Mobile connections in Chennai cross 1-cr

CHENNAI: One crore and counting. Yes,Chennai has joined the elite list of cities which boast of one crore mobilephone connections. Delhi (comprising Faridabad, Ghaziabad and NCR) tops the listwith about 2.4 crore and Mumbai, with 2.08 crore subscribers, comes next.Chennai, which enjoys the highest teledensity in the country at 131%(131 wireless or mobile connections per 100 persons), had 99,99,553 mobilesubscribers in July end. In the beginning of August, the city needed to addanother 447 subscribers to touch the one-crore mark; now it has crossed themilestone.With a population of nearly 70 lakh, the ChennaiMetropolitan Area, spanning nearly 1,200 sqkm, is a huge market for telecomfirms. The city has seven operators and one more will start services soon.Between June and July, the operators added more than 3.47 lakh subscribers,according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data.