India added 7.3 mln wireless users in June
"Indian wireless telecom operators added a record 7.34 million subscribers in June, lifting the user base to 185.13 million, the country's telecoms regulator said on Wednesday.
Wireless phone subscribers in June were 65 percent higher than a year earlier, according to TRAI report. India is the world's fastest growing market for mobile services.
Analysts forecast the wireless user base will top 500 million in 5 years, as less than 20 percent of India's 1.1 billion population own a telephone. Including fixed-line phones, total telephone subscribers grew 47 percent from a year earlier to 225.21 million, the regulator said.
During the April-June quarter, 20.02 million wireless users signed up, but fixed-line connections witnessed a decline of 0.66 million, it said. Bharti Airtel, which had a subscriber base of 42.7 million at the end of June, is India's top mobile services firm, followed by Reliance, Hutchison Essar and state-run BSNL." Report: Reuters
Wireless phone subscribers in June were 65 percent higher than a year earlier, according to TRAI report. India is the world's fastest growing market for mobile services.
Analysts forecast the wireless user base will top 500 million in 5 years, as less than 20 percent of India's 1.1 billion population own a telephone. Including fixed-line phones, total telephone subscribers grew 47 percent from a year earlier to 225.21 million, the regulator said.
During the April-June quarter, 20.02 million wireless users signed up, but fixed-line connections witnessed a decline of 0.66 million, it said. Bharti Airtel, which had a subscriber base of 42.7 million at the end of June, is India's top mobile services firm, followed by Reliance, Hutchison Essar and state-run BSNL." Report: Reuters
