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Telecom subscribers May 2025

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Telecom subscribers May 2025 (GS3 · Telecom, 27 June 2025)

What happened

  • Total telephone subscribers were 1,207.08 million in May 2025; overall tele-density 85.36% [PIB].

Background

  • Rural tele-density was 59.33% [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Rural gap persists.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-27): total telephone subscribers were 1,207.08 million in May 2025; overall tele-density 85.36%.
  2. Rural gap persists.
Quotable data point

Total telephone subscribers were 1,207.08 million in May 2025.

PIB: Telecom data May 2025, 27 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: tele-density.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Rural tele-density May 2025

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Telecom data May 2025, 27 Jun 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending