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:
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
