Telephone subscription declined in May: TRAI
The total number of telephone users declined from 1,059.29 million in April to 1,058.03 million in May this year, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). This 0.12% monthly fall in growth rate is due to lower subscriptions in urban areas, which had 604.98 million subscriptions in May compared to the 607.21 million in April.