BSNL Achieved Landmark of 10 Lakh Mobile Connections in December 2005

New Delhi, 4th January 2006: BSNL, India's largest telecom service provider, has broken all its past records by the addition of a whopping number of consumers to its cellular subscriber base in the last month of 2005 by adding more than 10 Lakh cellular connections. BSNL has achieved landmark of more than 14 Million mobile connections all over the country.

More than 4.77 Lakh connections have been provided in South Zone, which comprises more than 2 Lakh connections in the State of Kerala, 1.25 Lakh connections in the State of Tamil Nadu and 75 thousand connections each in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Waiting list for Cellular Connections in South Zone has been cleared and connections are now available `On Demand'.

In North Zone also, 2.58 Lakh connections were released during December 2005. More than 1.2 Lakh connections have been provided in Uttar Pradesh and around One Lakh in the State of Rajasthan. In North Zone also mobile connections are available `On Demand'. BSNL's market share in the state of J&K is to the extent of 65%.

In the East Zone, 2.68 Lakh connections have been provided during the month, out of which 1 Lakh connections have been given in the State of West Bengal & 62,000 in Bihar. In North Eastern States of the country, BSNL's market share is about 70%. In East Zone `On Demand' availability of mobile connections is expected by this month end.