Indian mobile telecoms firms added 9.2 million users in July, taking subscribers in the world's fastest growing wireless market to nearly 300 million, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said, quoted by a Reuters report.

Leading mobile firm Bharti Airtel signed up 2.7 million customers, enough for it to overtake state-run BSNL as India's largest telecom firm by total subscribers, including fixed-line subscribers, the Reuters report added.

Second-ranked mobile firm Reliance Communications added 1.75 million customers, and No. 3 Vodafone Essar, controlled by Britain's Vodafone, added 1.76 million.

India is the world's fastest-growing market for wireless services and the second-largest market for such services after China, with growth fuelled by cheap handsets and low call rates.

The regulator's data showed Indian wireless phone users rose to 296.1 million in July, while fixed-line line subscriptions fell by around 160,000 to 38.8 million, the Reuters report further said.

Sourcre:telecomasia.net