By KUNA
New Delhi : India has achieved a total telecom subscriber base of 272.87 million till last year, according to data released on Friday by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Till December 2007, India had registered 272.87 million telecom subscribers, TRAI said.
India also recorded 233.62 million subscribers in the wireless segment till December last year, according to the data.
The number of broadband subscribers till December 2007 was 3.13 million, TRAI said.
The Indian government has set a target of 500 million telecom connections by 2010.
It has also set a target of 20 million broadband connections by 2010.
India is likely to surpass the US to become the second biggest telecom market after China.
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