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New Delhi, Nov. 22 Indian telecom operators added a total of 7.89 million new subscribers in October, compared to 7.64 million connections in September.

With this the telephone subscriber number crossed the 250-million mark, two months ahead of the Government set target.

The gross number of telephone connections was 256.55 million at the end of October compared to 248.66 million in September.

The overall tele-density reached 22.52 per cent, against 21.85 per cent in the previous month.

In the wireless segment, there is an addition of 8.05 million subscribers against 7.80 million subscribers addition in September.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and WLL(F)) base reached 217.14 million with Bharti Airtel leading the pack at more than 50 million subscribers.

Reliance Communication and Vodafone Essar hold the second and third spot, respectively.

In the wireline segment, subscriber base decreased again to 39.41 million in October compared to 39.58 million subscribers in September.

Broadband subscriber base growth is still sluggish with 2.69 million users against 2.67 million in September.

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