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New Delhi - Indian telecoms firms added a record 10.16 million wireless subscribers in March as revealed by the data announced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), making India the second-largest mobile market in the world after China.
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In February, operators had added 8.53 million wireless subscribers in the world's fastest-growing wireless market but surpassed all stipulated expectations to amass record subscriptions in March, propelling India past the US in terms of subscribers. The data compiled by the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry confirms that India now has higher number of cell-phone users than the US.
TRAI said there were 261.1 million wireless users in India at the end of March 2008, a figure up by 58 percent from last year.
The United States is estimated to have 257.9 million wireless users, according to the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry website.
Top mobile operator Bharti Airtel led the charge, signing up 2.31 million new customers in March followed by Reliance Communications which added 1.62 million new connections. Unlisted Vodafone Essar, controlled by Britain's Vodafone Plc, added 1.57 million customers.
Total wireless subscribers rose by almost 96 million in the fiscal year at the end of March, but fixed-line users dropped by 1.33 million to 39.42 million.
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