At present, more than 2.5 crore mobile customers are estimated to be with non-functional devices due to non-availability of components in the supply chain, the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) claimed.
The industry body further added that if restrictions on the sale of handsets and spare parts continue due to the lockdown to contain coronavirus infection, then by May-end an estimated 4 crore mobile phone users in the country are expected to be without handsets due to faults and breakdowns.
India is currently under an extended lockdown till May 3 in order to mitigate the transmission of the deadly coronavirus which has killed 775 people till date.