Mobile firms add 9.8 mn users in Jan

Telecom operators added 9.88 million mobile subscribers in January, taking the total telephone user base in the country to 936.12 million, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Tuesday. India's mobile subscriber base increased to 903.73 million in January, up from 893.84 million in the preceding month, registering a growth of 1.11 per cent, the regulator said in a statement.