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Indian Mobile Market Passes 100Mn Mark

June 2006 | Market Trend Analysis

The Indian mobile market passed a landmark at the end of May 2006 when the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announced that there were over 100mn subscribers. This puts India in the same bracket as Russia, USA and China, all markets with over 100mn mobile subscribers. May alone witnessed 4.25mn net additions to the mobile market giving a total of 101.17mn, more than double the number of fixed-line users.

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