India's telecom subscriber base reaches 1,036 mn
According to TRAI, India reached a total telecom subscriber base of 1036.41 million by the end of 2015. This constituted around 97.5% mobile subscribers and 2.4% wireline subscribers. Notably, wireline subscriptions have continuously fallen over the last five years. Further, 67.37 million new mobile subscribers were added in 2015, which was around 10 million more than in 2014.