Airtel overtakes BSNL

Leading mobile firm Bharti Airtel signed up 2.7 million customers in July.

It has now overtaken state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd as India's largest telecoms firm by total subscribers, including fixed-line subscribers.

Indian mobile telecoms firms added 9.2 million users in July.

The no. of total subscribers, thus, reaches nearly 300 million.

India is the world's fastest growing wireless market, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Monday.