India’s GSM operators added 7.12 million new subscribers in the month of October, an increase of 1.15% from the previous month, bringing the country’s GSM subscriber base to 625.41 million.
Uninor, which has a GSM market share of 5.17%, added the most new users with 2.67 million. Idea Cellular (NSE: IDEA) added 1.6 million new users, bringing its market share to 16.28%.
Bharti Airtel (NSE: BHARTIARTL), the market leader with a share of 27.78%, added 949,819 new users. Vodafone (Nasdaq: VOD) added 923,940 new users and remained No. 2 in market share at 23.33%.
BSNL, with 14.64% market share, and MTNL (NYSE: MTE), with 0.86%, added 511,973 and 34,919 new users, respectively.
Among India’s GSM operators, Bharti Airtel has the largest subscriber base, at 173.7 million, followed by Vodafone (145.9 million), Idea Celluar (101.8 million), BSNL (91.5 million), Aircel (60.2 million), Uninor (32.3 million), Videocon (6.06 million), MTNL (5.36 million), STel (3.54 million), Loop Mobile (3.21 million), and Etisalat (1.56 million).
The Uttar Pradesh (East) telecom circle added the most new users in October (939,264). This circle also has the most number of GSM subscribers (52.05 million) among India’s telecom circles.
