GSM operators in the country have added 6.19 million users in January, increasing their total mobile subscriber base to 178.4 million. |
This is an increase of 8.59 per cent from 5.7 million customers added in December 2007, according to the data released by the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI). |
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Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel maintained the top slot with a market share of 32.18 per cent and a total user base of 57.41 million. The company added 2.25 million users in January, up from 2.2 million added in December. |
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COAI did not provide subscriber numbers of Reliance Communications, even though the CDMA major has GSM operations in the country's north-eastern circles. |
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Vodafone-Essar added over 1.28 million new users and maintained a market share of 23.06 per cent. The company's total subscriber base stood at 41.14 million during the end of the reporting month. |
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State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) added 1 million users in January, taking its total to 33.7 million and garnering a market share of 18.92 per cent. |
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Aditya Birla-promoted Idea Cellular raked in a total of 21.95 million users, gaining 900,658 subscribers, while Aircel reported a base of 9.93 million and Spice had 3.9 million subscribers. |
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MTNL, which provides mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai, added 58,319 users in the same period. It now has a total user base of 3.01 million. |
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