As people reduced additional connections month after month since July,teledensity in Gujaratdropped from 100.17% in July 2021 to 95.01% in April 2021. According to the latest telecom subscription report from theTelecom Regulatory Authorityof India (TRAI), the number of subscribers fell from 7.01 crore in July 2021 to 6.7 crore in April 2022.
In July, Gujarat was among eight Indian states with teledensities above 100%. Even though the state continues to be among the ten states in terms of highest teledensity, its share of subscribers went down. Telecom operators also attribute the reduction to tariff revisions and Network problems.