19/10/2011

19-10-2011: GSM operators add 6.52 million new subscribers in September, BSNL only 0.45 mn.....as per COAI

In September, Bharti Airtel, the largest GSM player, added 0.94 million users, taking its total subscriber base to 172.78 million, the data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) showed.

It had 27.95 per cent market share at the end of September.

Vodafone Essar, with a 23.45 per cent market share, notched up 0.85 million new subscribers during the month. Its subscriber base reached 144.99 million in September.

Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular added 1.74 million users during the month to take its total user base to 100.18 million, while Aircel added 0.60 million customers to take its subscriber base to 59.79 million.

State-owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL added 0.45 million and 0.03 million new users, respectively, taking their subscriber base to 91.07 million and 5.33 million, respectively.

The COAI data excludes data from Reliance Communications. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is the most popular standard for mobile telephony systems in the world. ...