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Pay per second: A man talks on his mobile phone in front of a live clock in a hoarding installed by a mobile company as a promo of ‘pay per second scheme' in Kochi, Kerala. The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 525.65 million with more than 16 million new mobile users in October. With this, the overall tele-density reached 44.87 per cent, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. In the wireless segment, the subscriber base increased from 471.73 million in September to 488.40 million in October at a monthly growth rate of 3.53 per cent. The growth is primarily because of steep reduction in tariffs as operators launched per second billing across the country.

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