India adds 7.44 mln mobile users in Feb; total at 911 mln

[Holmes]

India adds 7.44 mln mobile users in Feb; total at 911 mln

April 7 (Reuters) - India, the world's second-biggest mobile
phone market, saw a 0.8 percent monthly increase in mobile phone
subscribers in February, an equivalent to 7.4 million new users,
data released on Saturday showed.
About 911.17 million people in India had a mobile
subscription at the end of February, up from 903.73 million in
January. China, the biggest mobile phone market, had 999.7
million mobile subscribers.
Data from the country's telecom regulator showed the
increase in subscriptions slowed last year, after rising at a
monthly average of 19 million in 2010, as companies started
disconnecting users who have not used their phones for six
months.
TABLE-India adds 7.44 mln mobile users in Feb; total at 911 mln | Reuters

 

[Vinod2070]

I think the active connections are closer to 750 million.

They present a great opportunity to leapfrog in several areas from financial inclusion to providing e-government services to important information to the people.

I hope the progress on that front is faster. There are several things going but not fast enough.