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Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea see rise in fixed-line subscribers in February

The number of telecom subscribers in India increased marginally to 1.2 billion at the end of February

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Megha Manchanda New Delhi
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea witnessed a rise in fixed-line subscribers at a time when the overall wireline users in the country continued to decline in February, according to data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

“Wireline subscribers further declined from 21.79 million at the end of January to 21.72 million at the end of February,” the report said. Net decline in the wireline subscriber base was 0.07 million with a monthly decline rate of 0.36 per cent. 

The share of urban as well as rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers was 85.95 per cent and 14.05 per cent,