The waxing and waning of additions per month to India's telecom market continue with April 2009 adding 11.9 million wireless connections - down by a third from 15.64 million in March. In January, the country recorded 15.41 million additions but this fell to 13.44 million in February and rose again in March only to deflate in April. The total number of telephone connections in the country is now 441.47 million, which is 43.09% higher on a year on year basis. The teledensity is at 37.94%, up from 36.98% last month, telecom regulatory body TRAI reports. Bear in mind that there is still potential for growth, since many people own multiple phones. More on Wireless, Broadband and Wireline: Wireless Subscribers Cross 400 Million There are now 403.66 million wireless connections (GSM/CDMA/WLL) in the country, up by 3% from last month. In our previous report on GSM market, we had noted how mobile growth in metros was least in February and that C-class circles were zooming ahead with 4.77% growth per month. This time again C class circles recorded 5.51% growth, just a tad lower than March's 5.93%. North East has overtaken Orissa with respect to growth with 6.1% increase in connections as of April. Downloads: TRAI | COAI Bharti Crosses 100M Bharti Airtel has announced its customer base is now over 100 million. In March, Bharti Airtel had 93.9 million mobile subscribers and in April 96.7 million. Airtel had 25 million customers in July 2006, 50 million in October 2007 and 75 million by…
