Chennai: After losing a cellphone subscription of 5.7 lakh in May, when the new Covid-19 case in the state was at the top of the second wave, Tamil Nadu added about three new wireless connections in June.
Telecommunication experts associate a surge into the second wave of reverse migration.
Data released by Trai stated that most telecommunications operators recorded new cellphone customers in June under the wireless category.
This pushes the total number of cellphone subscriptions to 8.25 Crore across Tamil Nadu, which includes Chennai circle.
At the same time, the total number of wireline connections consisting of land, FTTH and Fibernet have touched 21 lakh in June.
While only 22,530 new wireline connections were added in the state in June, he jumped with nearly 1.9 lakh new subscription from April to May this year.
V K Sanjeevi, Head of the BSNL Phone Manager of BSNL Chennai, said there was an increase in the number of mobile users who moved from rural areas to urban bags after the second wave in June.
“This is because migration is reversed because there is a surge in the number of new mobile subscriptions.”