The Hindu Business Line : 8.94 m mobile users added in June

Atotal of 8.94 million wireless subscribers were cumulatively added by mobile operators in June this year, as against 8.62 million in May, thereby expanding the total user base to 286.86 million in the country.

According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), a cumulative number of 8.81 million telephone connections, including wireline and wireless, were added during the month as compared to 8.46 million connections added in May 2008. The total wireless subscribers - GSM, CDMA and WLL(F) - base stood at 286.86 million in June, it added.

India is the second largest wireless market globally after China. The total number of telephone connections reached 325.78 million (316.97 million). In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has slightly decreased to 38.92 million (39.05 million). The broadband subscribers reached 4.38 million mark. -Our Bureau

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