<p class="title">India has a total of 472.72 million wireless Internet subscribers out of which a little over 30 per cent are in rural areas, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said as on March 31 this year, there are 472.72 million wireless Internet subscribers and out of these 328.83 million are in urban areas and 143.89 -- which comes to 30.44 per cent -- are in rural areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said that mobile Internet penetration in the country has seen "major changes" in the last four years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister told the House that the government is providing connectvity to uncovered villages of the North East by erecting 7,000 telecom towers to provide connectivity to over 8,600 villages. </p>
<p class="title">India has a total of 472.72 million wireless Internet subscribers out of which a little over 30 per cent are in rural areas, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said as on March 31 this year, there are 472.72 million wireless Internet subscribers and out of these 328.83 million are in urban areas and 143.89 -- which comes to 30.44 per cent -- are in rural areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said that mobile Internet penetration in the country has seen "major changes" in the last four years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister told the House that the government is providing connectvity to uncovered villages of the North East by erecting 7,000 telecom towers to provide connectivity to over 8,600 villages. </p>