Telephone subscribers number shrinks marginally in July

The number of telephone subscribers in India declined slightly from 1,210.84 million at the end of June 2017 to 1,210.71 million at the end of July, thereby showing a monthly marginal degrowth rate of 0.01 per cent, official data showed here on Wednesday. The urban subscription increased from 700.96 million at the end of June to 702.