Internet subscribers cross 5cr landmark
Amongst our country’s major flaws, trials and tribulations, the
telecom industry passed a major milestone in July this year. From the BTRC
website, it was informed that the country crossed over to 5.07 crore internet
subscribers in July. In that month, fixed-line internet subscribers showed
12.93 lakh, mobile phone subscribers at 12.87 crore and Wimax users on a slow
decline registering 1.74 lakh.
Grameenophone is the market leader in terms of internet
communications, following Robi, Airtel and Teletalk, whereas oldest operator
Citycell makes the bottom of the list.