There were 81 mobile subscriptions registered for every 100 people in 2022 in the south Asian country of India. This was a continuous decrease in the number of mobile cellular subscriptions in the country since 2017. During the presented period, the mobile subscription penetration rate reached its peak at 86.3 in 2017.
Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in India from 2000 to 2022
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions refers to the number of subscriptions to a public mobile-telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions; and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile-cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems; subscriptions to public mobile data services; private trunked mobile radio; telepoint; radio paging and telemetry services.
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