MUMBAI, Sept. 11 -- India's rapid expansion of digital and telecom connectivity has laid the foundation for the country's fintech growth and its ambition to lead the world in 6G, Union minister of communications Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. Delivering the keynote address, 'Connected India, Empowered Finance: Building Trusted Digital Infrastructure for the AI Economy', on the second day of the Global Fintech Fest, Scindia said India had emerged as the world's second-largest telecom market after a decade of rapid expansion. The number of people with internet access has risen from 25 crore a decade ago to more than 100 crore today, while broadband connections have increased from 6 crore to more than 102 crore over the same period, Sc...