Amid introduction of new unified access licencing regime in the country, the private basic operators increased their mobile subscriber base to 57.69 lakh (5.769 million) during November with Reliance alone accounting for 52.13 lakh (5.213 million) WLL subscribers.

According to the latest subscriber data released by Association of Basic Telecom Operators, WLL subscriber base of two state-owned companies Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam stood at eight lakh and 1.30 lakh (130,000), respectively, during the period in reference.

BSNL's wireline subscriber base was pegged at 3.4 crore (34 million), while that of MTNL was 44.75 lakh (4.475 million).

The private basic operators, on the other hand, had 10.10 lakh (1.01 million) wireline subscribers, 7.81 lakh (781,000) WLL (fixed) users and 57.69 lakh WLL (mobile) users during November.

Reliance, operating in 17 circles, including Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh raised its mobile subscriber base of its WLL (m) service to 52.13 lakh in November from 47.54 lakh (4.754 million) in the previous month.

Its wireline and wireless subscribers base combined stood at 54.59 lakh (5.459 million) during November.

The total subscriber base of Sunil Mittal-promoted Bharti Group across wireline and WLL (fixed) services rose to 5.44 lakh (544,000 million), according to ABTO statement.