India set to overtake US in number of mobile users

India set to overtake US in number of mobile users

The Indian mobile market saw an addition of 8.53 million subscribers in the month of February.

Market analysts believe that the country could soon overtake USA to become the second largest mobile market in the world by April.

China remains the top market in terms of mobile users.

India had 250.93 million wireless users by end-February. In comparison USA has 256 million users. China is leading with 540.5 million mobile users.

TRAI said in a statement on these new developments: “India’s monthly wireless subscriber addition is the highest in the range of 8-9 million. Thus, India’s wireless subscriber base during the first half of April 2008 will surpass that of the US and become the second-largest wireless network in the world. Not only this, the total subscriber base of India will also cross the 300-million mark in April 2008.”