Particulars Wireless Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers (Million) 906.37 42.84 949.21 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 633.21 33.37 666.58      Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -2.25 0.87 -1.38      Monthly Growth Rate -0.35% 2.68% -0.21% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 530.63 2.86 533.49      Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -3.52 -0.20 -3.72      Monthly Growth Rate -0.66% -6.47% -0.69% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1163.83 ...

The Union Minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics & IT, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw today launched the Annual Capacity Building Plan for Ministry of Railways, Communications and Electronics & IT. The annual plan has been crafted for ensuring capacity building and holistic development of manpower keeping in mind National Priorities, Emerging Technologies, Citizen Centricity along with development of organisations, Institutions and ...

Government is committed to reforms in telecom sector. The Government has approved various structural and procedural reforms in the telecom sector. These reforms include Rationalization of Adjusted Gross Revenue; Rationalization of Bank Guarantees(BGs); Rationalization of interest rates and removal of penalties; Dispensing with the requirement of BGs (for auctions held after 15.09.2021) to secure instalment payments; Permission for surrender of ...