India adds 15.64Mn mobile subscribers in March

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Indian mobile operators have added a record 15.64 million subscribers for the month of March, driven by network expansion in the rural areas, reports TRAI. The mobile subscriber base of India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, grew by 50%, to 391.8 million in the 12 months ended March.
The country also had about 38 million fixed-line subscribers at end-March.
In total, India now has 429.7 million telephone connections, giving the country a teledensity of almost 37%, up from 35.65% at the end of February.
Of the mobile operators, Reliance Communications Ltd. led the chart with the highest number of additions at just over 3 million, closely followed by BSNL and Vodafone Essar. Bharti Airtel Ltd., the country’s largest mobile operator, was a close fourth with 2.81 million subscriber additions.

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