@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted February 23, 2008 NEW DELHI: Indian mobile phone firms signed up a record number of 8.77 million new subscribers in January, data from the telecoms regulator showed. In December, new wireless subscribers numbered 8.17 million. India's mobile firms have been signing about 8 million users each month since July, lured by call rates as low as 1 US cent a minute and by cheap handsets. Still, only about a quarter of the population has a phone, and the government has a target of 500 million phones by 2010. Although the total wireless subscribers in India surged 55 percent to 242.4 million in January from year-ago levels, the fixed-line telephone subscriber base continued to contract as more users shift to mobile phones, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's data showed. T he total of wireline subscribers in January shrank to 39.2 million from 40.4 million year ago. Sector leader Bharti Airtel Ltd added 2.3 million new mobile phone users in January, taking its subscribers to 57.4 million. Second-ranked Reliance Communications Ltd added 1.6 million users, lifting its subscriber numbers to 42.6 million, and Vodafone-controlled Vodafone Essar Ltd signed up 1.3 million users to take its customer base to 41.2 million. Including fixed-line phones, India had 281.6 million telephone users by the end of January, taking the percentage of its population with access to telephones to 24.63 percent as against 23.89 percent in December, the regulator said. NEW DELHI: The fast just got furious. India, the world’s fastest-growing mobile market, added a record 8.77 million mobile phone connections in January 2008, according to data released by telecom regulator Trai on Friday. Industry sources said the additions in January could be the highest-ever recorded globally. China, the world’s largest telecom market, added 8.42 million subscribers in the month of January, led by a 7-million addition by China Mobile, the country’s dominant GSM operator. India added a total of 8.77 million mobilephone connections during January, against 8.11 million connections in December 2007. However, wireline connections registered a decline of 0.03 million subscribers to 39.22 million in January. The total number of telephone connections reached 281.62 million at the end of January, against 272.88 million in December 2007. Tele-density increased to 24.63% at the end of January. The country has added a record 83 million subscribers during the last 12 months. China’s 534-million subscriber market, in comparison, added 76 million subscribers during the same period. This was the first time that India surpassed all other nations in terms of mobile subscriber additions over a period of 12 months, according to data compiled by global telecom and media consultancy Informa Telecoms Media. Total broadband subscribers base has reached 3.24 million by the end of January 2008 compared to 3.13 million by the end of December 2007. The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL(F)) base stood at 242.40 million at the end of January 2008. The growth was led by Bharti Airtel which added 2.3 million users, taking its total subscriber base to 57.4 million. It was followed by Reliance Communications, which took its total base (GSM and CDMA) to 42.6 million, adding 1.6 million subscribers in January. Vodafone Essar added 1.3 million subscribers in January while state-run operator BSNL added 0.6 million subscribers, taking their total subscriber base to 41.1 million and 33.7 million respectively. grat going yaar! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted February 23, 2008 ^^^ Ahead of China. Thats great my dear friends. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
