Telephone Connections in India Cross 1-Billion Mark: Telecom Minister Telephone connections in India have crossed one-billion mark with mobile phones accounting for around 978 million, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. “In a population of 1.25 billion, we have July 7, 2015 4G/Business/Channel/IT Magazine/Magazine Advertisement india/Networking/New Feature/News/Social Media/Technology News/Telecom News