Samaw.com

What could be termed as a remarkable growth in terms of the number of mobile phone users in the country, Times News Network (TNN) reported that the wireless users now stands at 201.29 million users in August 2007.

TNN quoted the source according to the latest figure given by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Friday that include Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) users too.

However, the number of landline subscribers have fallen sharply,

The wireline or fixedline segment stood at 39.73 million subscribers at the end of August, registering a decline of 0.16 million users during the month. Total broadband connections in the country increased by 0.09 million in August to reach 2.56 million.

The reason could be people switching to mobile phones as the low call rates are showing stability in the wireless phones.