Telecom regulator TRAI says, India's telecom subscriber base, mobile and landline combined has touched the 1.18 billion mark at the end of February 2017, growing 1.17 per cent over the previous month. The market growth was propelled by the addition of 13.75 million mobile users during the month. <br/><br/>As per the data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the urban connectivity went up to 692.15 million in February-end, from 681.15 million in January-end, a growth of over 1.6 per cent. The pace of growth of rural connectivity was slower at 0.56 per cent. Rural telecom users increased to 496.39 million from 493.65 million during the same period.<br/><br/>The Indian telecom market is the second-largest in the world after China. <br/>'''