India’s mobile phone subscriber base declined by a net 0.96 million, or 0.11 percent, in February to 861.66 million, the eighth straight monthly fall, due to a slowdown in gross additions and as carriers disconnected inactive users. By comparison, China, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, posted a 0.98 percent monthly increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.13 billion in February. Below is a table of mobile phone subscriptions as of end-February in the world’s second-biggest wireless services market, based on data released on Thursday by India’s telecommunications regulator. Source

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