Second Covid wave: April sees sharp fall in new telecom users, says Trai

The telecommunications (telecom) sector became a victim of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. It saw a sharp decline in subscriber addition at 2.16 million in April, according to the latest data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

This is one-sixth of the user addition in March, which was at 13.25 million, revealed the data by the regulator.

State governments had imposed lockdowns to curb the spread of the pathogen in April — a move that derailed economic activity.

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,201.2 million at the end of March to 1,203.47 million at the