India adds 13.44mn wireless users in Feb

A total of 13.42mn telephone connections have been added during February compared to 15.26mn connections added in January. The total number of telephone connections reached 413.47mn at the end of February compared to 400.05mn in January. With this growth, the overall teledensity has reached 35.62 at the end of February as against 34.50 in January. Total wireless subscribers' base stood at 375.74mn at the end of February. A total of 13.44mn wireless subscribers have been added during February as against 15.41mn wireless subscribers added during January. In the wireline segment, the subscriber base decreased to 37.73mn in February as against 37.75mn subscribers in January, registering a drop of 0.02mn. Total broadband subscribers base reached 5.85mn by the end of February as compared to 5.65mn by the end of January.