India has 4.98 Million Wireless Internet Subscribers

Speaking in the Lok Sabha yesterday Minister of Communications and Information Technology, A. Raja informed that there are a total of 4.98 million Broadband subscribers in the country as on 31st October 2008. A list of State-wise number of Broadband subscribers is given below:

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Broadband Subscribers (State-Wise) As On 31st  October, 2008

Andaman & Nicobar                                        2282

Andhra Pradesh                                            400663

Assam                                                           31456

Bihar (including Jharkhand)                              63305

Delhi*                                                           588716

Gujarat                                                          322656

Haryana                                                          88558

Himachal Pradesh                                            20981

Jammu & Kashmir                                           19538

Karnataka                                                      569057

Kerala                                                            249909

Maharashtra (including Goa)                            934351

Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh)         168951

North East**                                                    14202

Orissa                                                             48350

Punjab                                                           182953

Rajasthan                                                       145449

Tamil Nadu                                                      644912

Uttar Pradesh (including Uttarakhand)                238791

West Bengal                                                    246896

TOTAL                                                            4981976

* including Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.

** Including Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland & Tripura