Telecom stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Telecom index increasing 18.4 points or 1.34% at 1388.31 at 09:48 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Telecom index, GTPL Hathway Ltd (up 2.75%), HFCL Ltd (up 2.72%),Vindhya Telelinks Ltd (up 2%),OnMobile Global Ltd (up 1.83%),Bharti Airtel Ltd (up 1.78%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Vodafone Idea Ltd (up 1.33%), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (up 1.25%), Tejas Networks Ltd (up 0.99%), ITI Ltd (up 0.84%), and Tata Communications Ltd (up 0.36%). On the other hand, Reliance Communications Ltd (down 1.8%), and Sterlite Technologies Ltd (down 1.27%) turned lower. At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 203.24 or 0.42% at 48456.75.