Q1 wireless subscriber base up 10% QoQ

The total subscriber base of the wireline and wireless services reached 325.79mn for the quarter ended June as against 300.49mn for the quarter ending March, thus registering an increase of 8.4% during the quarter. The tele-density for the quarter ended June reached 28.33 compared to 26.22 for the quarter ending March. The subscriber base for wireless services increased from 261.07mn for the quarter ended March to 286.87mn for quarter ended June. Subscriber base of wireline service decreased from 39.42mn for the quarter ended March to 38.92mn for the quarter ended June. For GSM segment, all India blended ARPU per month decreased by 9.3% from Rs264 in March to Rs239 in June. For CDMA segment, all India blended ARPU for the quarter ended June was Rs139 compared to Rs159 for the quarter ended March.