Honest 836 Report post Posted June 11, 2008 India adds 6.3 mn GSM mobile users in May 11 Jun, 2008, 2204 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Indian mobile firms added 6.28 million users on the dominant GSM platform in May, an industry body said on Wednesday, maintaining growth momentum in the world's second-largest and fastest-growing wireless market. Top operator Bharti Airtel signed up 2.46 million new users in May to take its total user base to 66.8 million, data from the Cellular Operators' Association of India showed. India had 205.5 million subscribers on nine GSM networks by end-May, the data showed. The figure does not include No. 2 operator Reliance Communications Ltd's May additions. Reliance operates mainly on the rival CDMA platform but has also some GSM subscribers. The company releases its additions later. Third-ranked Vodafone Essar, in which Vodafone Group Plc owns a controlling stake, added 1.69 million new users, taking its subscribers to 47.5 million at end-May, the data showed. Unlisted state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the No. 4 player, added 314,281 subscribers, taking its total to almost 37 million. Idea Cellular, sixth ranked, got 1.1 million new GSM users in May to take its total to 26.1 million. Fifth-largest operator Tata Teleservices also runs mobile services on the CDMA platform and its subscriber additions are not yet out. Including CDMA operators, India had added 8.21 million wireless subscribers in April and had a total of 269.3 million mobile users. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) and check this!! Reliance Comm adds 1.63 mn users in May NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications Ltd, India's second-largest mobile operator, said on Thursday it had added 1.63 million mobile users in May.Reliance, which is in talks with South African mobile operator MTN for a possible combination that would create a top-10 global telecoms firm, had 47.4 million subscribers as of end-April, according to data from the telecom regulator. India is world's second-largest wireless market, trailing only China. Some facts to note. RCOM now has 49.03 million subscribers, and 47.5 million subscribers for vodafone. Vodafone is fast catching up... they are adding more subscribers every month than RCOM. So better RCOM gets ready for a new battle else the No.2 position will be gone. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/N...how/3123580.cms Edited June 12, 2008 by srk006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted June 12, 2008 Its a miracle that they are still no. 2!!! Not a single of my friends/collegues have a RIM anymore. The few that had one, gave it up long ago... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
