India's wireless user-base crosses 400mn

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The country's wireless subscriber base has crossed the 400-million mark in April this year with an addition of 11.9 million new users.    

About 11.90 million wireless (GSM, CDMA and WLL(F)) subscribers were added in April 2009 as against an addition of 15.64 million during the previous month, taking the total subscriber base to 403.66 million, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in a statement today.    

The total telecom (wireless and wireline) subscriber base stood at 441.47 million at the end of April 2009 as against 429.72 million in March 2009, it added.    

It now looks like the target of 500 million phones by 2010 (set by Department of Telecom) is very much achievable, even before the target period.    

3G auction in '09 end

Source: Agencies

India will auction third-generation wireless radio (3G) spectrum by the end of this year, Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja

Raja declined to say how much the government expected to raise through the sale