Telecom stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Telecom index rising 10.94 points or 0.75% at 1467.66 at 09:48 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Telecom index, OnMobile Global Ltd (up 3.91%), Tejas Networks Ltd (up 2.61%),Vindhya Telelinks Ltd (up 1.89%),Indus Towers Ltd (up 1.56%),GTPL Hathway Ltd (up 1.28%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Reliance Communications Ltd (up 1.17%), Sterlite Technologies Ltd (up 0.97%), Bharti Airtel Ltd (up 0.87%), and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (up 0.24%). On the other hand, Tata Communications Ltd (down 3.58%), ITI Ltd (down 1.25%), and HFCL Ltd (down 0.66%) moved lower. At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 101.82 or 0.2% at 51222.87.