The overall teledensity increased from 81.83 per cent in December 2015 to 86.25 per cent in October 2016. While wireless teledensity increased from 79.82 per cent to 84.34 per cent during this period, wireline teledensity decreased from 2.01 per cent to 1.92 per cent

As of October 2016, 244.39 million users had availed of mobile number portability (MNP) as compared to 181.5 million users in October 2015.