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India's telecom density has risen to 51.05 percent after 18.76 million new phone connections were added in February this year, the telecom regulator said in New Delhi on Monday.

Value Added Services (VAS) of the telecom sector are expected to touch Rs.200 billion by 2015 from the current Rs.650 million after the introduction of 3G services, an Airtel official said Thursday quoting industry estimates.

Indian stock markets Thursday reacted positively to telecom companies winning precious airwaves for third generation (3G) phone services, with all their scrips trading in the green a day after the conclusion of auctions.

ZTE India, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp, is looking at various options, from setting up a manufacturing plant to listing on the stock markets, to prove itself an "Indian company" and abide by all Indian security norms.

India has completed 52 rounds of an auction to award radio frequency spectrum for third generation telecom services in the country, with the government expected to get Rs.25,769.82 crore as minimum revenue from the bidding.

Indian Telecom sector is witnessing stiff competition of all time post Reliance Jio entry. Reliance Jio launched its sophisticated 4G network attached service. Reliance jio also launched LYF Smartphone brand to complete the ecosystem in order to create all in one platform.