Gujarat saw a net addition of some 83,245telecom subscribers in Aprilthis year, according to the latest telecom subscription report by (TRAI).
Gujarats net subscriber base increased to 6.63 crore in April 2023 compared to 6.62 crore in March this year, registering a marginal increase. This comes at a time when across India, the number oftelecom subscribersdeclined by 7.9 lakh to touch 114.31 crore in April.
With this, the tele density in Gujarat stood at 92.73% pan India, according to the report. While this is higher than the national tele density of 84.46%, Gujarat is still lagging behind nine states which have much higher tele density. These include Delhi (273.32%), Kerala (121.66%), Himachal Pradesh (119.24%), Punjab (114.68%) and even industrialized states such as Tamil Nadu (103.41%), Maharashtra (101.61%), Karnataka (101.55%) and Andhra Pradesh (93.05%).