.23 |
-1.06 |
350.87 |
| Private |
0.76 |
0.73 |
40.95 |
| Total |
0.53 |
-0.33 |
391.82 |
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| 2 |
Wireless Phones (GSM+CDMA*) (In Lakh) |
Public |
11.84 |
10.35 |
423.09 |
| Private |
50.46 |
74.93 |
2086.23 |
| Total |
62.30 |
85.28 |
2509.32 |
|
| 3 |
Total Telephones |
|
62.83 |
84.95 |
2901.14 |
|
| 4 |
Teledensity |
|
- |
- |
25.34% |
|
| 5 |
Switching Capacity (In Lakh) |
Public |
7.37 |
4.97 |
942.47 |
|
| 6 |
Village Public Telephones [VPTs] |
|
1428 |
1349 |
532148 |
|
| 7 |
PCOs (In Lakh) |
Public |
-0.05 |
-0.02 |
22.76 |
|
| 8 |
OFC Route kms |
Public |
3044 |
144 |
547785 |
|
| 9 |
TAX Lines (In Lakh) |
Public |
1.82 |
0.25 |
86.54 |
|
| 10 |
Rural Phones (Wireline+CDMA*+GSM) |
Public |
7568703 |
2879619 |
72963595 |
*CDMA:WLL(Wireline+Mobile)
3
The performance during April 2006-February 2007 and April 2007-February 2008
B - Cumulative Position
| S.No. |
Description |
Performance during |
April'06-Feb'07 |
April'07-Feb'08 |
| 1 |
Wireline Phones (In Lakh) |
Public |
-20.78 |
-23.74 |
| Private |
22.24 |
7.82 |
| Total |
1.46 |
-15.92 |
|
| 2 |
Wireless Phones (GSM+CDMA*) (In Lakh) |
Public |
95.15 |
83.79 |
| Private |
512.40 |
774.59 |
| Total |
607.55 |
858.38 |
|
| 3 |
Total Telephones |
|
609.01 |
842.46 |
|
| 4 |
Switching Capacity (In Lakh) |
Public |
88.26 |
54.30 |
|
| 5 |
Village Public Telephones [VPTs] |
|
12326 |
-32462 |
|
| 6 |
PCOs (In Lakh) |
Public |
-0.39 |
-0.89 |
|
| 7 |
OFC Route kms |
Public |
24160 |
28630 |
|
| 8 |
TAX Lines (In Lakh) |
Public |
6.40 |
4.34 |
|
| 9 |
Rural Phones (Wireline+CDMA*+GSM) |
Public |
7694757 |
25864081 |
Source: Department of Telecommunications |
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