Telephone connections cross 100-cr mark in India

The country’s total number of telephone connections crossed the record one billion mark in May.

At the end of May, total number of telephone connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million connections were wireless or mobile, the data released by regulator TRAI showed. The number of connections per 100 stood at 79.67 at the end of May.

“The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 999.71 million at the end of April 2015 to 1,002.05 million at the end of May 2015, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.23 per cent,” TRAI said.

Of the total wireless subscriber base, a maximum of 868.64 million customers were found active in May, TRAI said.