Khabar Bureau
New Delhi:The Telecom Regulatory Authority says, India's telecom subscriber base, mobile and landline combined has touched the 1.18 billion mark at the end of February 2017, growing 1.17 per cent over the previous month. The market growth was propelled by the addition of 13.75 million mobile users during the month. As per the data by TRAI, the urban connectivity went up to 692.15 million in February-end, from 681.15 million in January-end, a growth of over 1.6 per cent.
The market growth was propelled by the addition of 13.75 million mobile users during the month. The demand for once-popular landline phone has been dwindling as the cheap mobile handsets, coupled with falling tariffs and freebies, have led to an explosion in cellphone connectivity.
Over the past few months, operators including newcomer Reliance Jio and incumbents like BhartiAirtel and Vodafone have been doling out attractive offers and unleashing high-decibel marketing campaign to woo customers.TheIndian telecom market is the second-largest in the world after China in terms of subscriber base.